Change Beam to Solid Body and Back Example (C#)
This example shows how to change a beam to a solid body and then back
to a beam.
//--------------------------------------------
//
// Preconditions:
// 1. Add the SolidWorks Simulation as an add-in
// (in
SolidWorks, click Tools > Add-ins
> SolidWorks Simulation).
// 2. Add the SolidWorks Simulation primary interop assembly
// as
a reference (in the IDE's Project Explorer, right-click
// the
project name, select Add Reference,
// click
the Browse tab, navigate to the
// <SolidWorks_install_dir>\api\redist
folder and
// select SolidWorks.Interop.cosworks.dll).
// 3. Open the Immediate window.
// 4. Run the macro.
//
// Postconditions: Examine the output in the Immediate
window to verify
// that
beams were converted to solid bodies, and then converted back to beams.
// You
can also expand and examine the Simulation Study tree to verify the
// macro.
//
// NOTES: Because the part document is used with
// a
SolidWorks Simulation online tutorial, do not save any
// changes
when closing the document.
//
//-------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using SolidWorks.Interop.cosworks;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace BeamToSolidSolidToBeamCSharp.csproj
{
partial
class SolidWorksMacro
{
public
void Main()
{
CosmosWorks
COSMOSWORKS = default(CosmosWorks);
CwAddincallback
COSMOSObject = default(CwAddincallback);
CWModelDoc
ActDoc = default(CWModelDoc);
CWStudyManager
StudyMngr = default(CWStudyManager);
CWStudy
Study = default(CWStudy);
CWBeamManager
BeamMgr = default(CWBeamManager);
CWBeamBody
BeamBody = default(CWBeamBody);
CWSolidManager
SolidMgr = default(CWSolidManager);
CWSolidComponent
SolidComponent = default(CWSolidComponent);
CWSolidBody
SolidBody = default(CWSolidBody);
int
nbrBeamBodies = 0;
int
beamBodyType = 0;
int
errors = 0;
int
warnings = 0;
int
errCode = 0;
int
j = 0;
int
nbrSolidComponents = 0;
int
nbrSolidBodies = 0;
int
k = 0;
//
Get the SolidWorks Simulation object
COSMOSObject
= (CwAddincallback)swApp.GetAddInObject("SldWorks.Simulation");
if
(COSMOSObject == null) ErrorMsg("COSMOSObject object not found.",
true);
COSMOSWORKS
= (CosmosWorks)COSMOSObject.CosmosWorks;
if
(COSMOSWORKS == null) ErrorMsg("COSMOSWORKS object not found.",
true);
//Open
and get the active document
swApp.OpenDoc6("C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks
Corp\\SolidWorks\\Simulation\\Examples\\Beams\\Beam_Truss.sldprt",
(int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent,
"", ref errors, ref warnings);
ActDoc
= (CWModelDoc)COSMOSWORKS.ActiveDoc;
if
(ActDoc == null) ErrorMsg("No active document.", true);
//Get
study
StudyMngr
= (CWStudyManager)ActDoc.StudyManager;
if
(StudyMngr == null) ErrorMsg("StudyMngr object not there.",
true);
StudyMngr.ActiveStudy = 0;
Study
= (CWStudy)StudyMngr.GetStudy(0);
if
(Study == null) ErrorMsg("No study at that index.", true);
//
Get and set beams to solids and solids to beams
Debug.Print("Beams...");
BeamMgr
= (CWBeamManager)Study.BeamManager;
nbrBeamBodies
= BeamMgr.BeamCount;
Debug.Print("
Number of beams: " + nbrBeamBodies);
BeamBody
= null;
//
Convert beams to solid bodies
for
(j = 0; j <= (nbrBeamBodies - 1); j++)
{
BeamBody
= (CWBeamBody)BeamMgr.GetBeamBodyAt(0,
out errCode);
if
(errCode != 0) ErrorMsg("No beam body.", true);
Debug.Print("
Name
of beam body: " + BeamBody.BeamBodyName);
beamBodyType
= BeamBody.BeamType;
if
(beamBodyType == 0)
{
BeamBody.ConvertToSolidBody();
Debug.Print("
Beam
converted to solid body.");
}
BeamBody
= null;
}
Debug.Print("
");
//
Convert solid bodies to beams
Debug.Print("Solid
components and bodies...");
//
Get solid bodies and components
SolidMgr
= (CWSolidManager)Study.SolidManager;
if
(SolidMgr == null) ErrorMsg("SolidMgr object not created.",
true);
nbrSolidComponents
= SolidMgr.ComponentCount;
Debug.Print("
Number of solid components: " + nbrSolidComponents);
for
(j = 0; j <= (nbrSolidComponents - 1); j++)
{
SolidComponent
= (CWSolidComponent)SolidMgr.GetComponentAt(j,
out errCode);
if
(SolidComponent == null) ErrorMsg("No solid component.", true);
Debug.Print("
Name
of solid components: " + SolidComponent.ComponentName);
//
Get solid bodies
nbrSolidBodies
= SolidComponent.SolidBodyCount;
Debug.Print("
Number
of solid bodies: " + nbrSolidBodies);
for
(k = 0; k <= (nbrSolidBodies - 1); k++)
{
SolidBody
= (CWSolidBody)SolidComponent.GetSolidBodyAt(0,
out errCode);
if
(errCode != 0) ErrorMsg("No solid body.", true);
Debug.Print("
Name
of solid body: " + SolidBody.SolidBodyName);
SolidBody.ConvertToBeamBody();
Debug.Print("
Solid
body converted to beam.");
SolidBody
= null;
}
}
}
//Error
function
private
void ErrorMsg(string Message, bool EndTest)
{
swApp.SendMsgToUser2(Message, 0, 0);
swApp.RecordLine("'*** WARNING - General");
swApp.RecordLine("'*** " + Message);
swApp.RecordLine("");
if
(EndTest)
{
}
}
///
<summary>
///
The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
///
</summary>
public
SldWorks swApp;
}
}