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Get Sketch Contours (VBA)

This example shows how to get the sketch contours in a model document.

'------------------------------------------------

' Preconditions: Model document open and contains a Sketch1 feature.

'

' Postconditions: None

'-------------------------------------------------

Option Explicit

 

Sub main()

 

    Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

    Dim myModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

    Dim myPart As SldWorks.PartDoc

    Dim SelMgr As SldWorks.SelectionMgr

    Dim mySelectData as SldWorks.SelectData

    Dim myFeature As SldWorks.Feature

    Dim mySketch As SldWorks.Sketch

    Dim contourCount As Integer

    Dim vSkContours As Variant

    Dim skContour As SketchContour

    Dim myLoop As Loop2

    Dim edgeCount As Long, vertexCount As Long

    Dim vEdges As Variant, myEdge As SldWorks.Edge

    Dim vVertices As Variant, myVertex As SldWorks.Vertex

    Dim vPoint As Variant, X As Double, Y As Double, Z As Double

    Dim outer As Boolean, strOuter As String

    Dim skSegCount As Long

    Dim vSkSegments As Variant

    Dim skSegment As SldWorks.SketchSegment

    Dim skSegType As Long, skSegTypesString As String

    Dim closed As Boolean, closedString As String

    Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer

    Dim boolstatus As Boolean

    Dim longstatus As Long, longwarnings As Long

 

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

    Set myModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    Set SelMgr = myModel.SelectionManager

    Set mySelectData = SelMgr.CreateSelectData

    Set myPart = myModel

    Set myFeature = myPart.FeatureByName("Sketch1")

    Set mySketch = myFeature.GetSpecificFeature2()

 

'             or

'    Set mySketch = myModel.GetActiveSketch2()

'    Set myFeature = mySketch

 

    If Not mySketch Is Nothing Then

        vSkContours = mySketch.GetSketchContours()

        contourCount = UBound(vSkContours) - LBound(vSkContours) + 1

        Debug.Print ""

        Debug.Print contourCount & " contours in sketch " & myFeature.Name

        For i = LBound(vSkContours) To UBound(vSkContours)

            Set skContour = vSkContours(i)

            If Not skContour Is Nothing Then

                closed = skContour.IsClosed()

                If (closed = 0) Then

                    closedString = "open"

                Else

                    closedString = "closed"

                End If

                Debug.Print "  contour " & i & ": " & closedString

                vSkSegments = skContour.GetSketchSegments()

                skSegCount = UBound(vSkSegments) - LBound(vSkSegments) + 1

                For j = LBound(vSkSegments) To UBound(vSkSegments)

                    If j = LBound(vSkSegments) Then

                        skSegTypesString = "("

                    End If

                    Set skSegment = vSkSegments(j)

                    If Not skSegment Is Nothing Then

                        skSegType = skSegment.GetType()

                        Select Case skSegType

                        Case SwConst.swSketchSegments_e.swSketchLINE

                            skSegTypesString = skSegTypesString & "line"

                        Case SwConst.swSketchSegments_e.swSketchARC

                            skSegTypesString = skSegTypesString & "arc"

                        Case SwConst.swSketchSegments_e.swSketchELLIPSE

                            skSegTypesString = skSegTypesString & "ellipse"

                        Case SwConst.swSketchSegments_e.swSketchPARABOLA

                            skSegTypesString = skSegTypesString & "parabola"

                        Case SwConst.swSketchSegments_e.swSketchSPLINE

                            skSegTypesString = skSegTypesString & "spline"

                        Case SwConst.swSketchSegments_e.swSketchTEXT

                            skSegTypesString = skSegTypesString & "text"

                        Case Default

                            skSegTypesString = skSegTypesString & "unknown"

                        End Select

                    End If

                    If j = UBound(vSkSegments) Then

                        skSegTypesString = skSegTypesString & ")"

                    Else

                        skSegTypesString = skSegTypesString & ","

                    End If

                Next j

                

                Debug.Print "    sketch segment count = " & skSegCount & " " & skSegTypesString

                vEdges = skContour.GetEdges()

                If IsEmpty(vEdges) Then

                    Debug.Print "    No edges."

                Else

                    For k = LBound(vEdges) To UBound(vEdges)

                        Set myEdge = vEdges(k)

                        If Not myEdge Is Nothing Then    

                            Debug.Print "    Edge " & k & ": "

                        End If

                    Next k

                End If

                boolstatus = skContour.Select2(False, mySelectData)

                If boolstatus = 0 Then

                    Debug.Print "    Selection of contour failed."

                End If

                Stop

            End If

        Next i

    End If

End Sub



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