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Get Stresses for Selected Beams Example (C#)

This example shows how to get the stress values for the selected beams.

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------

// 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. Open a SolidWorks model that has structural members and a

//    Simulation static study with beams.

// 5. Select the Simulation study tab.

// 6. Click the Run button on the Simulation CommandManager to

//    refresh the study results.

// 7. In the Simulation Study tree, select the beams for which

//    you want to know their stresses.

// 8. Run the macro.

//

// Postconditions: The selected beams' stresses are printed to the

// the Immediate window.

//-------------------------------

using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;

using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;

using SolidWorks.Interop.cosworks;

using System;

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace ListBeamStressesCSharp.csproj

{

    partial class SolidWorksMacro

    {

        public void Main()

        {

            ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);

            SelectionMgr swSelMgr = default(SelectionMgr);

            CosmosWorks COSMOSWORKS = default(CosmosWorks);

            CwAddincallback COSMOSObject = default(CwAddincallback);

            CWModelDoc ActDoc = default(CWModelDoc);

            CWStudyManager StudyMngr = default(CWStudyManager);

            CWStudy Study = default(CWStudy);

            CWBeamManager BeamMgr = default(CWBeamManager);

            CWResults Results = default(CWResults);

            int actStudy = 0;

            int beamStress = 0;

            int nbrSteps = 0;

            int unit = 0;

            int errCode = 0;

            object[] selBeams = null;

            int nbrSelectedBeams = 0;

            int i = 0;

            int k = 0;

 

            // Connect to SolidWorks

            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

            swSelMgr = (SelectionMgr)swModel.SelectionManager;

 

            // 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);

 

            // Get the active document

            ActDoc = (CWModelDoc)COSMOSWORKS.ActiveDoc;

            if (ActDoc == null) ErrorMsg("No active document.", true);

 

            // Get the active study

            StudyMngr = (CWStudyManager)ActDoc.StudyManager;

            if (StudyMngr == null) ErrorMsg("StudyMngr object not there.", true);

            actStudy = StudyMngr.ActiveStudy;

            Study = (CWStudy)StudyMngr.GetStudy(actStudy);

            if (Study == null) ErrorMsg("Study not created.", true);

 

            // Get the results

            Results = (CWResults)Study.Results;

 

            // Get the selected beams' stresses

            BeamMgr = (CWBeamManager)Study.BeamManager;

            beamStress = (int)swsBeamStressType_e.swsBeamStressWorstCase;

            nbrSteps = 1;

            unit = (int)swsUnit_e.swsUnitSI;

            nbrSelectedBeams = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObjectCount2(-1);

            selBeams = new object[nbrSelectedBeams];

            for (k = 1; k <= nbrSelectedBeams; k++)

            {

                selBeams[k-1] = (object)swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(k, -1);

            }

            Object arrBeamStresses = Results.GetBeamStressForEntities(beamStress, nbrSteps, (selBeams), unit, out errCode);

            Array BeamStresses = (Array)arrBeamStresses;

            for (i = 0; i <= BeamStresses.GetUpperBound(0); i++)

            {

                string beamStressElement = "";

                beamStressElement = Convert.ToString(BeamStresses.GetValue(i));

                Debug.Print(beamStressElement);

            }

        }

 

        //Error routine

        private void ErrorMsg(string Message, bool EndTest)

        {

            swApp.SendMsgToUser2(Message, 0, 0);

            swApp.RecordLine("'*** WARNING - General");

            swApp.RecordLine("'*** " + Message);

            swApp.RecordLine("");

            if (EndTest)

            {

            }

        }

        public SldWorks swApp;

 

    }

}



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