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Rename Assembly Components Example (VBA)

This example shows how to rename assembly components.

 

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'

' Preconditions: Assembly document is open.

'

' Postconditions: Assembly component names are changed by

'                 appending 123 to the end of the names.

'

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Option Explicit

Public Enum swUserPreferenceToggle_e

    swExtRefUpdateCompNames = 18

End Enum

Sub Main()

    Dim swApp                   As SldWorks.SldWorks

    Dim swModel                 As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

    Dim swConfigMgr             As SldWorks.ConfigurationManager

    Dim swConfig                As SldWorks.Configuration

    Dim swRootComp              As SldWorks.Component2

    Dim Children                As Variant

    Dim swChild                 As SldWorks.Component2

    Dim ChildCount              As Integer

    Dim OldName                 As String

    Dim NewName                 As String

    Dim bOldSetting             As Boolean

    Dim bRet                    As Boolean

    Dim i                       As Long

    

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    Set swConfigMgr = swModel.ConfigurationManager

    Set swConfig = swConfigMgr.ActiveConfiguration

    Set swRootComp = swConfig.GetRootComponent

    

    bOldSetting = swApp.GetUserPreferenceToggle(swExtRefUpdateCompNames)

    swApp.SetUserPreferenceToggle swExtRefUpdateCompNames, False

    

    Children = swRootComp.GetChildren

    ChildCount = UBound(Children)

    

    For i = 0 To ChildCount

        Set swChild = Children(i)

        

        ' Changing component name requires component to be selected

        bRet = swChild.Select2(False, 0)

        

        OldName = swChild.Name2

        NewName = OldName & " 123"

        Debug.Print "OldName = " + OldName

        Debug.Print "NewName = " + NewName

        Debug.Print ""

        

        swChild.Name2 = NewName

    Next i

    swApp.SetUserPreferenceToggle swExtRefUpdateCompNames, bOldSetting

End Sub

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