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Fully Define Under Defined Sketch Example (VBA)

This example shows how to fully define an under defined sketch.

'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions: Open a part document containing an under defined sketch.
'
' Postcondition: Previously under defined sketch is now fully defined.
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Option Explicit

 

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

 

Sub main()

 

    Dim swModel              As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

    Dim swFeature            As SldWorks.Feature

    Dim bValue               As Boolean

    Dim swSketchManager      As SldWorks.SketchManager

    Dim swModelExtension     As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension

    Dim lStatus              As Long

    Dim lMarkHorizontal      As Long

    Dim lMarkVertical        As Long

    Dim swSelectionManager   As SldWorks.SelectionMgr

 

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    Set swModelExtension = swModel.Extension

    Set swSketchManager = swModel.SketchManager

    Set swSelectionManager = swModel.SelectionManager

    

    swModel.ClearSelection2 True

    

    ' These are the marks expected for the dimension datums

    lMarkHorizontal = 2

    lMarkVertical = 4

    

    Set swFeature = swModel.FirstFeature

    Do While (Not (swFeature Is Nothing))

        If (swFeature.GetTypeName = "ProfileFeature") Then

            Exit Do

        End If

        Set swFeature = swFeature.GetNextFeature

    Loop

    

    If (Not (swFeature Is Nothing)) Then

        bValue = swFeature.Select2(False, 0)

        swSketchManager.InsertSketch False

        ' OR together the marks for the vertical and horizontal datums;

        ' You cannot select the same point twice with different marks

        bValue = swModelExtension.SelectByID2("Point1@Origin", "EXTSKETCHPOINT", 0, 0, 0, False, lMarkHorizontal Or lMarkVertical, Nothing, 0)

        Debug.Print swSelectionManager.GetSelectedObjectCount2(-1)

        lStatus = swSketchManager.FullyDefineSketch(True, True, swSketchFullyDefineRelationType_e.swSketchFullyDefineRelationType_Vertical Or swSketchFullyDefineRelationType_e.swSketchFullyDefineRelationType_Horizontal, True, 1, Nothing, 1, Nothing, 1, 1)

        swSketchManager.InsertSketch True

    End If

    

End Sub



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