Get Minimum Radii of Wires Example (VBA)

This example shows how to get:

• minimum bend radius for the bundle of wires in each route segment,
• minimum bend radius for each route segment, and
• types of route.

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Add SolidWorks Routing as an add-in
'   (in SolidWorks select Tools > Add-Ins > SolidWorks Routing).
' 2. Add the SolidWorks <version> Routing Type Library as a reference
'   (in the IDE select Tools > References).
' 3. Open install_dir\samples\tutorial\api\RoutingAssem1.sldasm.
' 4. Open the Immediate window.
' 5. Run the macro.
'
' Postconditions: Examine the Immediate window.
'
' NOTE: Because the assembly document is used elsewhere, do not save 
' any changes when closing it.
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

Sub main()

    Dim swModel              As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
    Dim swModelDoc           As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension
    Dim swTopLevelAssembly   As SldWorks.AssemblyDoc
    Dim rtRouteManager       As SWRoutingLib.RouteManager
    Dim bRetVal              As Boolean
    

    ' Connect to SolidWorks
    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

    ' Get the active document
    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
    Set swModelDoc = swModel.Extension

    ' Downcast from model document to assembly document
    Set swTopLevelAssembly = swModel

    ' Get the RouteManager from the top-level assembly
    ' Use selection tied to the current document, which is the
    ' top-level assembly, so get the RouteManager from there 
    ' instead of from the route subassembly
    Set rtRouteManager = swTopLevelAssembly.GetRouteManager

    If rtRouteManager Is Nothing Then
        Debug.Print "No RouteManager found in top-level document" 
        Exit Sub
    End If

    ' Select route in subassembly
    bRetVal = swModelDoc.SelectByID2("Route1@Harness1^RoutingAssem1-1@RoutingAssem1", "ROUTEFABRICATED", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)

    swModel.EditRoute

    ' Clear selection
    swModel.ClearSelection2 True

    ' Select the 3D Sketch
    bRetVal = swModelDoc.SelectByID2("3DSketch1@Harness1-RoutingAssem1-1@RoutingAssem1", "SKETCH", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)

    ' Edit the 3D Sketch
    Debug.Print "Spline1:"
    TestRoute swModelDoc, rtRouteManager, "Spline1"
    Debug.Print "Spline2:"
    TestRoute swModelDoc, rtRouteManager, "Spline2"

    ' Stop editing
    swModel.Insert3DSketch2 True

    ' Return to editing the top-level assembly
    swTopLevelAssembly.EditAssembly
    

End Sub
Private Sub TestRoute(swModelDoc As ModelDocExtension, rtRouteManager As RouteManager, strSketchSegmentName As String)
    ' Select a sketch segment
    Dim bRetVal As Boolean
    bRetVal = swModelDoc.SelectByID2(strSketchSegmentName, "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)

    If (Not (bRetVal = False)) Then
        ' Get the RouteProperty for the selected sketch segment
        Dim rtRouteProperty As SWRoutingLib.ElectricalRouteProperty
        Set rtRouteProperty = rtRouteManager.GetRouteProperty
        

        If Not rtRouteProperty Is Nothing Then
            Debug.Print "  Bundle minimum bend radius      = " & rtRouteProperty.BundleMinimumBendRadius
            Debug.Print "  Minimum bend radius             = " & rtRouteProperty.MinimumBendRadius

            Select Case rtRouteProperty.RouteType
                Case SWRoutingLib.swRouteType_e.swRouteType_Electrical
                    Debug.Print "  Type                            = Electrical"
            End Select
        End If
    End If
End Sub