Add Component and Mate Example (C++ COM)

This example shows how to add a component and mate to an assembly.

• AddMate.cpp

• stdafx.h

• stdafx.cpp

AddMate.cpp

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//

// Preconditions: The specified assembly (lens_mount.sldasm) and component

//                (camtest.sldprt) files exist.

//

// NOTE: The assembly and component files are installed when you

//       install SolidWorks and are intended for the SolidWorks Toolbox

//       tutorial, so do not save the assembly after running the program.  

//

// Postconditions: The component and a mate, called top_coinc_camtest-1,

//       are added to the assembly.

//

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#include "stdafx.h"

 

using namespace std;

 

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])

{

//Initialize COM

CoInitialize(NULL);

 

//Use ATL smart pointers

CComPtr<ISldWorks> swApp;

CComPtr<IModelDoc2> swModel;

CComPtr<IModelDocExtension> swDocExt;

CComPtr<IAssemblyDoc> swAssy;

CComPtr<IComponent2> swComponent;

CComPtr<IFeature> mateFeature;

CComPtr<IModelDoc2> tmpObj;

CComPtr<IMate2> swMate;

 

long lErrors;

long lWarnings;

long lMateError;

 

HRESULT hres = NOERROR;

VARIANT_BOOL retVal = VARIANT_FALSE;

 

//Connect to currently running instance of SolidWorks

hres = swApp.CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(SldWorks), NULL, CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER);

 

//Open the assembly document

CComBSTR sAssemblyName(L"c:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks\\samples\\tutorial\\toolbox\\lens_mount.sldasm");

CComBSTR sDefaultConfiguration(L"Default");

swApp->OpenDoc6(sAssemblyName, swDocASSEMBLY, swOpenDocOptions_Silent, sDefaultConfiguration, &lErrors, &lWarnings, &swModel);

 

swModel = NULL;

 

//Open the component (part) document

CComBSTR sCompName(L"c:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks\\samples\\tutorial\\toolbox\\camtest.sldprt");

swApp->OpenDoc6(sCompName, swDocPART, swOpenDocOptions_Silent, sDefaultConfiguration, &lErrors, &lWarnings, &tmpObj);

 

//Re-activate the assembly document

swApp->IActivateDoc3(sAssemblyName, true, &lErrors, &swModel);

 

swAssy = swModel;

 

//Add the component to the assembly

swAssy->AddComponent4(sCompName, sDefaultConfiguration, -1, -1, -1, &swComponent);

 

//Concatenate strings for name of mate

CComBSTR sMateName(L"top_coinc_");

CComBSTR sCompMateName (L"");

swComponent->get_Name2(&sCompMateName);

sMateName.AppendBSTR(sCompMateName);

CComBSTR sFullCompMateName = sMateName;

 

//Concatenate strings for name of first selection: Top plane of component

CComBSTR sFirstSelection(L"Top@");

sFirstSelection.AppendBSTR(sCompMateName);

CComBSTR sAtSign(L"@");

sFirstSelection.AppendBSTR(sAtSign);

CComBSTR sAssemblyFilename(L"lens_mount");

sFirstSelection.AppendBSTR(sAssemblyFilename);

 

//Second selection: Front plane of assembly

CComBSTR sSecondSelection(L"Front@");

 

//Adjust the view so that you can see the assembly and the added component

CComBSTR sNamedView(L"*Trimetric");

swModel->ShowNamedView2(sNamedView, -1);

swModel->ViewZoomtofit2();

 

swModel->ClearSelection2(true);

 

swModel->get_Extension(&swDocExt);

 

//Select the planes to mate

CComBSTR sPlane(L"PLANE");

swDocExt->SelectByID2(sFirstSelection, sPlane, 0, 0, 0, true, 1, NULL, swSelectOptionDefault, &retVal);

swDocExt->SelectByID2(sSecondSelection, sPlane, 0, 0, 0, true, 1, NULL, swSelectOptionDefault, &retVal);

 

//Mate the selected entitities

swAssy->AddMate3(swMateCOINCIDENT, swMateAlignALIGNED, false, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, &lMateError, &swMate);

 

//Set the name of the mate feature

mateFeature = swMate;

mateFeature->put_Name(sFullCompMateName);

 

return 0;

}

 

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stdafx.h

/// stdafx.h : include file for standard system include files,

// or project-specific include files that are used frequently, but

// are changed infrequently

//

 

#pragma once

 

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers

#include <stdio.h>

#include <tchar.h>

#define _ATL_CSTRING_EXPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS // some CString constructors will be explicit

 

#include <windows.h>

#include <atlbase.h>

#include <iostream>

 

using namespace std;  //Use the standard C++ libraries for text output.

#import "sldworks.tlb" raw_interfaces_only, raw_native_types, no_namespace, named_guids  //the SolidWorks type library

#import "swconst.tlb"  raw_interfaces_only, raw_native_types, no_namespace, named_guids  //the SolidWorks constant type library

 

// TODO: reference additional headers your program requires here

 

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stdafx.cpp

// stdafx.cpp : source file that includes just the standard includes

// AddMates.pch will be the pre-compiled header

// stdafx.obj will contain the pre-compiled type information

 

#include "stdafx.h"

 

// TODO: reference any additional headers you need in STDAFX.H

// and not in this file

 

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