Edit Mate Reference Example (VBA)

This example shows how to edit a mate reference.

 

'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

'

' Preconditions:

'      (1) A part or assembly document is open.

'      (2) The part or assembly document contains a mate

'          reference named Parallel_MateReference-<1>.

'

' Postconditions: The mate reference named Parallel_MateReference-<1>

'          is edited and replaced by a mate reference named asdfg.

'

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Option Explicit

Sub main()

    

    Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

    Dim swMateReference As SldWorks.MateReference

    Dim swFeature As SldWorks.feature

    Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

    Dim swNewFace As SldWorks.face2

    Dim swSelMgr As SldWorks.SelectionMgr

    Dim swModelDocExt As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension

    Dim boolstatus As Boolean

    Dim retVal As Boolean

    

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    If swModel Is Nothing Then

        MsgBox "No active document."

        Exit Sub

    End If

    Set swSelMgr = swModel.SelectionManager

    Set swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension

    

    boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", -0.07408228341137, 0.02764877337773, 0.01130601269097, False, 0, Nothing, swSelectOptionDefault)

    Set swNewFace = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject5(1)

    

    swModel.ClearSelection2 True

    boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Parallel_MateReference-<1>", "POSGROUP", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, swSelectOptionDefault)

        

    Set swFeature = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject5(1)

    Set swMateReference = swFeature.GetSpecificFeature2

    

    swModel.ClearSelection2 True

    

    retVal = swMateReference.Edit("asdfg", swNewFace, swMateReferenceType_Concentric, swMateReferenceAlignment_AntiAligned, Nothing, swMateReferenceType_default, swMateReferenceAlignment_Any, Nothing, swMateReferenceType_default, swMateReferenceAlignment_Any)

    Debug.Print retVal

    

End Sub