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Select Component Face By Name Example (VBA)

This example shows how to find and select a face using its name. The face must belong to an assembly component. This code can be extended to traverse all assembly components, select assembly component geometry by name, and create assembly mates using the selected items.

 

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Public Sub SelectComponentFaceByName(CompName As String, FaceName As String)

 

Dim swApp As Object

Dim AssyDoc As Object

Dim SelMgr As Object

Dim Comp As Object

Dim Body As Object

Dim Face As Object

Dim CurFaceName As String

 

Const swSelCOMPONENTS = 20

Set swApp = CreateObject("SldWorks.Application")

 

' Get active Assembly document

Set AssyDoc = swApp.ActiveDoc()

Set SelMgr = AssyDoc.SelectionManager()

AssyDoc.SelectByID CompName, "COMPONENT", 0, 0, 0

Set Comp = SelMgr.GetSelectedObject3(1)

 

If (SelMgr.GetSelectedObjectType2(1) <> swSelCOMPONENTS) Then

swApp.SendMsgToUser "Please Select an Assembly Component."

Exit Sub

End If

 

Set Body = Comp.GetBody() ' Get the Component Body

 

If (Body Is Nothing) Then

swApp.SendMsgToUser "Component Body Unavailable."

swApp.SendMsgToUser "Make sure not lightweight or suppressed"

Exit Sub

End If

 

Set Face = Body.GetFirstFace

 

' Traverse thru all body faces

Do While Not Face Is Nothing

' Call ModelDoc.GetEntityName.

CurFaceName = AssyDoc.GetEntityName(Face)

 

If (CurFaceName = FaceName) Then

Face.Select (0) ' Select the face

Exit Do

End If

 

Debug.Print CurFaceName

Set Face = Face.GetNextFace

Loop

 

' Subsequent code might select a second face, edge, or feature, and then mate the two items using AssemblyDoc::AddMate.

 

End Sub

 

 



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