Move Assembly Components to New Folder Example (C#)

This example shows how to move selected assembly components to a newly created folder in the FeatureManager design tree.

//-------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions: Specified assembly document to open exists.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Assembly document is opened.
// 2. The valve<1> and valve_guide<1> components are selected.
// 3. Folder named Folder1 is created in the FeatureManager design tree.
// 4. The valve<1> and valve_guide<1> components are moved to Folder1,
//    which you can verify by expanding the Folder1 folder.
//
// NOTE: Because the assembly document is used elsewhere,
// do not save any changes when closing the document.
//--------------------------------------------------------

using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;

using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;

using System;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace ReOrderMacroCSharp.csproj

{

    public partial class SolidWorksMacro

    {

        public void Main()

        {

            int errors = 0;

            int warnings = 0;

            bool status = false;

 

            //Open assembly document

            swApp.OpenDoc6("C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\samples\\tutorial\\motionstudies\\valve_cam.sldasm", (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocASSEMBLY, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", ref errors, ref warnings);

            ModelDoc2 modelDoc2 = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

            AssemblyDoc assemblyDoc = (AssemblyDoc)modelDoc2;

            FeatureManager featureMgr = (FeatureManager)modelDoc2.FeatureManager;

 

            //Select and get the two valve-related components to move to the new folder

            ModelDocExtension modelDocExt = modelDoc2.Extension;

            SelectionMgr selectionMgr = (SelectionMgr)modelDoc2.SelectionManager;

            status = modelDocExt.SelectByID2("valve-1@valve_cam", "COMPONENT", 0, 0, 0, true, 0, null, 0);

            object selObj = selectionMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);

            status = modelDocExt.SelectByID2("valve_guide-1@valve_cam", "COMPONENT", 0, 0, 0, true, 0, null, 0);

            selObj = selectionMgr.GetSelectedObject6(2, -1);

            int count = selectionMgr.GetSelectedObjectCount2(0);

            object[] componentsToMove = new object[count];

            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)

            {

                componentsToMove[i] = selectionMgr.GetSelectedObjectsComponent4(i + 1, 0);

            }

 

            //Create the folder where to move the selected components

            Feature feature = featureMgr.InsertFeatureTreeFolder2((int)swFeatureTreeFolderType_e.swFeatureTreeFolder_EmptyBefore);

            feature = (Feature)assemblyDoc.FeatureByName("Folder1");

 

            //Convert .NET objects to IDispatch by using DispatchWrapper

            compsToMove = ObjectArrayToDispatchWrapperArray(componentsToMove);

            modelDoc2.ClearSelection2(true);

 

            //Move the selected components to the new folder

            retVal = assemblyDoc.ReorderComponents(compsToMove, feature, (int)swReorderComponentsWhere_e.swReorderComponents_LastInFolder);  

        }

 

         

        public DispatchWrapper[] ObjectArrayToDispatchWrapperArray(object[] SwObjects)

        {

            int arraySize;

            arraySize = SwObjects.GetUpperBound(0);

            DispatchWrapper[] dispwrap = new DispatchWrapper[arraySize + 1];

            int arrayIndex;

            for (arrayIndex = 0; arrayIndex < arraySize + 1; arrayIndex++)

            {

                dispwrap[arrayIndex] = new DispatchWrapper(SwObjects[arrayIndex]);

            }

            return dispwrap;

        }

 

        /// <summary>

        ///  The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.

        /// </summary>

        public SldWorks swApp;

        public bool retVal;

        public DispatchWrapper[] compsToMove;

 

    }

}