> Get DimXpert Cone Feature Example (VBA)

Get DimXpert Cone Feature Example (VBA)

This example shows how to build a part and get attributes for the following DimXpert feature:

* Cone

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

' Preconditions:

' 1. Open <SolidWorks_install_dir>\samples\tutorial\api\shaft.sldprt.

' 2. Open the DimXpert toolbar from View > Toolbars

' (select the first instance of Toolbars on the View menu).

' 3. Click the Auto Dimension Scheme icon in the DimXpert toolbar.

' 4. Ensure that the Cone Feature Filter is selected.

' 5. Click the green check mark to accept the settings.

' 6. Observe the following DimXpert features on the DimXpertManager tab

' of the Management Panel: Cone1.

' 7. Open an Immediate window in the IDE.

' 8. Ensure that the latest SolidWorks DimXpert type library is loaded

' in Tools > References.

' 9. Step through this macro (F8).

' Postconditions: Compare the output in the Immediate Window with

' the features displayed on the DimXpertManager tab of the Management Panel.

' NOTE: Because this part is used in a SolidWorks online tutorial,

' do not save any changes when you close it.

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

Option Explicit

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

Dim swModelDocExt As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension

Dim swSelMgr As SldWorks.SelectionMgr

Dim swConfig As SldWorks.Configuration

Dim swFeature As SldWorks.feature

Dim swAnn As SldWorks.feature

Dim swSchema As SldWorks.DimXpertManager

Dim swDXPart As DimXpertPart

Dim featureType As swDimXpertFeatureType_e

Dim features As Variant

Dim appliedFeatures As Variant

Dim appliedAnnotations As Variant

Dim appliedAnnotation As DimXpertAnnotation

Dim feature As DimXpertFeature

Dim appliedFeature As DimXpertFeature

Dim msgStr As String

Dim msgStr2 As String

Dim msgStr3 As String

Dim msgStr4 As String

Dim n As Long

Dim o As Long

Dim p As Long

Dim boolstatus As Boolean

Sub main()

Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

Set swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension

Set swSelMgr = swModel.SelectionManager

' Get the default DimXpert schema using IModelDocExtension.DimXpertManager()

Set swSchema = swModelDocExt.DimXpertManager("Default", True)

' Get IDimXpertPart from the IDimXpertManager

Set swDXPart = swSchema.DimXpertPart

Dim featCount As Long

featCount = swDXPart.GetFeatureCount

msgStr = "Total of "

msgStr2 = featCount

msgStr = msgStr + msgStr2 + " features in " + (swSchema.SchemaName)

Debug.Print ""

Debug.Print msgStr

' Get IDimXpert features through IDimXpertPart

features = swDXPart.GetFeatures

msgStr = (swSchema.SchemaName) + " has the following features: "

Debug.Print ""

Debug.Print msgStr

For n = 0 To UBound(features)

Set feature = features(n)

Debug.Print " " + "Feature name: " + (feature.Name)

featureType = feature.Type

Call GetPatternType(featureType, msgStr2)

msgStr = " Feature type "

msgStr3 = " is suppressed on the DimXpertManager tab? "

msgStr4 = feature.IsSuppressed()

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2 + msgStr3 + msgStr4

msgStr = " " + "Model feature: "

Set swFeature = feature.GetModelFeature()

If Not (swFeature Is Nothing) Then

msgStr2 = swFeature.GetTypeName2()

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

End If

msgStr = " " + "Number of SolidWorks face entities in this feature: "

msgStr2 = feature.GetFaceCount

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = " " + "Number of applied features: "

msgStr2 = feature.GetAppliedFeatureCount()

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

appliedFeatures = feature.GetAppliedFeatures()

If Not (IsEmpty(appliedFeatures)) Then

For o = 0 To UBound(appliedFeatures)

Set appliedFeature = appliedFeatures(o)

Debug.Print " " + "Applied feature name: " + (appliedFeature.Name)

End If

msgStr = " " + "Number of applied annotations: "

msgStr2 = feature.GetAppliedAnnotationCount()

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

appliedAnnotations = feature.GetAppliedAnnotations()

If Not (IsEmpty(appliedAnnotations)) Then

For p = 0 To UBound(appliedAnnotations)

Set appliedAnnotation = appliedAnnotations(p)

Debug.Print " " + "Applied annotation name: " + (appliedAnnotation.Name)

End If

Debug.Print " "

' If you know the name of a DimXpert feature, you can get it directly using IDimXpertPart.GetFeature("name"),

' which can return a general IDimXpertFeature or a more specific interface on the feature

' Get IDimXpertConeFeature for the Cone1 feature

Dim coneFeature As IDimXpertConeFeature

Set coneFeature = swDXPart.GetFeature("Cone1")

msgStr = coneFeature.Name + " is a DimXpert feature"

Debug.Print ""

Debug.Print msgStr

Debug.Print ""

' Get the nominal top plane coordinates for Cone1

Dim x As Double

Dim y As Double

Dim z As Double

Dim i As Double

Dim j As Double

Dim k As Double

Dim angle As Double

Debug.Print "Nominal top plane of Cone1"

Debug.Print ""

boolstatus = coneFeature.GetNominalTopPlane(x, y, z, i, j, k)

msgStr = "X-coordinate is "

msgStr2 = x

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "Y-coordinate is "

msgStr2 = y

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "Z-coordinate is "

msgStr2 = z

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "I-component of unit vector is "

msgStr2 = i

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "J-component of unit vector is "

msgStr2 = j

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "K-component of unit vector is "

msgStr2 = k

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

Debug.Print ""

' Get the nominal bottom plane coordinates for Cone1

Debug.Print "Nominal bottom plane of Cone1"

Debug.Print ""

boolstatus = coneFeature.GetNominalBottomPlane(x, y, z, i, j, k)

msgStr = "X-coordinate is "

msgStr2 = x

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "Y-coordinate is "

msgStr2 = y

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "Z-coordinate is "

msgStr2 = z

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "I-component of unit vector is "

msgStr2 = i

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "J-component of unit vector is "

msgStr2 = j

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "K-component of unit vector is "

msgStr2 = k

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

Debug.Print ""

' Get the nominal cone angle and coordinates for Cone1

Debug.Print "Nominal cone of Cone1"

Debug.Print ""

boolstatus = coneFeature.GetNominalCone(angle, x, y, z, i, j, k)

msgStr = "Angle is "

msgStr2 = (angle / 3.14159265358979) * 180

msgStr3 = " degrees"

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2 + msgStr3

msgStr = "X-coordinate is "

msgStr2 = x

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "Y-coordinate is "

msgStr2 = y

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "Z-coordinate is "

msgStr2 = z

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "I-component of unit vector is "

msgStr2 = i

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "J-component of unit vector is "

msgStr2 = j

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

msgStr = "K-component of unit vector is "

msgStr2 = k

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

Debug.Print ""

' Is the cone feature for a hole or a pin?

boolstatus = coneFeature.Inner

msgStr = "The cone is a hole and not a pin: "

msgStr2 = boolstatus

Debug.Print msgStr + msgStr2

End Sub

Public Sub GetPatternType(ByRef featureType, ByRef msgStr2)

If (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_Plane) Then

msgStr2 = "Plane"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_Cylinder) Then

msgStr2 = "Cylinder"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_Cone) Then

msgStr2 = "Cone"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_Extrude) Then

msgStr2 = "Extrude"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_Fillet) Then

msgStr2 = "Fillet"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_Chamfer) Then

msgStr2 = "Chamfer"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_CompoundHole) Then

msgStr2 = "CompoundHole"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_CompoundWidth) Then

msgStr2 = "CompoundWidth"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_CompoundNotch) Then

msgStr2 = "CompoundNotch"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_CompoundClosedSlot3D) Then

msgStr2 = "CompoundClosedSlot3D"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_IntersectPoint) Then

msgStr2 = "IntersectPoint"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_IntersectLine) Then

msgStr2 = "IntersectLine"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_IntersectCircle) Then

msgStr2 = "IntersectCircle"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_IntersectPlane) Then

msgStr2 = "IntersectPlane"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_Pattern) Then

msgStr2 = "Pattern"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_Sphere) Then

msgStr2 = "Sphere"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_BestfitPlane) Then

msgStr2 = "Bestfit plane"

ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeature_Surface) Then

msgStr2 = "Surface"

End If

End Sub

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