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Delete Selected Feature Example (VBA)

This method shows how to delete a selected feature. You can specify to delete any absorbed features or children features or both types of features. This method does not ask the user to confirm the deletion.

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' Preconditions: Model document is open and a feature is selected.

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' Postconditions: The selected feature is deleted.

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Option Explicit

 

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

Dim swSelMgr As SldWorks.SelectionMgr

Dim swModelDocExt As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension

Dim boolstatus As Boolean

Dim DeleteOption As Long

Dim longstatus As Long

 

Sub main()

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    Set swSelMgr = swModel.SelectionManager

    Set swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension

        

    ' To delete absorbed features, use enum SwConst.swDelete_Absorbed

    ' To delete children features, use enum SwConst.swDelete_Children

    ' To keep absorbed features and children features, set DeleteOption = 0

    DeleteOption = SwConst.swDelete_Absorbed

    'DeleteOption = SwConst.swDelete_Children

    'DeleteOption = 0

    'DeleteOption = SwConst.swDelete_Absorbed + SwConst.swDelete_Children

    longstatus = swModelDocExt.DeleteSelection2(DeleteOption)

End Sub



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