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Create Temporary Elliptical Extrusion Example (C#)

This example shows how to create a temporary elliptical body.

//------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open a model document in SOLIDWORKS.
// 2. Open an Immediate Window.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Creates a temporary elliptical extruded body.
// 2. Inspect the Immediate Window.
//------------------------------------------------
using Microsoft.VisualBasic;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace CreateTempExtrudedBody_CSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {
        
public void Main()
        {
            
ModelDoc2 swDocument = default(ModelDoc2);
            
PartDoc swPart = default(PartDoc);
            
Modeler swModeler = default(Modeler);

            
Curve[] swCurve = new Curve[1];
            
object vCenter = null;
            
double dMajorRadius = 0;
            
double dMinorRadius = 0;
            
object vMajorAxis = null;
            
object vMinorAxis = null;
            
double[] vEllipseParams = null;
            
double[] aCenter = new double[3];
            
double[] aMajorAxis = new double[3];
            
double[] aMinorAxis = new double[3];
            
double dStartParam = 0;
            
double dEndParam = 0;
            
bool bIsClosed = false;
            
bool bIsPeriodic = false;
            
bool bStatus = false;

            swDocument = (
ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

            
if ((swDocument == null))
            {
                swDocument = (
ModelDoc2)swApp.NewPart();
            }

            
if ((swDocument.GetType() != (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART))
            {
                
return;
            }

            swPart = (
PartDoc)swDocument;
            swModeler = (
Modeler)swApp.GetModeler();

            aCenter[0] = 0.0;
            aCenter[1] = 0.0;
            aCenter[2] = 0.0;

            vCenter = aCenter;

            dMajorRadius = 2.0;

            aMajorAxis[0] = 1.0;
            aMajorAxis[1] = 0.0;
            aMajorAxis[2] = 0.0;

            vMajorAxis = aMajorAxis;

            dMinorRadius = 1.0;

            aMinorAxis[0] = 0.0;
            aMinorAxis[1] = 1.0;
            aMinorAxis[2] = 0.0;

            vMinorAxis = aMinorAxis;

            swCurve[0] = (
Curve)swModeler.CreateEllipse(vCenter, dMajorRadius, dMinorRadius, vMajorAxis, vMinorAxis);

            
if ((swCurve[0] == null))
            {
                
Debug.Print(" No curve");

            }
            
else
            {
                
Debug.Print("Curve:");
                
Debug.Print("  is ellipse  = " + (swCurve[0].IsEllipse() == false ? "False" : "True"));
                
Debug.Print("  type        = " + swCurve[0].Identity());
                
Debug.Print("  is ellipse  = " + (swCurve[0].Identity() == (int)swCurveTypes_e.ELLIPSE_TYPE));
                
Debug.Print("  trimmed     = " + (swCurve[0].IsTrimmedCurve() == false ? "False" : "True"));

                bStatus = swCurve[0].GetEndParams(
out dStartParam, out dEndParam, out bIsClosed, out bIsPeriodic);

                
Debug.Print("  start param = " + dStartParam);
                
Debug.Print("  end   param = " + dEndParam);
                
Debug.Print("  closed      = " + bIsClosed);
                
Debug.Print("  periodic    = " + bIsPeriodic);

                
Debug.Print("  length      = " + swCurve[0].GetLength3(dStartParam, dEndParam));

                
if ((!(swCurve[0].IsEllipse() == false)))
                {
                    vEllipseParams = (
double[])swCurve[0].GetEllipseParams();

                    
Debug.Print("  centre       = (" + vEllipseParams[0] + ", " + vEllipseParams[1] + ", " + vEllipseParams[2] + ")");
                    
Debug.Print("  major radius = " + vEllipseParams[3]);
                    
Debug.Print("  major axis   = (" + vEllipseParams[4] + ", " + vEllipseParams[5] + ", " + vEllipseParams[6] + ")");
                    
Debug.Print("  minor radius = " + vEllipseParams[7]);
                    
Debug.Print("  minor axis   = (" + vEllipseParams[8] + ", " + vEllipseParams[9] + ", " + vEllipseParams[10] + ")");
                }

                
Surface planeSurf = default(Surface);
                
MathUtility swMath = default(MathUtility);
                
double slotDepth = 0;
                slotDepth = 0.01;

                swMath = (
MathUtility)swApp.GetMathUtility();

                
double[] startArr = new double[3];
                
double[] endArr = new double[3];
                
double[] ptArr = new double[3];
                
double[] dirArr = new double[3];

                ptArr[0] = 0.0;
                ptArr[1] = 0.0;
                ptArr[2] = 0.0;
                dirArr[0] = 0.0;
                dirArr[1] = 0.0;
                dirArr[2] = 1.0;
                startArr[0] = 1.0;
                startArr[1] = 0.0;
                startArr[2] = 0.0;

                planeSurf = (
Surface)swModeler.CreatePlanarSurface2((ptArr), (dirArr), (startArr));

                
Body2 profileBody = default(Body2);
                
Body2 extrudedBody = default(Body2);
                
MathVector dirVector = default(MathVector);

                profileBody = (
Body2)planeSurf.CreateTrimmedSheet4((swCurve), true);

                dirArr[0] = 0.0;
                dirArr[1] = 0.0;
                dirArr[2] = -1.0;

                dirVector = (
MathVector)swMath.CreateVector((dirArr));
                extrudedBody = swModeler.CreateExtrudedBody(profileBody, dirVector, slotDepth);
                extrudedBody.Display3(swDocument,
Information.RGB(1, 0, 0), 0);

            }
            swDocument.ViewZoomtofit();
        }

        
public SldWorks swApp;

    }
}

 



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