Get Mates and Mate Entities Example (C#)
This example shows how to iterate through a FeatureManager design tree and get all of an assembly's mates and mate entities.
//------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Verify that the specified assembly document to open exists.
// 2. Open the Immediate window.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Opens the specified assembly document.
// 2. Iterates through the FeatureManager design tree to find
// and print Mates to the Immediate window.
// 3. Iterates through the subfeatures of Mates and prints each mate
// entity's information to the Immediate window.
// 4. Examine the Immediate window.
//------------------------------------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections;
namespace Mate2CSharp.csproj
{
public partial class SolidWorksMacro
{
public void Main()
{
ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);
Feature swFeat = default(Feature);
Feature swMateFeat = null;
Feature swSubFeat = default(Feature);
Mate2 swMate = default(Mate2);
Component2 swComp = default(Component2);
MateEntity2[] swMateEnt = new MateEntity2[3];
string fileName = null;
int errors = 0;
int warnings = 0;
int i = 0;
double[] entityParameters = new double[8];
fileName = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\SOLIDWORKS\\SOLIDWORKS 2018\\samples\\tutorial\\api\\simple-block.sldasm";
swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.OpenDoc6(fileName, (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocASSEMBLY, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", ref errors, ref warnings);
//Get the first feature in the assembly
swFeat = (Feature)swModel.FirstFeature();
//Iterate over features in FeatureManager design tree
while ((swFeat != null))
{
if ("MateGroup" == swFeat.GetTypeName())
{
swMateFeat = (Feature)swFeat;
break;
}
swFeat = (Feature)swFeat.GetNextFeature();
}
Debug.Print(" " + swMateFeat.Name);
Debug.Print("");
//Get first mate, which is a subfeature
swSubFeat = (Feature)swMateFeat.GetFirstSubFeature();
while ((swSubFeat != null))
{
swMate = (Mate2)swSubFeat.GetSpecificFeature2();
if ((swMate != null))
{
for (i = 0; i <= 1; i++)
{
swMateEnt[i] = swMate.MateEntity(i);
Debug.Print(" " + swSubFeat.Name);
Debug.Print(" Type = " + swMate.Type);
Debug.Print(" Alignment = " + swMate.Alignment);
Debug.Print(" Can be flipped = " + swMate.CanBeFlipped);
Debug.Print("");
swComp = (Component2)swMateEnt[i].ReferenceComponent;
Debug.Print(" Component = " + swComp.Name2);
Debug.Print(" Mate enity type = " + swMateEnt[i].ReferenceType);
entityParameters = (double[])swMateEnt[i].EntityParams;
Debug.Print(" (x,y,z) = (" + (double)entityParameters[0] + ", " + (double)entityParameters[1] + ", " + (double)entityParameters[2] + ")");
Debug.Print(" (i,j,k) = (" + (double)entityParameters[3] + ", " + (double)entityParameters[4] + ", " + (double)entityParameters[5] + ")");
Debug.Print(" Radius 1 = " + (double)entityParameters[6]);
Debug.Print(" Radius 2 = " + (double)entityParameters[7]);
Debug.Print("");
}
Debug.Print(" ");
}
// Get the next mate in MateGroup
swSubFeat = (Feature)swSubFeat.GetNextSubFeature();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
/// </summary>
public SldWorks swApp;
}
}