Open an Assembly in Large Design Review Mode Example (VBA)

This example shows how to open an assembly in Large Design Review mode.

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Verify that the specified assembly to open in Large Design Review mode
'    exists.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Click OK in the Large Design Review dialog.
' 2. Opens the assembly.
' 3. Creates a section view.
' 4. Creates four snapshots in the DisplayManager:
'    * Home
'    * ASnap
'    * Snap2
'    * Snap3
' 5. Click OK in the Name Snapshot dialog.
' 6. Selects and fully resolves a component.
' 7. Inspect the Immediate window for snapshot information and inspect
'    the graphics area.
'
' NOTE: Because the assembly is used elsewhere, do not save changes.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

Dim Part As SldWorks.AssemblyDoc

Dim snap As SldWorks.snapShot

Dim snaps As Variant

Dim snap1 As SldWorks.snapShot

Dim snap2 As SldWorks.snapShot

Dim snap3 As SldWorks.snapShot

Dim i As Long

Dim boolstatus As Boolean

Dim longstatus As Long, longwarnings As Long

Option Explicit

Sub main()
   

    Set swApp = _
    Application.SldWorks
   

    ' Open a large assembly in Large Design Review mode
    Dim large_assembly_document As String
    large_assembly_document = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2018\samples\tutorial\advdrawings\motor casing.sldasm"
    Set Part = swApp.OpenDoc6(large_assembly_document, swDocASSEMBLY, swOpenDocOptions_ViewOnly, "", longstatus, longwarnings)
   

    ' Wait for the FeatureManager design tree to synchronize
    sleep 5
   

    ' Create section view
    Dim sViewData As Object
    Set sViewData = Part.ModelViewManager.CreateSectionViewData()
    Set sViewData.FirstPlane = Nothing
    sViewData.FirstReverseDirection = False
    sViewData.FirstOffset = -0.00508
    sViewData.FirstRotationX = 0
    sViewData.FirstRotationY = 0
    sViewData.FirstColor = 16711680
    sViewData.ShowSectionCap = True
    sViewData.KeepCapColor = True
    Dim mvmgr As ModelViewManager
    Set mvmgr = Part.ModelViewManager
    boolstatus = mvmgr.CreateSectionView(sViewData)
    Part.ClearSelection2 True
    Part.ShowNamedView2 "*Front", 1
    Part.ShowNamedView2 "*Dimetric", 9
   

    ' Add a named snapshot
    Set snap1 = mvmgr.AddSnapShot("ASnap")
    ' Open dialog box to name the next snapshot
    Set snap2 = mvmgr.AddSnapShot("?")
    ' Add a snapshot with the next default name
    Set snap3 = mvmgr.AddSnapShot("")
   

    snap1.Comment = "<TS> This is a comment for ASnap."
   

    snaps = mvmgr.GetSnapShots
   

    For i = 0 To UBound(snaps)
        Set snap = snaps(i)
        snap.Activate
        Debug.Print "Snapshot name: " & snap.Name
        Debug.Print "      Comment: " & snap.Comment
        Debug.Print "       ViewID: " & snap.ViewId
    Next
   

   ' Selects a component
    boolstatus = Part.Extension.SelectByID2("motor casing-1@motor casing", "COMPONENT", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)

   ' Fully resolve only the selected component
   Part.SelectiveOpen True, False

   

End Sub
Sub sleep(PauseTime As Integer)
    Dim Start, TotalTime as Integer
    Start = Timer    ' Set start time
    Do While Timer < Start + PauseTime
        DoEvents    ' Yield to other processes
    Loop
End Sub