Create Plastic Costing Analysis Example (C#)
This example shows how to create a plastic Costing analysis of a part.
//-----------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Specified part to open exists.
// 2. Add a reference to SolidWorks.Interop.sldcostingapi.dll.
// 3. Open the Immediate window.
// 4. Run the macro.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Opens the specified part.
// 2. Gets the CostingManager.
// 3. Gets the Costing part.
// 4. Sets the Costing manufacturing method
// to plastic and gets the Costing body.
// 5. Gets the common Costing analysis and
// the plastic Costing analysis.
// 6. Gets the material classes from the Costing template
// and sets the material class.
// 7. Gets the material names from the Costing template
// and sets the material for the material class.
// 8. Sets and gets plastic Costing analysis
// parameters.
// 9. Gets the total manufacturing cost.
//10. Examine the Immediate window to see the
// results of steps 6 through 9.
//
// NOTE: Because the part is used elsewhere, do
// not save changes when closing it.
//-------------------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldcostingapi;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System;
namespace PlasticCSharp.csproj
{
public partial class SolidWorksMacro
{
public void Main()
{
ModelDoc2 swModel;
ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt;
CostManager swcCostMgr;
CostPart swcCostPart;
CostBody swcCostBody;
CostAnalysis swcCostAnalysis;
CostAnalysisPlastic swcPlasticAnalysis;
string fileName;
int errors = 0;
int warnings = 0;
double totalCost;
string templateName;
int materialClassCount;
string[] materialClasses;
int materialCount;
string[] materials;
int i;
//Open the specified part
fileName = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\SOLIDWORKS\\SOLIDWORKS 2018\\samples\\tutorial\\api\\clamp1.sldprt";
swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.OpenDoc6(fileName, (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", ref errors, ref warnings);
swModelDocExt = (ModelDocExtension)swModel.Extension;
//Get CostingManager
swcCostMgr = (CostManager)swModelDocExt.GetCostingManager();
if (swcCostMgr == null)
{
Debug.Print("CostingManager is nothing.");
return;
}
//Get Costing part
swcCostPart = (CostPart)swcCostMgr.CostingModel;
if (swcCostPart == null)
{
Debug.Print("Costing part is nothing.");
return;
}
//Set the Costing manufacturing method
//to plastic and get the Costing body
swcCostBody = (CostBody)swcCostPart.SetCostingMethod("", (int)swcMethodType_e.swcMethodType_Plastic);
if (swcCostBody == null)
{
Debug.Print("Costing body is nothing.");
return;
}
Debug.Print("Plastic Costing analysis");
//Get the common Costing analysis
swcCostAnalysis = (CostAnalysis)swcCostBody.GetCostAnalysis();
if (swcCostAnalysis == null)
{
Debug.Print("Failed to activate Costing analysis.");
return;
}
//Get the plastic Costing analysis
swcPlasticAnalysis = (CostAnalysisPlastic)swcCostAnalysis.GetSpecificAnalysis();
if (swcPlasticAnalysis == null)
{
Debug.Print("Plastic Costing analysis is nothing.");
return;
}
//Get the material classes from the Costing template
materialClassCount = swcPlasticAnalysis.GetMaterialClassesCount();
if (materialClassCount == 0)
{
Debug.Print("No material classes for this plastic Costing analysis.");
return;
}
materialClasses = (string[])swcPlasticAnalysis.GetMaterialClasses();
Array.Resize(ref materialClasses, materialClassCount + 1);
Debug.Print(" Valid material classes for this plastic Costing Analysis: ");
for (i = 0; i <= materialClassCount - 1; i++)
{
Debug.Print(" " + materialClasses[i]);
}
//Set the material class
swcPlasticAnalysis.CurrentMaterialClass = materialClasses[0];
Debug.Print(" Name of the material class for this plastic Costing analysis: " + materialClasses[0]);
//Get the material names from the Costing template
templateName = swcCostAnalysis.CostingTemplateName;
Debug.Print(" Costing template path and file name: " + templateName);
materialCount = swcPlasticAnalysis.GetMaterialCount(materialClasses[0]);
if (materialCount == 0)
{
Debug.Print("No materials for this plastic Costing Analysis.");
return;
}
Debug.Print(" Number of materials: " + materialCount);
materials = (string[])swcPlasticAnalysis.GetMaterials(materialClasses[0]);
Array.Resize(ref materials, materialCount + 1);
Debug.Print(" Valid materials for this plastic Costing Analysis: ");
for (i = 0; i <= materialCount - 1; i++)
{
Debug.Print(" " + materials[i]);
}
//Set the material
swcPlasticAnalysis.CurrentMaterial = materials[0];
Debug.Print(" Name of material for " + materialClasses[0] + " for this plastic Costing analysis: " + materials[0]);
//Set and get plastic Costing analysis parameters
swcPlasticAnalysis.PercentWasteMaterial = 10;
swcPlasticAnalysis.MoldCost = swcPlasticAnalysis.MoldCost / 100;
swcPlasticAnalysis.CalculationMethod = (int)swcMoldCalculationMethod_e.swcMoldCalculationMethod_WallThickness;
swcPlasticAnalysis.MaxWallThickness = 0.005;
swcPlasticAnalysis.RunnerSystem = (int)swcRunnerSystem_e.swcRunnerSystem_ColdRunner;
Debug.Print(" Plastic Costing analysis parameters:");
Debug.Print(" Waste percentage: " + swcPlasticAnalysis.PercentWasteMaterial + "%");
Debug.Print(" Mold cost: $" + swcPlasticAnalysis.MoldCost);
Debug.Print(" Calculation method: " + swcPlasticAnalysis.CalculationMethod);
Debug.Print(" Maximum wall thickness: " + swcPlasticAnalysis.MaxWallThickness + " meters");
//Reset the shop rate to the default
swcPlasticAnalysis.ResetShopRate();
swcPlasticAnalysis.ShopRateApplied = true;
Debug.Print(" Default shop rate applied: " + swcPlasticAnalysis.ShopRateApplied);
Debug.Print(" Default shop rate: $" + swcPlasticAnalysis.ShopRate);
totalCost = swcCostAnalysis.GetTotalCostToManufacture();
Debug.Print("Total plastic cost to manufacture: $" + totalCost);
}
/// <summary>
/// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
/// </summary>
public SldWorks swApp;
}
}