Get Ribbon Cable Properties Example (C#)

This example shows how to get ribbon cable properties.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. In SOLIDWORKS, click Tools > Add-Ins > SOLIDWORKS Routing.
// 2. In Tools > Options > System Options > Routing > Routing File Locations,
//    click Launch Routing Library Manager and set the locations of your
//    SOLIDWORKS Routing files.
// 3. In the IDE, right-click the project, 
//    click Add Reference, browse install_dir\api\redist\CLR2, click
//    SolidWorks.Interop.SwRoutingLib.dll, and click OK.
// 4. Open an electrical routing assembly that has a ribbon cable.
// 5. In the FeatureManager design tree, select the component that contains the
//    electrical route.
// 6. Open an Immediate window.
//
// Postconditions: Prints the thickness and width of the ribbon cable to 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 SolidWorks.Interop.SWRoutingLib;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
namespace GetRibbonCableProperties_CSharp.csproj
{
    partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {
 
        ModelDoc2 swModel;
        AssemblyDoc swTopLevelAssembly;
        RouteManager rtRouteManager;
        RibbonCable rtRibbonCable;
        ElectricalRoute rtElectRoute;
 
 
        public void Main()
        {
            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
            swTopLevelAssembly = (AssemblyDoc)swModel;
            rtRouteManager = (RouteManager)swTopLevelAssembly.GetRouteManager();
            if (rtRouteManager == null)
            {
                Debug.Print("No RouteManager found in top-level document: " + swModel.GetPathName());
                return;
            }
 
            rtElectRoute = rtRouteManager.GetElectricalRoute();
 
 
            if ((rtElectRoute != null))
            {
                rtRibbonCable = rtElectRoute.GetRibbonCableDispatch();
 
                Debug.Print("Ribbon cable");
                Debug.Print(" Thickness: " + rtRibbonCable.GetRibbonCableThickness);
                Debug.Print(" Width: " + rtRibbonCable.GetRibbonCableWidth);
 
            }
 
        }
 
 
        /// <summary>
        /// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
        /// </summary>
 
        public SldWorks swApp;
 
    }
}