Select Connector Using Highlight Search Tool Example (C#)

This example shows how to select a connector using the SOLIDWORKS Routing Highlight Search tool.

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// Preconditions:
// 1. Open an assembly document containing an electrical route and
//    connector (3pin) female-1.
// 2. In SOLIDWORKS, select Tools > Add-Ins > SOLIDWORKS Routing.
// 3. In Tools > Options > System Options > Routing > Routing File Locations, 
//    click Launch Routing Library Manager and set the locations of your 
//    SOLIDWORKS Routing files.
// 4. In the IDE, right-click the project, 
//    click Add Reference, browse install_dir\api\redist, select
//    SolidWorks.Interop.SwRoutingLib.dll, and click OK.
// 5. Open an Immediate window.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Finds the specified component.
// 2. Prints the number of instances of the specified component.
// 3. Selects the component in the FeatureManager design tree.
// 4. Prints the number of components attached to the selected component.
// 5. Colors the selected component gray in the graphics area.
// 6. Inspect the Immediate window, the FeatureManager design tree,
//    and the graphics area.
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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 SelectConnector_CSharp.csproj
{
    partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {
 
        ModelDoc2 swModel;
        AssemblyDoc swAssemblyDoc;
        RouteManager rtRouteMgr;
        AdvancedRouteSelector rtAdvancedRouteSelector;
        long nbrConnectors;
        object selName;
 
        object attachNames;
 
        public void Main()
        {
            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
            swAssemblyDoc = (AssemblyDoc)swModel;
 
            // Get SOLIDWORKS RouteManager
            rtRouteMgr = (RouteManager)swAssemblyDoc.GetRouteManager();
 
            // Access the Highlight Search tool
            rtAdvancedRouteSelector = (AdvancedRouteSelector)rtRouteMgr.GetAdvancedRouteSelector();
 
            // Find the specified component and add it to the selection list
            nbrConnectors = rtAdvancedRouteSelector.Find("connector (3pin) female-1", (int)swRoutingSearchType_e.swRoutingComponentSearch, true, false);
            Debug.Print("Number of instances of the specified component in this assembly: " + nbrConnectors);
 
            // Get the number of components attached to the selected component
            Debug.Print("Number of components attached to the specified connector: " + rtAdvancedRouteSelector.getAttachedComponentsCount(0));
 
            // Color the selection gray
            rtAdvancedRouteSelector.SetSelectionColor(true, 0);
 
            // Select the component and return an array of its attached components
            attachNames = rtAdvancedRouteSelector.Select(0, false, null, (int)swAdvancedRouteSelectionOutput_e.swBoth, out selName);
 
 
        }
 
 
 
        /// <summary>
        /// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
        /// </summary>
 
        public SldWorks swApp;
 
    }
}