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Select Connector Using Highlight Search Tool Example (VB.NET)

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

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' 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.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.SWRoutingLib
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
 
 
Partial Class SolidWorksMacro
    
    Dim swModel As ModelDoc2
    Dim swAssemblyDoc As AssemblyDoc
    Dim rtRouteMgr As RouteManager
    Dim rtAdvancedRouteSelector As AdvancedRouteSelector
    Dim nbrConnectors As Long
    Dim selName As Object
    Dim attachNames As Object
 
    Sub main()
 
        swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
        swAssemblyDoc = swModel
 
        ' Get SOLIDWORKS RouteManager
        rtRouteMgr = swAssemblyDoc.GetRouteManager()
 
        ' Access the Highlight Search tool
        rtAdvancedRouteSelector = rtRouteMgr.GetAdvancedRouteSelector
 
        ' Find the specified component and add it to the selection list
        nbrConnectors = rtAdvancedRouteSelector.Find("connector (3pin) female-1", swRoutingSearchType_e.swRoutingComponentSearch, TrueFalse)
        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, FalseNothing, swAdvancedRouteSelectionOutput_e.swBoth, selName)
 
 
    End Sub
 
 
 
    ''' <summary>
    ''' The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
    ''' </summary>
    Public swApp As SldWorks
 
 
End Class
 

 



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