SOLIDWORKS

Get Linked Display States Example (C#)

This example gets an assembly and reports on its active configuration and display states.

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Read the SOLIDWORKS Document Manager API
//    Getting Started topic in the API help
//    and ensure that the required DLLs have been registered.
// 2. Open SOLIDWORKS and copy the code below to a C# macro.
// 3. Ensure that the latest SolidWorks.Interop.swdocumentmgr.dll
//    interop assembly is loaded in your project. (Right-click your
//    project in Project Explorer, click Add Reference,
//    click the interop assembly in the .NET tab, or browse
//    for the DLL in install_dir\api\redist).
// 4. Substitute your license key for your_license_key in the code.
// 5. Open the Immediate window.
//
// Postconditions: Examine the Immediate Window for output.
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------

using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;

using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;

using SolidWorks.Interop.swdocumentmgr;

using System;

using System.Diagnostics;

 

    partial class SolidWorksMacro

    {

        public SldWorks swApp;

        public void Main()

        {

            SwDMClassFactory swCf = default(SwDMClassFactory);

            swCf = new SwDMClassFactory();

            SwDMApplication swDocMgr = default(SwDMApplication);

            swDocMgr = swCf.GetApplication("your_license_key");

            int i = 0;

            int j = 0;

            SwDMDocument14 swDoc12 = default(SwDMDocument14);

            SwDmDocumentOpenError res = default(SwDmDocumentOpenError);

            SwDmDocumentType dt = default(SwDmDocumentType);

            dt = SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentAssembly;

            string filename;

 

            Debug.Print("Opening an assembly...");

            filename = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\SOLIDWORKS\\SOLIDWORKS 2018\\samples\\tutorial\\advdrawings\\motor casing.sldasm";

            swDoc12 = (SwDMDocument14)swDocMgr.GetDocument(filename, dt, false, out res);

            if (swDoc12 == null | (res != SwDmDocumentOpenError.swDmDocumentOpenErrorNone))

            {

                Debug.Print("Error opening file....");

                return;

            }

            SwDMConfiguration12 activeConfig = default(SwDMConfiguration12);

            string activeConfigName = null;

            SwDMConfigurationMgr configMgr = default(SwDMConfigurationMgr);

            configMgr = swDoc12.ConfigurationManager;

            activeConfigName = configMgr.GetActiveConfigurationName();

            Debug.Print("Getting the active configuration: " + activeConfigName);

            activeConfig = (SwDMConfiguration12)configMgr.GetConfigurationByName(activeConfigName);

            if (activeConfig == null)

            {

                Debug.Print("Error getting the active configuration...");

                return;

            }

            Debug.Print("ID of " + activeConfig.Name2 + ": " + activeConfig.GetID());

            Debug.Print("");

 

            int numLinkedDisplayStates = 0;

            String[] ldsVariant = null;

            string lds = null;

            Boolean[] compVisibleList = null;

            string[] compFileDirectory = null;

            Object ldsObject = null;

 

            numLinkedDisplayStates = activeConfig.GetLinkedDisplayStates(out ldsObject);

            Debug.Print("Number of linked display states of " + activeConfigName + ": " + numLinkedDisplayStates);

 

            // Getting all the components for one linked display state

            ldsVariant = (String[])ldsObject;

            Object vis = null;

            Object fd = null;

            lds = ldsVariant[0];

            activeConfig.GetComponentVisibleByDisplayStateName(lds, out vis, out fd);

            Debug.Print("");

            Debug.Print("Getting the paths and file names of all of the components in the linked display state, " + lds + ": ");

            Debug.Print("");

            compVisibleList = (Boolean[])vis;

            compFileDirectory = (String[])fd;

            for (j = 0; j <= compFileDirectory.GetUpperBound(0); j++)

            {

                Debug.Print("Component: " + compFileDirectory[j]);

                Debug.Print(" Is visible? " + compVisibleList[j]);

            }

            //Getting all the components in the configuration

            Debug.Print("");

            Debug.Print("Getting the names of all of the components in the FeatureManager design tree in C:\\Program Files\\SOLIDWORKS Corp\\SOLIDWORKS\\api\\redist\ " + activeConfig.Name2 + ": ");

            Debug.Print("");

            Object[] vComponents = null;

            vComponents = (Object[])activeConfig.GetComponents();

            if (!((vComponents == null)))

            {

                SwDMComponent11 swDmComponent = default(SwDMComponent11);

                for (i = 0; i <= vComponents.GetUpperBound(0); i++)

                {

                    swDmComponent = (SwDMComponent11)vComponents[i];

                    Debug.Print(" Component name: " + swDmComponent.Name3);

                    Debug.Print(" For a selective open with OpenDoc7, use: " + swDmComponent.SelectName2);

                }

            }

            swDoc12.CloseDoc();

        }

    }