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Get Route Properties of Selected Sketch Segment Example (VBA)

This example shows how to get the route and covering properties of a sketch segment.

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' 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, click Tools > References, select
'    SOLIDWORKS version Routing Type Library, and click OK.
' 4. Open public_documents\samples\tutorial\api\RoutingAssem1.sldasm.
' 5. Add a covering to the longest cable.
' 6. Open an Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Edits Route1@Harness1^RoutingAssem1-1@RoutingAssem1.
' 2. Selects the Spline1 sketch segment.
' 3. Attempts to set the length of Spline1.
' 4. Prints the route and covering properties of Spline1.
' 5. Inspect the Immediate window.
'
' NOTE: Because the model is used elsewhere, do not save changes.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
    Dim swApp                As SldWorks.SldWorks
    Dim swModel              As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
    Dim swModelDoc           As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension
    Dim swTopLevelAssembly   As SldWorks.AssemblyDoc
    Dim rtRouteManager       As SWRoutingLib.RouteManager
    Dim rtCovering           As SWRoutingLib.Covering
    Dim bRetVal              As Boolean
    Dim rtRouteProperty      As SWRoutingLib.RouteProperty
 

Sub Main()

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
    Set swModelDoc = swModel.Extension
    Set swTopLevelAssembly = swModel
    Set rtRouteManager = swTopLevelAssembly.GetRouteManager
    If rtRouteManager Is Nothing Then
        Debug.Print "No RouteManager found in top-level document: " & swTopLevelAssembly.GetPathName
        Exit Sub
    End If
   

    ' Select the route
    bRetVal = swModelDoc.SelectByID2("Route1@Harness1^RoutingAssem1-1@RoutingAssem1", "ROUTEFABRICATED", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)
    swModel.EditRoute

    TestRoute swModelDoc, rtRouteManager
   

    rtRouteManager.ExitRoute
    swTopLevelAssembly.EditAssembly

End Sub

Private Sub TestRoute(swModelDoc As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension, rtRouteManager As SWRoutingLib.RouteManager)

    bRetVal = swModelDoc.SelectByID2("Spline1", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)

    If (Not (bRetVal = False)) Then

        Set rtRouteProperty = rtRouteManager.GetRouteProperty

        If Not rtRouteProperty Is Nothing Then

            Dim dOriginalLength As Double
            dOriginalLength = rtRouteProperty.GetFixedLength

            Dim dNewLength As Double
            dNewLength = dOriginalLength * 1.1

            Dim lResult As Long
            lResult = rtRouteProperty.SetFixedLength(dNewLength)

            Dim dFinalLength As Double
            dFinalLength = rtRouteProperty.GetFixedLength
           

            Debug.Print "Spline1"
            Debug.Print "  Fixed length? " & (dOriginalLength < dFinalLength)
            If (dOriginalLength < dFinalLength) Then
                Debug.Print "  Original fixed length (T0): " & dOriginalLength
                Debug.Print "  Set fixed length result code as defined in swSetRouteFixedLengthError_e: " & lResult
                Debug.Print "  Final fixed length (T1): " & dFinalLength
            End If
           

            Debug.Print "  Bend radius: " & rtRouteProperty.BendRadius
            Debug.Print "  Minimum bend radius: " & rtRouteProperty.MinimumBendRadius
            Debug.Print "  Route type as defined in swRouteType_e: " & rtRouteProperty.RouteType
           

            If (rtRouteProperty.HasCovering) Then
                Set rtCovering = rtRouteProperty.GetCovering
                Debug.Print "  Covering properties:"
                Debug.Print "    Name: " & rtCovering.Name
                Debug.Print "    Color: " & rtCovering.Color
                Debug.Print "    Outer diameter: " & rtCovering.OuterDiameter
                Debug.Print "    Part number: " & rtCovering.PartNumber
            End If
           

            Debug.Print ""

        End If

    End If

End Sub



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