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Get Virtual Sharp Witness Line Data Example (VBA)

This example shows how to get the geometry data of all of the virtual sharp witness lines in a drawing.

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions: Open the drawing of a part that contains one or more
' virtual sharps with witness lines.
'
' Postconditions: Inspect the Immediate Window for virtual sharp witness line
' geometry data.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim pDrawing As SldWorks.DrawingDoc
Dim swView As SldWorks.View
Dim Count As Long
Dim size As Long
Dim entitiesData  As Variant
Dim index As Long
Dim entityCounts As Long
Dim entType As Long
Dim linesCount As Long
Dim arcsCount As Long
Dim VirtualSharpNum As Long
Dim j As Long

Option Explicit

Sub main()
    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
    Set pDrawing = swModel
   

    Set swView = pDrawing.GetFirstView
    While Not swView Is Nothing
       

       Debug.Print "Drawing view: "; swView.Name
       

       Count = swView.GetWitnessEntitiesCount(size)
      

       Debug.Print "  Number of virtual sharp witness lines: "; Count
       Debug.Print "  Size of virtual sharp witness line geometry data array: "; size
      

       If (Count > 0) Then
            entitiesData = swView.GetWitnessGeomInfo
           

            If Not IsEmpty(entitiesData) Then
                VirtualSharpNum = 0
                index = 0
                entityCounts = 0
                While entityCounts < Count - 1
                    Debug.Print "    Virtual sharp "; VirtualSharpNum
                    Debug.Print "      Color: "; entitiesData(index)
                    index = index + 1
                    Debug.Print "      Line style (swLineStyles_e): "; entitiesData(index)
                    index = index + 1
                    Debug.Print "      Line weight: (swLineWeights_e): "; entitiesData(index)
                    index = index + 1
                    Debug.Print "      Layer ID: "; entitiesData(index)
                    index = index + 1
                    Debug.Print "      Layer override (swLayerOverride_e):"; entitiesData(index)
                    index = index + 1
                   

                    entType = entitiesData(index)
                    Debug.Print "      Entity type: "; entType
                    If (entType = 0) Then
                        index = index + 1
                        linesCount = entitiesData(index)
                        Debug.Print "      Line count: "; linesCount
                        index = index + 1
                       

                        For j = 0 To linesCount - 1
                            Debug.Print "        Start: x ="; entitiesData(index); " y ="; entitiesData(index + 1); " z ="; entitiesData(index + 2)
                            index = index + 3
                            Debug.Print "        End:   x ="; entitiesData(index); " y ="; entitiesData(index + 1); " z ="; entitiesData(index + 2)
                            index = index + 3
                        Next j
                        entityCounts = entityCounts + linesCount
                    End If
               

                    entType = entitiesData(index)
                    Debug.Print "      Entity type: "; entType
                    If (entType = 1) Then
                        index = index + 1
                        arcsCount = entitiesData(index)
                        Debug.Print "      Arc count: "; arcsCount
                        index = index + 1
                       

                        For j = 0 To arcsCount - 1
                            Debug.Print "        Start:  x ="; entitiesData(index); " y ="; entitiesData(index + 1); " z ="; entitiesData(index + 2)
                            index = index + 3
                            Debug.Print "        End:    x ="; entitiesData(index); " y ="; entitiesData(index + 1); " z ="; entitiesData(index + 2)
                            index = index + 3
                            Debug.Print "        Center: x ="; entitiesData(index); " y ="; entitiesData(index + 1); " z ="; entitiesData(index + 2)
                            index = index + 3
                            Debug.Print "        Normal: x ="; entitiesData(index); " y ="; entitiesData(index + 1); " z ="; entitiesData(index + 2)
                            index = index + 3
                        Next j
                       

                        entityCounts = entityCounts + arcsCount
                       

                    End If
                   

                    VirtualSharpNum = VirtualSharpNum + 1
                   

                Wend
       

            End If
       End If
             

        Set swView = swView.GetNextView
       

     Wend
 

End Sub

 



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