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Create Revolve Features Example (VB.NET)

This example shows how to create revolve features.

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions: Open a new part document.
'
' Postconditions: Two revolve features and one cut-revolve feature are created.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst
Imports System

Partial Class SolidWorksMacro

    
Dim swModel As ModelDoc2
    
Dim swModelDocExt As ModelDocExtension
    
Dim swFeatMgr As FeatureManager
    
Dim swSelMgr As SelectionMgr
    
Dim boolstatus As Boolean


    Sub main()

        swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
        swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension
        swSelMgr = swModel.SelectionManager

        
' Create an axis
        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Right Plane", "PLANE", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, swSelectOption_e.swSelectOptionDefault)
        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"Top Plane", "PLANE", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, swSelectOption_e.swSelectOptionDefault)
        swModel.InsertAxis2(
True)

        
' Create a rectangle
        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Top Plane", "PLANE", -0.08954836342753, 0.0004336873289503, 0.006720765739942, False, 0, Nothing, swSelectOption_e.swSelectOptionDefault)
        swModel.InsertSketch2(
True)
        swModel.ClearSelection2(
True)
        swModel.SketchRectangle(-0.05668466821757, -0.02198379306525, 0, -0.01330857427717, 0.03972855876814, 0, 1)

        
' Create the first revolve feature
        swModel.InsertSketch2(True)
        swModel.ShowNamedView2(
"*Trimetric", 8)
      
        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"Sketch1", "SKETCH", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, swSelectOption_e.swSelectOptionDefault)
        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"Axis1", "AXIS", 0, 0, 0, True, 16, Nothing, swSelectOption_e.swSelectOptionDefault)
        swFeatMgr = swModel.FeatureManager
       

        swFeatMgr.FeatureRevolve2(True, True, False, False, False, False, 0, 0, 6.28318530718, 0, False, False, 0.01, 0.01, 0, 0, 0, True, True, True)

        
' Create a cut-revolve feature using a face on the revolve feature
        swSelMgr.EnableContourSelection = 0
        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"", "FACE", -0.03095803920934, 0.01509536510872, 0.02198379306526, False, 0, Nothing, swSelectOption_e.swSelectOptionDefault)
        swModel.InsertSketch2(
True)
        swModel.ClearSelection2(
True)
        swModel.SketchRectangle(-0.04194874421597, 0.01774859621099, 0, -0.01883036471929, -0.01265654504095, 0, 1)
        swModel.InsertSketch2(
True)
      
        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"Sketch2", "SKETCH", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, swSelectOption_e.swSelectOptionDefault)
        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"Line4@Sketch2", "EXTSKETCHSEGMENT", -0.01883036471929, 0.003802500010693, 0, True, 4, Nothing, swSelectOption_e.swSelectOptionDefault)
        swFeatMgr.FeatureRevolveCut(6.26573201466,
False, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1)

        
' Create the second revolve feature using a face on the first revolve feature
        swSelMgr.EnableContourSelection = 0
        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"", "FACE", -0.02333512246603, 0.03472018719853, 0.0219837930652, False, 0, Nothing, swSelectOption_e.swSelectOptionDefault)
        swModel.InsertSketch2(
True)
        swModel.ClearSelection2(
True)
        swModel.CreateCircle2(-0.02232361399104, 0.03354683337932, 0, -0.01445073476016, 0.02795861773112, 0)
        swModel.InsertSketch2(
True)
      
        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"Sketch3", "SKETCH", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, swSelectOption_e.swSelectOptionDefault)
        
boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByRay(-1.81956067901865E-02, 1.80455411334037E-02, 2.17820530671702E-02, -0.400036026779312, -0.515038074910024, -0.758094294050284, 9.91972972972973E-04, 1, False, 4, 0)
        swFeatMgr.FeatureRevolve2(
True, True, False, False, False, False, 0, 0, 6.28318530718, 0, False, False, 0.01, 0.01, 0, 0, 0, True, True, True)
        swSelMgr.EnableContourSelection = 0

    
End Sub

  
    
Public swApp As SldWorks


End Class

 


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