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Replace Component Example (C#)

This example shows how to replace a component with a different component.

'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Read the SOLIDWORKS Document Manager API Getting Started
//    topic and ensure that the required DLLs are registered.
// 2. Copy and paste this code into a VB.NET console application
//    in Microsoft Visual Studio.
// 3. Add the SolidWorks.Interop.swdocumentmgr.dll reference to the project:
//    a. Right-click the solution in Solution Explorer.
//    b. Click Add Reference.
//    c. Click Browse.
//    d. Click:
//       install_dir\api\redist\SolidWorks.Interop.swdocumentmgr.dll
//    e. Click Add.
//    f. Click Close.
// 4. Ensure that the model to open exists.

// 5. Substitute your_license_key with your SOLIDWORKS Document
//    Manager license key.
// 6. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Inspect the Immediate window.
' 2. The first instance of the shaft washer component is
'    replaced with a lock washer in the document.
'
' NOTE: The specified file should be backed up before running this macro,
' as it is used elsewhere. The macro uses a replacement that does not
' properly fit in the model.
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------


using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swdocumentmgr;
namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
    
class Program
    {
        
static void Main(string[] args)
        {
           

            SwDMClassFactory swCf;
            swCf =
new SwDMClassFactory();
            
SwDMApplication swDocMgr;
            swDocMgr = (
SwDMApplication)swCf.GetApplication("your_license_key");
            
SwDMDocument12 swDoc12;
            
SwDmDocumentOpenError res;
            
SwDmDocumentType dt;
            dt =
SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentAssembly;
            
string filename;
            
Debug.Print("Opening an assembly...");
          
            filename =
"C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2018\\samples\\tutorial\\advdrawings\\98food processor.sldasm";
            swDoc12 = swDocMgr.GetDocument(filename, dt,
false, out res) as SwDMDocument12;

            
if (swDoc12 == null | (res != SwDmDocumentOpenError.swDmDocumentOpenErrorNone))
            {
                
Debug.Print("Error opening file...");
                
return;
            }

            
Debug.Print("Getting the active configuration...");
            
SwDMConfiguration8 activeConfig;
            
SwDMConfigurationMgr configMgr;
            configMgr = swDoc12.ConfigurationManager;
            configMgr.GetConfigurationNames();
            activeConfig = configMgr.GetConfigurationByName(configMgr.GetActiveConfigurationName())
as SwDMConfiguration8;
            
if (activeConfig == null)
            {
                
Debug.Print("Error getting the active configuration...");
                
return;
            }

            
Debug.Print("Getting the components of the active configuration...");
            
object[] vComponents;
            vComponents = (
object[])activeConfig.GetComponents();
            
SwDMComponent6 swDmComponent;

            
int i;
            
for (i = 0; i < vComponents.Length; i++)
            {
                swDmComponent = (
SwDMComponent6)vComponents[i];
                
if (swDmComponent.Name == "shaft washer")
                {
                    
bool bResult = swDmComponent.Replace("C:\\Program Files\\SOLIDWORKS Corp\\SOLIDWORKS\\samples\\tutorial\\smartcomponents\\lockwasher.sldprt", "Default", false);
                    
Debug.Print("Replacing shaft washer with lock washer...");
                    
Debug.Print(bResult.ToString());
                    
break;
                }
            }

            swDoc12.Save();
            swDoc12.CloseDoc();

        }
    }
}
 



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