yang686526

fixed part
i'm trying to insert the first part into an assy, but the first part always comes in fixed which is understandable. but with the code i'm currently working on that after it inserts, floats the part so that it will rotate the part to a preselected plane using mate techniques. i know about fixcomponent but is there a float? here's my code, it's pretty cool. to use it create an assy file, save it somewhere then select a plane, like top or right, then run code. it will create a fake plane part at the zero origin of that plane using boundrybox elements, but at the moment doesn't rotate the fakeface part to it. doing this for a post point selection in null space (since no elements in 3d space will exist) to orient the first part once the program has started, also to orient a part in an existing assy using planes not faces. when completed i will code to remove the fakeface part from the assy. just need it for a selection point.
'option explicit
dim swapp as sldworks.sldworks
dim swmodel as sldworks.modeldoc2
dim swassy as sldworks.assemblydoc
dim itemstatusb as boolean, itemstatusl as long
dim swfeat as sldworks.feature
dim swfeatmgr as sldworks.featuremanager
dim swpart as sldworks.partdoc
dim swrefplane as sldworks.refplane
dim swmodeldocext as sldworks.modeldocextension
dim swselmgr as sldworks.selectionmgr
dim swsketchmgr as sldworks.sketchmanager
dim swcomp as sldworks.component2
dim bndboxpnts as variant
dim bndboxary as variant
dim itemplane as variant
dim itemplanename as string
dim parttemplate as string
dim i as integer
dim swerrors as long, swwarnings as long, mateerror as long
sub main()
set swapp = application.sldworks
set swmodel = swapp.activedoc
assyfilename = swmodel.gettitle ' get assy file name
assyname = (left$(assyfilename, len(assyfilename) - 7))
filepathnopartname = left(swmodel.getpathname, instrrev(swmodel.getpathname, "\")) ' get the assembly path only
set swmodeldocext = swmodel.extension
set swselmgr = swmodel.selectionmanager
set swsketchmgr = swmodel.sketchmanager
parttemplate = swapp.getuserpreferencestringvalue(swdefaulttemplatepart)
set itemplane = swselmgr.getselectedobject6(1, -1)
' create temp plane
set swfeat = swmodel.createplaneatoffset3(0, false, true)
swfeat.name = "tempplane"
itemplanename = swfeat.name
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2(itemplanename, "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
set swfeat = swselmgr.getselectedobject6(1, -1)
set swrefplane = swfeat.getspecificfeature2
swmodel.clearselection2 (true)
' get bounding box off temp plane
bndboxpnts = swrefplane.boundingbox '2 mathpoint objects are always returned
' assign highest bounding box elements to array
for i = 0 to ubound(bndboxpnts)
bndboxary = bndboxpnts(1).arraydata
next i
' capture greatest values for plane creation
if bndboxary(0) = 0 then
if bndboxary(1) > bndboxary(2) then
bndboxary(0) = bndboxary(1)
else
bndboxary(0) = bndboxary(2)
end if
elseif bndboxary(1) = 0 then
if bndboxary(0) > bndboxary(2) then
bndboxary(1) = bndboxary(0)
else
bndboxary(1) = bndboxary(2)
end if
elseif bndboxary(2) = 0 then
if bndboxary(0) > bndboxary(1) then
bndboxary(2) = bndboxary(0)
else
bndboxary(2) = bndboxary(1)
end if
end if
' create fake face
set swpart = swapp.newdocument(parttemplate, 0, 0, 0) ' create new part file
' set fakeface file name
set swmodel = swapp.activedoc
swmodel.settitle2 ("fakeface")
fakepartname = swmodel.gettitle
fakepartfilename = fakepartname & ".sldprt"
' get and set plane for fakeface
set swmodeldocext = swmodel.extension
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2("front plane", "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
set swselmgr = swmodel.selectionmanager
set fakefaceplane = swselmgr.getselectedobject6(1, -1)
' create sketch for fakeface
set swsketchmgr = swmodel.sketchmanager
swsketchmgr.insertsketch (true)
' insert and extrude retang using assy bounding box array elements
swsketchmgr.createcenterrectangle 0#, 0#, 0#, bndboxary(0), bndboxary(1), bndboxary(2)
set swfeatmgr = swmodel.featuremanager
swfeatmgr.featureextrusion2 true, true, true, 0, 0, 0.0001, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, true, true, true, 0, 0, false
swmodeldocext.saveas filepathnopartname & fakepartfilename, swsaveascurrentversion, swsaveasoptions_silent, nothing, swerrors, swwarnings
' go back to assy
set swmodel = swapp.activatedoc2(assyfilename, true, swerrors)
set swmodeldocext = swmodel.extension
set swassy = swmodel
' insert new part into assembly
set swcomp = swassy.addcomponent4(fakepartfilename, "", 0#, 0#, 0#)
compname = swcomp.name2()
swmodel.clearselection2 (true)
firstselection = compname & "@" + assyname
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2(firstselection, "component", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
swassy.fixcomponent ' <---- need to float comp for it to mate
' stop
' close fakeface part file
swapp.closedoc (fakepartfilename)
matename = "tempmate"
firstselection = "front plane" + "@" + compname & "@" + assyname
secondselection = itemplanename + "@" + assyname
swmodel.clearselection2 (true)
' select the planes for the mate
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2(firstselection, "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2(secondselection, "plane", 0, 0, 0, true, 0, nothing, 0)
' add the mate
set swfeat = swassy.addmate3(swmatecoincident, swmatealignaligned, false, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, true, mateerror)
swmodel.viewzoomtofit2
' remove temp objects
swmodel.clearselection2 (true)
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2(itemplanename, "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
itemstatusl = swmodeldocext.deleteselection2(0)
end sub
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answer assembly::unfixcomponent works for me.
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ben,
thank you very much!! here's the adjusted code for those wanting to do this. also made fakeface transparent. now just to stuff this into my primary code.
option explicit
dim swapp as sldworks.sldworks
dim swmodel as sldworks.modeldoc2
dim swassy as sldworks.assemblydoc
dim itemstatusb as boolean, itemstatusl as long
dim swfeat as sldworks.feature
dim swfeatmgr as sldworks.featuremanager
dim swpart as sldworks.partdoc
dim swrefplane as sldworks.refplane
dim swmodeldocext as sldworks.modeldocextension
dim swselmgr as sldworks.selectionmgr
dim swsketchmgr as sldworks.sketchmanager
dim swcomp as sldworks.component2
dim bndboxpnts as variant, bndboxary as variant
dim itemplane as variant, itemplanename as string
dim assyname as string, assyfilename as string
dim parttemplate as string
dim filepathnopartname as string
dim fakepartname as string, fakepartfilename as string
dim fakefaceplane as variant
dim compname as string
dim firstselection as string, secondselection as string
dim i as integer
dim swerrors as long, swwarnings as long, mateerror as long
sub main()
set swapp = application.sldworks
set swmodel = swapp.activedoc
assyfilename = swmodel.gettitle ' get assy file name
assyname = (left$(assyfilename, len(assyfilename) - 7))
filepathnopartname = left(swmodel.getpathname, instrrev(swmodel.getpathname, "\")) ' get the assembly path only
set swmodeldocext = swmodel.extension
set swselmgr = swmodel.selectionmanager
set swsketchmgr = swmodel.sketchmanager
parttemplate = swapp.getuserpreferencestringvalue(swdefaulttemplatepart)
set itemplane = swselmgr.getselectedobject6(1, -1)
' create temp plane
set swfeat = swmodel.createplaneatoffset3(0, false, true)
swfeat.name = "tempplane"
itemplanename = swfeat.name
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2(itemplanename, "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
set swfeat = swselmgr.getselectedobject6(1, -1)
set swrefplane = swfeat.getspecificfeature2
swmodel.clearselection2 (true)
' get bounding box off temp plane
bndboxpnts = swrefplane.boundingbox '2 mathpoint objects are always returned
' assign highest bounding box elements to array
for i = 0 to ubound(bndboxpnts)
bndboxary = bndboxpnts(1).arraydata
next i
' capture greatest values for plane creation
if bndboxary(0) = 0 then
if bndboxary(1) > bndboxary(2) then
bndboxary(0) = bndboxary(1)
else
bndboxary(0) = bndboxary(2)
end if
elseif bndboxary(1) = 0 then
if bndboxary(0) > bndboxary(2) then
bndboxary(1) = bndboxary(0)
else
bndboxary(1) = bndboxary(2)
end if
elseif bndboxary(2) = 0 then
if bndboxary(0) > bndboxary(1) then
bndboxary(2) = bndboxary(0)
else
bndboxary(2) = bndboxary(1)
end if
end if
' create fake face
set swpart = swapp.newdocument(parttemplate, 0, 0, 0) ' create new part file
' set fakeface file name
set swmodel = swapp.activedoc
swmodel.settitle2 ("fakeface")
fakepartname = swmodel.gettitle
fakepartfilename = fakepartname & ".sldprt"
' get and set plane for fakeface
set swmodeldocext = swmodel.extension
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2("front plane", "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
set swselmgr = swmodel.selectionmanager
set fakefaceplane = swselmgr.getselectedobject6(1, -1)
' create sketch for fakeface
set swsketchmgr = swmodel.sketchmanager
swsketchmgr.insertsketch (true)
' insert and extrude retang using assy bounding box array elements
swsketchmgr.createcenterrectangle 0#, 0#, 0#, bndboxary(0), bndboxary(1), bndboxary(2)
set swfeatmgr = swmodel.featuremanager
swfeatmgr.featureextrusion2 true, true, true, 0, 0, 0.0001, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, true, true, true, 0, 0, false
swmodeldocext.saveas filepathnopartname & fakepartfilename, swsaveascurrentversion, swsaveasoptions_silent, nothing, swerrors, swwarnings
' go back to assy
set swmodel = swapp.activatedoc2(assyfilename, true, swerrors)
set swmodeldocext = swmodel.extension
set swassy = swmodel
' insert new part into assembly
set swcomp = swassy.addcomponent4(fakepartfilename, "", 0#, 0#, 0#)
compname = swcomp.name2()
swmodel.clearselection2 (true)
firstselection = compname & "@" + assyname
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2(firstselection, "component", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
itemstatusb = swassy.setcomponenttransparent(true) ' make fakeface transparent
swassy.unfixcomponent
swmodel.clearselection2 (true)
' close fakeface part file
swapp.closedoc (fakepartfilename)
firstselection = "front plane" + "@" + compname & "@" + assyname
secondselection = itemplanename + "@" + assyname
' select the planes for the mate
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2(firstselection, "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2(secondselection, "plane", 0, 0, 0, true, 0, nothing, 0)
' add the mate
set swfeat = swassy.addmate3(swmatecoincident, swmatealignaligned, false, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, true, mateerror)
swmodel.viewzoomtofit2
' remove temp objects
swmodel.clearselection2 (true)
itemstatusb = swmodeldocext.selectbyid2(itemplanename, "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
itemstatusl = swmodeldocext.deleteselection2(0)
end sub
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