Hi guys,
does anyone know if it is possible to retrieve the grain direction in a flat-pattern-feature?
Hey Amen,
now I had the time to test it. It works very well. Thanks for your support!
Sure, here is my small script for testing:
Option Explicit
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As ModelDoc2
Dim featureMgr As FeatureManager
Dim selectMgr As selectionMgr
Sub main()
Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
Set featureMgr = swModel.FeatureManager
Set selectMgr = swModel.SelectionManager
Dim vFeatures As Variant
Dim vFeature As Variant
Dim swFeature As Feature
Dim swEdge As Edge
Dim swFace As Face2
Dim selType1 As Long
Dim selType2 As Long
vFeatures = featureMgr.GetFeatures(False)
For Each vFeature In vFeatures
Set swFeature = vFeature
If swFeature.GetTypeName2 = "FlatPattern" Then
swFeature.Select2 False, -1
swModel.FeatEditDef
selType1 = selectMgr.GetSelectedObjectType3(1, -1)
selType2 = selectMgr.GetSelectedObjectType3(2, -1)
If selType1 = swSelEDGES Then
Debug.Print "Selection1 is Edge"
ElseIf selType1 = swSelFACES Then
Debug.Print "Selection1 is Face"
End If
If selType2 = swSelEDGES Then
Debug.Print "Selection2 is Edge"
ElseIf selType2 = swSelFACES Then
Debug.Print "Selection2 is Face"
End If
swModel.ForceRebuild3 True
End If
Next vFeature
End Sub```Just did a quick search in the API docs. I thought IFlatPatternFeatureData would have something but apparently not.
Your best bet is to open the PMP and make sure the grain selection box is highlighted some that you can get what edge or sketch line is selected with the the selection manager. I’m pretty sure the mark is 1 or 2 counting from the top of the PMP controls.
Hope this helps!
this is a great idea… i will try and let you know!
@Marcel Would it be possible to share the code enabling this function? I’m also interested in it so that I can show it on a layout. (Or better partial code)
Thanks