// Open "Edit Sketch" and make sketch Normal-To (ctrl+8 shortcut) given the Feature
private bool OpenSketchNormalToByName(string sketchName)
{
// Exit out of any opened sketches
if (currentModel.SketchManager.ActiveSketch != null)
{
currentModel.InsertSketch2(true);
}
ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt = default(ModelDocExtension);
swModelDocExt = currentModel.Extension;
bool selected = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(sketchName, "SKETCH", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
if (!selected)
{
ShowNonFatalError("Failed to select sketch '" + sketchName + "'");
return(false);
}
// Open sketch for editing ("Edit Sketch" in Solidworks UI)
currentModel.EditSketchOrSingleSketchFeature();
// Run the 'Normal-To' view command
if (RunNormalToSketchCommand() != 0)
{
return(false);
}
return(true);
}
// (UNUSED, for future reference) Loops through all sketches in a given ModelDoc2 model
public void iterate_each_sketch_in_model(ModelDoc2 thisModel)
{
Console.WriteLine("Iterating through all sketches in this model...");
if (thisModel == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("** Error: thisModel is NULL! Something's wrong...");
}
Feature currentFeature = default(Feature);
int numParentFeatures = 0;
int numSketches = 0;
currentFeature = thisModel.IFirstFeature();
List <Feature> listOfSketches = new List <Feature>();
// Loop through all features in 'thisModel'
while (currentFeature != null)
{
numParentFeatures++;
if (currentFeature.GetTypeName2() == "ProfileFeature") // If child is type Sketch
{
// Gather properties of sketch
Console.WriteLine("Iterating through parentFeature" + numParentFeatures + " ('" + currentFeature.Name + "') in this model...");
GetConstrainedStatus(currentFeature);
// Clear all previous selections
thisModel.ClearSelection2(true);
// Select the current sketch (we verified this feature is a sketch)
if (currentFeature.Select2(false, 0))
{
Console.WriteLine("Successfully selected Sketch ('" + currentFeature.Name + "')");
listOfSketches.Add(currentFeature);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(" ** ERROR: Failed to select Sketch ('" + currentFeature.Name + "')");
break;
}
// Edit the (previously selected) sketch
Console.WriteLine(" Editing sketch......");
thisModel.EditSketchOrSingleSketchFeature();
// Run the 'Normal-To' view command
RunNormalToSketchCommand();
// Exit out of "Edit Sketch" and rebuild
thisModel.InsertSketch2(true);
}
currentFeature = currentFeature.GetNextFeature();
if (currentFeature == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Failed to get next feature! (GetNextFeature() is NULL)");
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Got " + numSketches + " sketches from this model");
}