Automating SolidWorks 2011 Using Macros
A Visual Studio Tool for Applications Tutorial for SolidWorks users
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Description
Automating SolidWorks 2011 Using Macros is designed as a tutorial to help beginner to intermediate programmers develop macros for SolidWorks and SolidWorks Workgroup PDM. The focus of this book is primarily on the Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) macro interface. It covers many of the major API functions through practical use cases. It teaches many Visual Basic.NET fundamentals as well as SolidWorks, SolidWorks Workgroup PDM and Excel API functions. The Author has also added a chapter dedicated to some of his favorite source code for you to use as the basis for typical automation procedures.
Using this book you will learn how to:
- Record macros
- Control Custom Properties
- Create parts and features
- Build assemblies
- Batch create drawings
- Extract information from Workgroup PDM
- Create many other time saving utilities
Table of Contents
- Macro Basics
- One Button PDF Publishing
- Model Dimensions Using Excel VBA
- Controlling Options
- Material Properties
- Custom Properties
- Model Creation
- Data Import
- Drawing Automation
- Add Assembly Components
- Working with File References
- Property Manager Pages
- Using Notifications (Events) in SolidWorks Macros
- Workgroup PDM API Basics
- Extract Workgroup PDM Documents
- Workgroup PDM Check In
- Enterprise PDF API Basics
- Enterprise PDM Files and Variables
- Favorite Code Examples
Downloads
The files provided by the author for this book can be downloaded as two zip file by clicking on the link below:
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Product Details
| Publisher | SDC Publications |
| Authors | Mike Spens |
| Published | January 21, 2011 |
| User Level | Beginner - Intermediate |
| Pages | 409 |
| Binding | Spiral Bound |
| Printing | Black and White |
| Print ISBN | 978-1-58503-620-2 |
| Print ISBN 10 | 158503620X |
| eBook ISBN | 978-1-63056-123-9 |
