Advanced geometry feature (introducing Geometry++)

Discussion created by Artem Taturevych on Dec 31, 2018
Latest reply on Jul 22, 2019 by Artem Taturevych

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Hi,

I would like to introduce new free and open source tool for advanced geometry modelling in SOLIDWORKS, called Geometry++ .

Tools is based on SwEx.AddIn, SwEx.PMPage and SwEx.MacroFeature frameworks.

This tool is based on some request came from the community:

Create Surface Body from Solid Body

Multi-Body Parts: Allow Fillet, Chamfer, Draft and other Functions on multiple bodies

The 22nd SOLIDWORKS Power-User and Programming Challenge - Parametric Trim of Multiple Surfaces

More features will be added in the future.

This is alpha version only so it is not recommended to use it in production. If you would like to play with the tool and found any issues it would be appreciated if the issue is reported via Issues page. You can also submit enhancements from the same page.

Happy New Year!

Thanks,

Artem

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ömür tokman Dec 31, 2018 2:59 AM
Thank you so much.
Especially the source file is perfect to share.
c sharp will be a good start in Rob Edwards trying to learn the .
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Fatih Mehmet Ozcan Jan 5, 2019 12:56 PM
Hello Artem. Is this problem caused just because I did not install your addin or it happens in all macro features made with C# without necessary references?

Related file can be accessed from Rob's comment
https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/227855#923990
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- Artem Taturevych @ Fatih Mehmet Ozcan on Jan 6, 2019 5:23 AM
  Hello Fatih,
  
  Yes, you are correct and you need to install the add-in. COM based macro features (C#, VB.NET, C++ - everything except of VBA) cannot be embedded and require COM object which implements this macro feature to be registered on the target machine. Here is more information and comparison: Macro Feature
  
  Thanks,
  Artem
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Ruben Balderrama Jan 5, 2019 12:57 PM
Thank you buddy!
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Artem Taturevych Mar 9, 2019 10:42 PM
New version 0.3.0 is released based on this request: Re: Easy question I think - When you have a surface body with multiple faces, is there an easy way to split the body into multiple sub-bodies using those faces?

I've thought this functionality can be useful to the community.
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- Richard Gergely @ Artem Taturevych on Mar 11, 2019 12:55 PM
  Good work.
  I think the naming is a little confusing. I assume it is simply 'unknit surfaces'
  
  Is there a possibility of selecting the surfaces you want to unknit and leaving the rest knit?
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  - Artem Taturevych @ Richard Gergely on Mar 11, 2019 4:05 PM
    Yes, it is possible to change it to work this way. I will work on that.
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Christian Chu Mar 11, 2019 11:02 AM
Thanks for sharing the tool
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Christian Chu Mar 11, 2019 1:08 PM
Artem Taturevych wrote:

Hi,

I would like to introduce new free and open source tool for advanced geometry modelling in SOLIDWORKS, called Geometry++ .

Tools is based on SwEx.AddIn, SwEx.PMPage and SwEx.MacroFeature frameworks.

This tool is based on some request came from the community:

Create Surface Body from Solid Body
Multi-Body Parts: Allow Fillet, Chamfer, Draft and other Functions on multiple bodies
The 22nd SOLIDWORKS Power-User and Programming Challenge - Parametric Trim of Multiple Surfaces

More features will be added in the future.

This is alpha version only so it is not recommended to use it in production. If you would like to play with the tool and found any issues it would be appreciated if the issue is reported via Issues page. You can also submit enhancements from the same page.

Happy New Year!

Thanks,
Artem
Artem,
I tried the first 2 links and here is what I got
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- Artem Taturevych @ Christian Chu on Mar 11, 2019 4:07 PM
  Hi Christian,
  
  Those were links to ideas and looks like SW is locking the ideas section after SWW.
  
  I have the same result from my end.
  
  Thanks,
  Artem
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  - Christian Chu @ Artem Taturevych on Mar 11, 2019 4:15 PM
    It's what I thought and wanted to confirm
    Thanks
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  - Kevin Chandler @ Artem Taturevych on Mar 11, 2019 5:09 PM
    Artem Taturevych wrote:
    
    Hi Christian,
    
    Those were links to ideas and looks like SW is locking the ideas section after SWW.
    
    I have the same result from my end.
    
    Thanks,
    Artem
    Hello Artem Taturevych,
    
    Thank you for the efforts to make this happen.
    If the ideas were from this last Top Ten, then Rob Edwards may have them as PDF files.
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    - Rob Edwards @ Kevin Chandler on Mar 11, 2019 5:25 PM
      Yep.. here you go.
      pdf's attached
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      17 Multi-Body Parts_ Allow Fillet, Chamfer, Draft ....pdf130.7 KB
      649 Create Surface Body from Solid Body.pdf538.6 KB
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      - Christian Chu @ Rob Edwards on Mar 11, 2019 5:26 PM
        Thx, Rob
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      - Artem Taturevych @ Rob Edwards on Mar 12, 2019 4:10 PM
        Thanks for sharing, Rob. It is unfortunate that ideas session is locked. I believe I saw a request somewhere to keep it open. I have noted few more ideas from that section which I wanted to implement in Geometry++ and other tools.
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        Rob Edwards @ Artem Taturevych on Mar 12, 2019 4:52 PM
        Artem Taturevych wrote:
        
        Thanks for sharing, Rob. It is unfortunate that ideas session is locked. I believe I saw a request somewhere to keep it open. I have noted few more ideas from that section which I wanted to implement in Geometry++ and other tools.
        Hi Artem
        I got them all the day before they were taken down and some of them on the last day. I think I lost some of the comments on the longer posts but it's not so bad. The dropbox link at the top of this post should be set to public. You can download a zip file or browse individually...TOP 10 Archive
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Artem Taturevych Jul 22, 2019 5:21 AM
Hi,

I have released new version of Geometry++. New command to suspend rebuild operation is added allowing to batch execute rebuild operations when modifying the geometry significantly increasing the performance.

Thanks,
Artem
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