2 Replies Latest reply on Jan 5, 2016 8:39 AM by Attilio Colangelo

how do I change the value of the force in macro

Ryan Lee Dec 31, 2015 4:37 PM

Hi everyone,

I am new to solidworks and have been struggling for the past couple of days. As of now, I am using "addforce2" for model external force, and I would like to change the value of the force instead of the predefined value: 1. To do this, I've also tried in vain to implemented " addforce3". Is there any other way to change the value of the force instead of going for addforce3 because that's a bit too complicated for me.

Thanks,

Ryan Lee

Re: how do I change the value of the force in macro

Amen Allah Jlili Jan 3, 2016 11:33 AM (in response to Ryan Lee)

Can you show us the problematic part of your code?
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Re: how do I change the value of the force in macro

Attilio Colangelo Jan 5, 2016 8:39 AM (in response to Ryan Lee)

I agree, it is easier to edit an existing load than to create one. It goes something like this:

Set LBCMgr = Study.LoadsAndRestraintsManager
Set myForce= LBCMgr.GetLoadsAndRestraints(1, errCode) 'This is the key line to get an existing force
myForce.ForceBeginEdit
myForce.NormalForceOrTorqueValue = 50 'Put your actual force value here
myForce.ForceEndEdit

Breaking down GetLoadsAndRestraints(NIndex, ErrorCode), Nindex refers to a zero-based index of all the loads and restraints so you need to determine which order your force load appears in the tree. What I find handy to make sure you have the proper load is to print them as follows:

Debug.Print myForce.Name, myForce.Type
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