Please advise why the attached macro is not working anymore.I get an error message as below.I do have a part active while running the macro.
Thanks,
Feroz
Please advise why the attached macro is not working anymore.I get an error message as below.I do have a part active while running the macro.
Thanks,
Feroz
Check and fix the macro references to suit your installed version of SW.
Also make sure you've a solid feature in part or part in assembly to get the mass properties.
Deepak,
I do have my references to suit my installed version.
Remove these two and try again
Still does not work.
Remove the VBA client type library as well. The macro is working fine for me without making any changes in codes with these libraries.
Hi Feroz
Try this one...
I updated it to use GetMassProperties2
So you can control the Accuracy and Selected Components
Hi Rob,
I am using SolidWorks 2015. I get the following error.
Are "U" missing a letter?
Edit: NVM... Looks like Rob typo'd the enum...
Hi Josh..
VBA didn't seem to like default, so I deliberately misspelled it
Rob Edwards wrote:
Hi Josh..
VBA didn't seem to like default, so I deliberately misspelled it
You can try with the corresponding digits, like 1 in this case
Deepak Gupta wrote:
Rob Edwards wrote:
Hi Josh..
VBA didn't seem to like default, so I deliberately misspelled it
You can try with the corresponding digits, like 1 in this case
My memory's that bad, I try and avoid numbers where I can ;p
I don't normally require using the COG but the way the world works I found myself using one today..
Just wondering what is the advantage of a sketch point (which doesn't update) over inserting a center of mass reference point?
Rob Edwards wrote:
I don't normally require using the COG but the way the world works I found myself using one today..
Just wondering what is the advantage of a sketch point (which doesn't update) over inserting a center of mass reference point?
I do no recall when COM was introduced in SW, so macro is useful for earlier versions where this option is not available.
Ah yes... Default is a reserved keyword.
As far as sketch point vs. center of mass reference point, I believe that macro was created before the COMRP was incorporated into the software.
I don't have to use it myself either, so I'm not sure if the sketch point version has any advantages or not. I suppose since it's a static, non-updating point, you could add multiple ones as your design progresses/changes or something?
Josh Brady wrote:
Ah yes... Default is a reserved keyword.
As far as sketch point vs. center of mass reference point, I believe that macro was created before the COMRP was incorporated into the software.
I don't have to use it myself either, so I'm not sure if the sketch point version has any advantages or not. I suppose since it's a static, non-updating point, you could add multiple ones as your design progresses/changes or something?
Looks like you can do that with the reference point.. and I presume it updates.. so I'm guessing the macro is itself kinda obsolete,, or could be dramatically improved by using the ref point capability (I've not checked the api)
sorry Feroz I'm on 2016.. The macro looked really old and there were obsolete calls and a lot of clutter in there,,, redundant declarations etc so I ended up pruning it a lot
My original macro and the one attached by Rob work if I run them in SolidWorks 2018.
My problem is that I am still using SolidWorks 2015. We shall only move over to SolidWorks 2018 once we migrate all our Pdm workgroup data to the new Pdm standard vault.
Hi Feroz
Maybe you could try copying the code to the clipboard.
Then making a new macro in 2015 and pasting the code . see if that works.
My macro knowledge is pretty shallow sorry
Note that GetMassProperties2 was introduced in SW2016 per the API help. It will be a while before it works in 2015...
Josh Brady wrote:
Note that GetMassProperties2 was introduced in SW2016 per the API help. It will be a while before it works in 2015...
OK
replace this line
vMassProperties = .Extension.GetMassProperties2(Accuracy:=accuracy_e.Defalt, status:=status, useselected:=False)
with
vMassProperties = .Extension.GetMassProperties(Accuracy:=accuracy_e.Defalt, status:=status)
Thank you to all that assisted.
OK
replace this line
vMassProperties = .Extension.GetMassProperties2(Accuracy:=accuracy_e.Defalt, status:=status, useselected:=False)
with
vMassProperties = .Extension.GetMassProperties(Accuracy:=accuracy_e.Defalt, status:=status)