I'm thinking the Hole Wizard is basically like a built-in
macro feature. The plane that the revolve sketch is built on does
exist as a feature in the part. However, you can't access its
definition at all. By using the macro below you can actually create
a sketch on the same plane used by the revolve. If you then edit
the sketch plane of that sketch, SW acts as if the plane is
missing.
Also, you can even delete the hole wizard feature after creating a
sketch on the revolve's plane. The plane doesn't get deleted, but
you can no longer change its location.
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swDoc As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swSelMgr As SldWorks.SelectionMgr
Dim swSketch As SldWorks.Sketch
Dim swFeat As SldWorks.Feature
Dim DatumType As Long
Dim swSkPlane As Object
Dim swPlane As SldWorks.RefPlane
Dim PlaneData As SldWorks.RefPlaneFeatureData
Sub main()
Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
Set swDoc = swApp.ActiveDoc
Set swSelMgr = swDoc.SelectionManager
If swSelMgr.GetSelectedObjectType3(1, -1) = swSelSKETCHES Then
Set swFeat = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1)
Set swSketch = swFeat.GetSpecificFeature2
Debug.Print swSketch.Name
Set swSkPlane = swSketch.GetReferenceEntity(DatumType)
Debug.Print DatumType = swSelFACES, "Face"
Debug.Print DatumType = swSelDATUMPLANES, "Datum"
If DatumType = swSelDATUMPLANES Then
Set swPlane = swSkPlane
'swPlane.Name = "Plane2See"
Debug.Print swPlane.Name & " is hidden?: " &
swPlane.GetUIState(swIsHiddenInFeatureMgr)
Debug.Print "Show plane: " & swPlane.Name
swPlane.SetUIState swIsHiddenInFeatureMgr, False
Debug.Print swPlane.Visible
swPlane.Select False
swDoc.InsertSketch2 False
End If
End If
End Sub
I'll guess that it's using a high enough programming level that it don't need no stinking planes.
I'm thinking the Hole Wizard is basically like a built-in macro feature. The plane that the revolve sketch is built on does exist as a feature in the part. However, you can't access its definition at all. By using the macro below you can actually create a sketch on the same plane used by the revolve. If you then edit the sketch plane of that sketch, SW acts as if the plane is missing.