Hello All,
I am looking for a macro to give the MMC and LMC of a model. I have several models in which most have complicated and or several features. All have been created at nominal. I have a need to find the mass properties of these parts at their MMC and LMC conditions. I found a promising link here but I cannot get the macro to work. Can anyone get this macro to work? Is there a macro that can perform this function?
Advance thanks for the help.
...Michael
Can you specify why you can't get it to work? What happens?
My guess is that code is executing starting with the wrong subroutine. When you run a VBA macro using Tools->Macro->Run, there is no way to specify which subroutine SW should start with. This macro needs to start with the CreateMCconfigs() subroutine. There are two ways to force this to happen.
1. Open the macro in the VBA editor.
2. Click anywhere inside the CreateMCconfigs() subroutine to put the cursor there.
3. Click the "play" looking button in the VBA editor's toolbar.
The other way:
Add a macro button to a toolbar. As soon as you drop the user macro icon onto a toolbar, a dialog box will come up to specify the macro. After you browse to the location of the .swp file, the dropdown for "Method" will be populated. Choose "CreateMCconfigs".
Can you specify why you can't get it to work? What happens?
I was able to force the subroutine, same error occurs. It did however get the dialog box to work and prompt "Please be sure that your base configuration is active!!"
No configurations were created nor did my part/model change to a MMC or LMC state. This macro does not work as expected. Can you get it to work for you? I am not understanding the "runtime error '424'". When I click debug, it prompts a highlighted line in the macro. I dont know how to fix the problem. I have no skills on editing a solution in VBA language, I'm a copy and paste kinda guy. What is your perspective on the error?
Much help needed,
Thx...Michael
Works fine on my machine. Please try the attached macro.
I wish I could tell you that your macro worked. I ran the macro and nothing happened. (Tools>>Macro>>Run>>ToleranceAnalysis) No configurations were added for MMC or LMC. I'm trying it on a very simple part to test. I meet all my preconditions:
1. A part model is open whose dimensions have tolerances
2. No configurations active named "MMC" or "LMC" (names changeable with string constants at top). Macro will attempt to delete configurations with these names.
3. "Nominal" configuration is active.
Yet nothing is happening. How oh how did you get yours to work I have no clue (pulling my hair out)? Here is my simple test part. Is there something I'm missing?
Fish outa water I'm just a flop,
...Michael
For the macro I attached, you will still have to force it to start with the correct procedure using one of the two methods I posted earlier. Tools->Macro->Run will not work.
I really do appreciate you entertaining my ignorance. I did try running the macro from “CreateMCconfigs” (see attached). All I got the dialog box, “Please be sure that your base configuration is active!!” , I click OK and I get the error as stated above. Nothing is working for me. Is there a simple way to run the macro by using Tools>>Macro>>Run>>?
Still running in circles,
…Michael
P.S. Method one (steps 1,2,3) did not work for me I get the same error. Method two (the other way) works as far as the Dialog Box.
What do you get if you go to Tools->References in the VBA editor. Anything show up as "MISSING:"?
BINGO! Yes there is something missing. "SldWorks 2010 Type library" and "SolidWorks 2010 Constant type library" are missing. I am running SW2009 and will not be transferring to SW2010 till Jan 1 2011. As a protocol we and our vendors never keep up with SW Service Packs due to bugs that may not worked out till the next release. We cannot afford down time due to not having a stable platform. With that said, how may I correct the missing references?
Hope is on the horizon,
...Michael
Just find the 2009 version of the references corresponding to the 2010 references that are missing. The descriptions stay the same year by year.
Thank You-thank you-thank you!!! It worked! Mass Propertied look correct both MMC and LMC. I will have to verify, but looks GREAT.
You dug me outa a hole,
...Michael
Just find the 2009 version of the references corresponding to the 2010 references that are missing. The descriptions stay the same year by year.