Automating SOLIDWORKS 2015 Using Macros

Automating SOLIDWORKS 2015 Using Macros is designed as a tutorial to help beginner to intermediate programmers develop macros for SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM. The focus of this book is primarily on the Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) macro interface. It covers many of the major API functions through practical use cases. It teaches many Visual Basic.NET fundamentals as well as SOLIDWORKS, SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM and Excel API functions. The Author has also added a chapter dedicated to some of his favorite source code for you to use as the basis for typical automation procedures.

What you'll learn

• Record macros
• Control Custom Properties
• Create parts and features
• Build assemblies
• Batch create drawings
• Extract information from Workgroup PDM
• Create many other time saving utilities

Table of Contents

1. Macro Basics
2. One Button PDF Publishing
3. Model Dimensions Using Excel VBA
4. Controlling Options
5. Material Properties
6. Custom Properties
7. Model Creation
8. Data Import and Export
9. Drawing Automation
10. Notes, Annotations and Tables
11. Add Assembly Components
12. Working with File References
13. Property Manager Pages
14. Using Notifications (Events) in SOLIDWORKS Macros
15. Workgroup PDM API Basics
16. Extract Workgroup PDM Documents
17. Workgroup PDM Check In
18. Enterprise PDM API Basics
19. Enterprise PDM Files and Variables
20. SOLIDWORKS Document Manager API
21. Favorite Code Examples