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why is distance mate dim is always 1
i have a routine that makes a mate to an inserted part, but no matter what i put for the distance value, it always makes my distance mate 1"
i have the same question for my angle mates, i put 45 as my value, but they come out 58.31007809deg in the assembly.
i think it has to do with the values vs units thing?? is the required value a real/integer/etc... and it's not equal to my dim?
i'm running the macro in an assembly, and the units are ips (inch pound second) whichis what i want.
here are the two commands to make the mates: (the top one is the angle mate and the bottom one is the distance mate)
thanks!
-wes
boolstatus = assy.extension.selectbyid2("front plane@" & swcomp.name2 & "@" & swrootcomp.name2, "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
boolstatus = assy.extension.selectbyid2("front plane", "plane", 0, 0, 0, true, 0, nothing, 0)
assy.addmate 6, 2, 0, 0.06326275636025, 45
boolstatus = assy.extension.selectbyid2("top plane@" & swcomp.name2 & "@" & swrootcomp.name2, "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
boolstatus = assy.extension.selectbyid2("top plane", "plane", 0, 0, 0, true, 0, nothing, 0)
assy.addmate 5, 2, 0, 0.0254, 24
wes mosier
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option explicit
sub main()
dim swapp as sldworks.sldworks
dim swmodel as sldworks.modeldoc2
dim assy as sldworks.assemblydoc
dim boolstatus as boolean
dim longwarnings as long, longerror as long
dim swcomp as sldworks.component2
dim refmodel as sldworks.modeldoc2
dim filter as string
dim filename as string
dim fileconfig as string
dim filedispname as string
dim fileoptions as long
dim sdoctype as string
dim swconfig as sldworks.configuration
dim swrootcomp as sldworks.component2
const pi as double = 3.14159265358979
set swapp = application.sldworks
' this following string has three filters associated with it; note the use
' of the | character between filters
filter = "solidworks files (*.sldprt; *.sldasm; *.slddrw)|*.sldprt;*.sldasm;*.slddrw|filter name (*.fil)|*.fil|all files (*.*)|*.*"
filename = swapp.getopenfilename("file to attach", "", filter, fileoptions, fileconfig, filedispname)
' in the dialog, click the down-arrow associated with files to type to see the filters
' dialogfiles of type down arrow key
set swmodel = swapp.activedoc
if swmodel.gettype <> swdocassembly then
msgbox "open assembly first"
exit sub
end if
if ucase(swmodel.getpathname) = ucase(filename) then
msgbox "can't open same file"
exit sub
end if
set assy = swmodel
select case ucase(right(filename, 6))
case "sldasm"
sdoctype = swdocassembly
case "sldprt"
sdoctype = swdocpart
case else
msgbox "wrong type"
exit sub
end select
swapp.documentvisible false, sdoctype
set refmodel = swapp.opendoc6(filename, sdoctype, swopendocoptions_silent, fileconfig, longerror, longwarnings)
set swcomp = assy.addcomponent4(filedispname, fileconfig, 0, 0, 0)
swapp.documentvisible true, sdoctype
set swconfig = swmodel.getactiveconfiguration
set swrootcomp = swconfig.getrootcomponent
boolstatus = assy.extension.selectbyid2("front plane@" & swcomp.name2 & "@" & swrootcomp.name2, "plane", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, nothing, 0)
boolstatus = assy.extension.selectbyid2("front plane", "plane", 0, 0, 0, true, 0, nothing, 0)
assy.addmate3 swmateangle, 2, 0, 0.632, 0.632, 0.632, 0, 0, 45 * pi / 180, 45 * pi / 180, 45 * pi / 180, false, longerror
the following link was submitted by handleman in his 19 nov 07 10:55 post in
okay, i think the light switches are starting to flicker on now....
based on the angle mate code that ivana provided me, it looks like the api deals with radians. i seem to remember something about that from my old college days. thanks for that!
what about the distance mates though... do they only deal with milimeters or something? why is it that when i replace my code with yours for the distance mate, it still comes out 1"??
kelvin, when i look at your routine, i see you're adding the mate, then changing it. is this because sw won't allow you to add the exact distance to begin with?
wes mosier
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2009 premium x64 bit
answer according to the api help, the usage syntax for addmate is:
void assemblydoc.addmate ( matetype, align, flip, dist, angle)
your code has 0.0254 for the "dist" argument. this specifies a mate distance of 0.0254 meters, or 1". the 24 in your code is the "angle" argument, which is ignored for a distance mate.
45 radians is about 2578.31 degrees, which corresponds to 58.31 degrees after you subtract out 7*360.
i'll get you eh steve, if it's the last thing i dooooo!
excellent, thanks everybody!
all i needed to do was get the correct placement of my dimension, and change it's value to meters instead of inches.
-thanks!
wes mosier
cswp in '03 & '08
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2009 premium x64 bit
wes, i have no clue about the code in the link i posted. i am api illiterate. i just posted here because the macro seemed like a good fit.
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