Autorun Macro

[toshga]

Is there a way to have a macro autorun whenever I open a certain part file?

Thanks,

Todd

 

[fcsuper]

You can create an add-in for SolidWorks (kinda easy if you have the right VB installed), create a macro feature in the part itself (not easy), open the file from a macro (some what easy), or set up a macro to fun automatically when SW loads (not easy)

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Actually the running of a macro when starting SolidWorks is probably the easiest part. The Target of a SolidWorks shortcut just needs to be modified to include an -m switch and macro path;
"C:\Program Files\SolidWorks\SolidWorks\SLDWORKS.exe" -m "Full Path To Macro"

 

[toshga]

Thanks Matt,

I will just run it from a shortcut key. One other question, please. Why do I get an error message whenever I try to run a macro ...test.swp has wrong format and cannot be converted to VBA macro file? I have never seen this before. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Todd

 

[smcadman]

You might want to read the following thread, Handleman, TheTick and a few others bounce back ideas on how to force an event on startup.

It might lead to a solution for what you want to do.

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=166303&page=1

Flores

 

[fcsuper]

cBL,

I've never been able to get SW to run (let alone run a macro) with that switch. Maybe I'm doing sumfin wrong.

Matt

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

I haven't used it for a couple of years. I will experiment later.

Did you place the macro path in "" ?

 

[fcsuper]

I don't remember. I guess another question is if this does work, can you do more than one macro?

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Matt,

The switch should have been "/m" (yes, in quotes).
As a test, place "C:\Program Files\SolidWorks\SolidWorks\SLDWORKS.exe" "/d" in the Target section of a SW shortcut.
Open a file or start new document and you should see a Developers Tools tab added to the main toolbar.

Not sure about the multi macro thing yet.

 

[handleman]

You only need one macro.

Sub main()
Application.SldWorks.RunMacro("C:\StartupMacro1","Module1","main()")
Application.SldWorks.RunMacro("C:\StartupMacro2","Module1","main()")
Application.SldWorks.RunMacro("C:\StartupMacro3","Module1","main()")
'And on
'and on
'and on.....
End Sub

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[fcsuper]

Ahh, that's a bit counter-intuitive for an old MS-DOS guy.

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group