xyz points (not curve)

[macduff]

Hi, how do I insert just points into SW. I'm not looking for curve though points. See attatched.

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[macduff]

Oops wrong file but same data

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[JMirisola]

Open a 3D sketch, select the sketch point, click, then use the 'Parameters' in the FM to place the point.

Jeff Mirisola
My Blog

 

[macduff]

Thanks Jeff, but I"m looking to import an excel file or text file with all the values. Trying to avoid doing this manually. I have other files than the one I uploaded.


Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[JMirisola]

I should have figured you already knew that, Colin.

Jeff Mirisola
My Blog

 

[gwubs]

here is an Excel sheet that has sample code.

 

[gwubs]

Sorry, I am having problems attaching the file. Here is the code though, you can see the API calls there, and set up your sheet in Excel. I'll try to still post the workbook later.

Option Explicit
Dim swApp As Object
Dim Part As Object
Dim boolstatus As Boolean
Dim longstatus As Long, longwarnings As Long
Dim FeatureData As Object
Dim Feature As Object
Dim Component As Object
Dim RowNum As Integer
Dim XCoord As Double
Dim YCoord As Double
Dim ZCoord As Double
Private Sub cmdExportPoints_Click()
Set swApp = CreateObject("SldWorks.Application")


Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc
'Part.Insert3DSketch

RowNum = ActiveCell.Row
XCoord = (Range("B" & RowNum) - Range("J2")) * 0.0254
YCoord = Range("C" & RowNum) * 0.0254
ZCoord = Range("D" & RowNum) * 0.0254

Part.CreatePoint2 XCoord, YCoord, ZCoord
If chkFixPt = True Then
Part.SketchAddConstraints "sgFIXED"
End If
Part.ClearSelection2 True
'Part.InsertSketch2 True
End Sub

Private Sub cmdMirrorPoint_Click()
Set swApp = CreateObject("SldWorks.Application")


Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc
'Part.Insert3DSketch

RowNum = ActiveCell.Row
XCoord = ((Range("B" & RowNum) - Range("J2")) * (-1)) * 0.0254
YCoord = Range("C" & RowNum) * 0.0254
ZCoord = Range("D" & RowNum) * 0.0254

Part.CreatePoint2 XCoord, YCoord, ZCoord
If chkFixPt = True Then
Part.SketchAddConstraints "sgFIXED"
End If
Part.ClearSelection2 True
'Part.InsertSketch2 True
End Sub

Private Sub Create3dSketch_Click()

Set swApp = CreateObject("SldWorks.Application")
Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc
Part.Insert3DSketch
End Sub

Private Sub optFixPt_Click()

End Sub

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Have you tried this macro from Stefan Berlitz?

http://swtools.cad.de/cgi-bin/topdl/download.pl?file=mm_24.zip

Could you use a Table Driven Pattern?

 

[macduff]

CBL. the macro locks up on SW2012. At least on my machine. Let me look into Table Driven Patterns.

Grubs, let me try your code. Never did this before.

Thanks all!

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[gwubs]

Hi macduff,
You are not going to be interested in all of the code, just the stuff like: Part.CreatePoint2 XCoord, YCoord, ZCoord . You can start a 3d sketch with: Part.Insert3DSketch .

 

[macduff]

Am I smelling Enhancement request?

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer