API Design Table

Has anyone done any API projects that manipulate a design table? I have
been looking through everything I can find, and I only find a small handful
of examples. My larger picture here is to open a VB6 project, display a
form, populate some list boxes with values from a spreadsheet, let the user
select/fill in some values, then generate a model based on the values in all
the boxes.

Any help would be appreciated.

WT

 

I haven't really decided yet. I think I would like to give the user the
option of generating a new part file, or adding the new info to an existing
one. Either way, my master table that I start with will be an external
Excel file, and I will start with a SW part file template that already has
all the dimensions, etc that are related to the DT.

WT

 

Wayne,
Do you want to generate a model with a design table or make an new
config for one that already has one.

Corey

 

Then all you should need to do is Create a new config in the file and edit
the dims in the config you already know their names since you have total
control over that. It will populate the design table for you. I am sure you
have already thought of this, but just incase.

Corye

 

Hmmm, actually I hadn't. My thought was that since there are many cells in
the table that contain equations, I would need to do the work in the DT so
the appropriate values would be calculated.

WT

 

I couldn't vouch for what would happen in that case.

Corey

 

Are you using VB6/.NET or VBA? If you are not using VBA, you could always
just launch Excel via code. Then, your Excel file is completely separate
from SW. You can make the Excel file as complicated as necessary, then just
read the values you want to assign to specific SW dimensions.