EDITING HELIX by SOLIDWORKS MACRO

hi folks,

i wanted to make threads on a pipe..

i created a helix and then a profile, which i cut sweeped..

now, what i want to do is make macro so as to change helix features
(pitch and height) .. can u help me by guiding me what function etc is
to be used?

thanks in advance

--Pranav

 

First record a macro while it is recording simply select your helix
feature. This will give you a call in the macro for selecting the
helix.

Dim swApp as sldworks.sldworks
Dim part as sldworks.modeldoc2
dim SelMan as sldworks.selectionmanager

Sub Main ()

set swapp = new application.sldworks
Set part = swapp.activedoc
Set SelMan = part.selectionmanager

Dim HelixFeat as feature
set HelixFeat = SelMan.Getselectedobject6(1,-1)
Dim hFeatData as HelixFeatureData

Set hFeatureData = HelixFeat.GetDefinition

hFeatureData.Height = .1 'Value passed in meters

end sub


Ofcourse you will have to do appropriate error checking and such.

Regards,

Corey Scheich

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