external programs

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by ely, Jan 23, 2008.

  1. ely

    ely Guest

    I would like to use an external program (exe program made in Visual
    Basic, not a DLL) to communicate with SolidWorks, for example to load
    a component in SolidWorks selecting it from an external interface. I
    made already this with other cad-systems, but I didn't find how to do
    this with SW.
    Can someone help me?
    Thanks
    Paolo
     
    ely, Jan 23, 2008
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  2. ely

    That70sTick Guest

    Do it the same way you do with ANY other application. Add the API
    libraries to the project references, dim and set your application and
    other objects and hack away.

    If you do not know which references to add, open a SW macro and look
    under "Tools --> References".
     
    That70sTick, Jan 23, 2008
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