macro sample?

Hi all,

I have a macro that I wish to expand on. I need to embed the existing
code in a loop that will create a selection set of part files in a
specified folder, then execute the macro on each file. I was hoping
to find an existing macro sample that demonstrates parsing a folder,
creating a selection set and sequentially opening each part in
solidworks and executing the existing code that I have.

I've searched the solidworks site sample code and my own macros but no
existing macros demonstrate this ability. If you've come across this
before - I'd appreciate it!

Thanks,

Zander

 

Zander,

If you don't find your answers here or the other forums, I would
suggest contacting your VAR to see if they can ID that function. If
they don't know, you can put in an enhancement request to add control
over folders in VB.

Matt
http://sw.fcsuper.com

 

Zander,

This macro might help you figure out how to control folders:

http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php?name=UpDownload&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=31

It has the ability to ID them and give control on whether they are
viewable or not. Seems to me that if it can control that, it can show
you how to control items within a particular folder.

Matt
http://sw.fcsuper.com

 

For operation *not* SolidWorks specific, try looking up help for Excel
VBA. There's a lot more of that out there. This should do the trick
for you. "folderspec" must be the full path and filename.

Ken

Sub ShowFileList(folderspec)
Dim fso, f, f1, fc, s
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fso.GetFolder(folderspec)
Set fc = f.Files
For Each f1 In fc
Debug.Print f1.Name
Next
End Sub

 

Thanks for the info everyone. The idea here is to automate the
creation of flat pattern dxf files from a folder of parts (there are
over 200 parts for this project) that need to be laser cut. I found
the dxf export portion in the customer portal so the idea is: create a
selectionset of parts in folder, then open each part one at a time,
create dxf, close file and repeat. I'll let you know how it works.

Zander