I will first explain my problem on a concrete example and later explain what I need to achieve in a real-life context. I have an assembly mateAssembly . It contains a suppressed component planeId27 : grafik.png That component/file has a plane with id=27 and name Plane1 : grafik.png There is a mate (...

When I open an IModelDoc2 invisibly, then call IModelDoc2.Extension.GetModelViews , I get returned Nothing / null . When I make the model doc visible via IModelDoc2.Visible = true and call IModelDoc2.Extension.GetModelViews again, I now get an array with one entry of IModelView . How do I delete tha...

How do I create a design table in a part or assembly document via SolidWorks API? I tried to find anything in the API docs, but IDesignTable interface lists only IModelDoc2.GetDesignTable as an accessor. Typing "design table" in the index also gives no useful results: The only useful I fin...

Is there a way to freeze SolidWorks graphics updates? I am not talking about freezing graphic updates of a certain IModelDoc2, which can be achieved using IModelView.EnableGraphicsUpdate and IFeatureManager.EnableFeatureTree . I am talking about the SolidWorks level, where a user can see e.g. if a f...

RunCommand with swCommands_MakeAssemblyFromPartAssembly is, according to the API docs, what is internally called when clicking "make assembly from part". Since it opens the "Begin Assembly" PropertyManager page, this does not go without the user noticing. Too bad! -> Or is there ...

Is there an API method for this user action? grafik.png I know I can create a new assembly via ISldWorks.NewDocument(...) and then add a new component via IAssemblyDoc.AddComponent5(...) . But since IAssemblyDoc.AddComponent5(...) does not work if the IAssemblyDoc is invisible, which is a requiremen...

Regarding .net6: If COM registration does not work, try adding the following property to the project file (i.e. into some <PropertyGroup>): <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies> Microsoft docs say about it: The CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies property is useful for plugin proje...

Regarding .net6: If COM registration does not work, try adding the following property to the project file (i.e. into some <PropertyGroup>): <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies> Microsoft docs say about it: The CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies property is useful for plugin proje...

I have some component pattern (e.g. ILocalLinearPatternFeatureData , ILocalCircularPatternFeatureData ; there are more). I want to reference a certain component in that pattern in a way that I can - determine if it currently exists based on the current instances in all possible dicrections; - if it ...

For component suppression one could use IFeature.SetSuppression2 on the component feature (use IAssemblyDoc.FeatureByName on the component name to get the component feature). But it only works if the component feature is selected prior to calling IFeature.SetSuppression2 , and it does not work for p...

I have an invisibly-opened document that has a design table. I want to change some design table settings, namely those: IDesignTable.AutoAddNewConfigs IDesignTable.AutoAddNewParams IDesignTable.EnableCellDropdownLists IDesignTable.Updatable According to the API help, I can do this by first getting t...

Much data is configuration-dependent and has corresponding API methods that allow the programmer to choose which configurations should be affected. Examples: Dimension value – IDimension.SetValue3 Feature suppression – IFeature.SetSuppression2 Component Bom Exclusion – IComponent2.SetExcludeFromBom2...

I want to retrieve the active configuration of a model document given by its target file path. And I want to always retrieve the value that is saved in the file, no matter what files are currently open/loaded. How do I do that WITHOUT closing/reopening files before retrieving? I tried using - ISldWo...

I also asked this question on StackOverflow, stating some further thoughts and subquestions:

https://stackoverflow.com/q/72978989/5333340

It already contains a workaround (manually loading the missing assembly) and in the comments some hints to why the issue occurs in the first place.

I built a sample Swx Addin in .NET Framework 4.8. I checked that it can be registered, unregistered, and that it runs in SolidWorks, showing a greeting / goodbye message on addin load / unload. Then I added a call to System.Text.Json.JsonDocument.Parse(…), which results in the following runtime exce...

It seems that using IConfiguration.GetParameters or IModelDoc2.GetConfigurationParams returns a list of parameters, which I can then check for the presence of my given parameter. If it is present, I know it is controlled in the configuration, and vice versa. However, the API helps says for both meth...

I have a configuration tree with top-level configuration(s) and derived configuration(s), arbitrarily nested. For a given configuration (of any level) and a given parameter, I want to find out which configurations in the tree (root = given configuration) control the parameter. How do I do that? Note...

We are thinking about switching our software development from .net framework to a newer .net version (core or 5.0 or 6.0) since framework is not going to be developed further (so it's going to be dead at some point). Since we write quite a lot Swx addins and standalone projects (where Swx is remotel...

I have a part with more than 1 configuration, and I have a hole wizard hole in that part. I want to set the hole size for a given configuration scope (this/all/specific), just like one can do with dimensions using IDimension.SetValue3 . So I'm basically looking for a method like IDimension.SetValue3...

I have a part with more than 1 configuration, and I have a structural member in that part. I want to set the angle for a given configuration scope (this/all/specific), just like one can do with dimensions using IDimension.SetValue3 . So I'm basically looking for a method like IDimension.SetValue3 , ...

I have an IComponent2 and select it using IComponent2.Select4. I want it to be focused in the bottom pane of the feature tree, meaning that - if the component cannot be seen due to collapsed ancestor components, those should be expanded. - if it is out if sight (i.e. too far above/below/right/left o...