Automating solidworks 2019 using macros by mike spens. Macros are available on 3d contentcentral for users of solidworks 3d cad software along with millions of supplier parts and assemblies that have been certified by the manufacturers of these commercial, offtheshelf components, solidworks 2d blocks, and library features. I have also seen macros that randomly change colors of models. Macro look whole assembly structure and collect all referenced sw drawings for example same folder where partassy with same name. You can open solidworks parts and assemblies using service pack 5 of the previous release. Improvedtoolpathediting67 improvementstotolerancebasedmachining67. As an additional preface to this chapter, remember that solidworks sometimes does things better than your macros might. Automating solidworks 2015 using macros paperback mike spens. I had individual macros, for both pdf and dxf file formats which, from the open modelassembly created the respective file formats, in a folder. The solidworks configuration publisher can be the tool.
Solidworks macro open assembly and drawing document. If youre anywhere in the design and engineering space, chances are youll need to be fluent in solidworks. Open solidworks drawing document without defining paper size. The macro is to open all drawings for the active assembly subassemblies and parts and save them as individual pdfs. While each piece of code by itself may not be the final solution to your problem, they can quickly and easily be. Using macro copy across custom properties from part to drawing. Hi everyone, wanted to see if anyone out there could help me out, im trying to set up a marco for converting an assembly into a 3d pdf, ive. Hello i have a macro which saves my sw drawings as a pdf and dxf. Export flat patterns to dxf in a specific folder for all bodies containing a sheet metal feature. Automating solidworks 20 using macros is designed as a tutorial to help beginner to intermediate programmers develop macros for solidworks and solidworks workgroup pdm. Solidworks instant pdf, stl, dxf macros gregor van egdom. This article looks at a powerful tool available within solidworks, the application programming interfaceapi, for automating some of those tasks the api enables users to create custom programs macros that can assist them in automating many of the tasks of the graphical user. Coincident mate download coincident macro this solidworks macro runs the recorded process of adding a.
Many solidworks users find themselves repeating the same or similar tasks as part of their modeling workflows. Drwpdfdxf macro is pdf and dxf files generator from 2d drawings slddrw macro lets you schedule the names of the generated files and sorting them according to defined in the model i. Saving all drawings of partsassemblies within an assembly. While i am not going to cover all of the material presented in that lesson, i do want to provide you with a basic rundown of using the excel api in a solidworks macro, and. Exporting assembly drawings to pdf solidworks forums. Saw assembly would contain all the part files and assembly files and sw drawing files, a folder called pdf, a folder called 3d pdf and a folder called dxf this way i can send out the different folders of pdf 3d pdf and dxf to different places at my place. Two solidworks macros for blazin fast assembly work. Solidworks macro solidworks drawing save as pdf, jpeg, dxf. How get all top level components from assembly and all components from children assembly, if children assembly is promoted. Automating solidworks 2019 using macros ebook written by mike spens. Basically, most everything we have available in the graphic user interface gui is also available through the api interface. Solidworks enables macro creation in 3 popular programming languages. Save as pdf macro with custom properties save as pdf macro with custom properties.
Convert drawing to pdf in same directory under same name. See more ideas about ebook pdf, pdf and blueprint reading. Create engineering dwg of assembly using cad dwg templates 7. It covers many of the major api functions through practical use cases.
Automating solidworks 2015 using macros by mike spens automating solidworks 2015 using macros by mike spens automating solidworks 2015 using macros is designed as a tutorial to help beginner to intermediate programmers develop macros for solidworks and solidworks workgroup pdm. This is a solidworks task macro that replaces or updates the sheet formats for all solidworks drawings in a specified folder. Most of us have seen simple macros that can be used to create a model. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read automating solidworks 2019 using macros. The following programs are the snippets of code i find myself using the most.
This video will explore the basics of macro creation in solidworks. The differences between configurations are established by changing dimension values, suppressing features, and changing other parameters. Writing a macro is another way of ensuring modular programming in assembly language. Saves the active drawing or current view of a model or assembly as a pdf and dxf to a specified directory. Learning to use the tool efficiently is an incredibly useful skill that is an essential item for the modern. Solidworks vba macro code to save drawing as a pdf. Replacingreloading sheet formats in solidworks drawings. This macro instantly saves the part or assembly drawing as a pdf. I have compiled the attached macro by copying other macros to open a folder and save all containing drawings as pdf and dxf. A macro is a sequence of instructions, assigned by a name and could be used anywhere in the program. I dont send out the sw files because im the only one that has the software.
There is a huge amount of capability available to the user from the solidworks apis. Save all part and assembly files as 3d pdf in a specific folder. Library of macros and scripts to automate solidworks. Trouble is that it allways names the pdf the same as the part i recorded the macro from.
I want to be able to open an assembly and save all of the associated part assembly drawings within that assembly as a dxfspdfs. A lot of these macros are published online by various users, but be mindful as the code published is specific to their machine and environment and might not be the same for you. The pdf document is found in the same folder as the drawing with the same. I have experience writing macros with excel, any idea where to start with solidworks. Upload the files to vault, noting features of the vault. Check out our free pdf, vba debugging tips for solidworks api programmers for help with runtime and compile errors you may encounter while programming. Create bill of materials bom in assembly drawing 9. Note that if solidworks is already open, you can select the active session also.
Macros are scripts that let you run operations in the solidworks software automatically. This book features a simple robot design used as a. Follow the programming vba and vsta macros using solidworks api section for guidelines of using and creating macros in solidworks. The focus of this book is primarily on the visual studio tools for. There is solid works tool task scheduler in which you can export file in bulk. Macrosolid is an addin for solidworks system our proprietary macros are grouped in, for example. Automating solidworks 2011 using macros is designed as a tutorial to help beginner to intermediate programmers develop macros for solidworks and solidworks workgroup pdm. Given the ubiquity of microsoft excel in engineering departments worldwide, it is no surprise that our using microsoft excel with the solidworks api tutorial, available to premium members, is one of our most popular.
For example, in solidworks 2009, you can select multiple parts at the assembly level and set their materials in one shot. Heres two macros for the most common mates and how to reduce the amount of that annoying mouse button clickin to speed up your assembly construction. This is fine if thats the only type of model you create. Solidworks configurations allow users to maintain multiple versions of a part or an assembly in a single file. With a document open, click tools customize, or rightclick in the window border and click customize in the customize dialog box, on the commands tab, under categories, select macro under buttons, drag new macro button to any toolbar in the solidworks window. The solidworks application programming interface api is a com programming interface to the solidworks. These are just a few simple examples of the automation that can be accomplished with the solidworks api. The focus of this book is primarily on the visual studio tools for applications vsta macro interface. This book will teach you everything you need to know to start using solidworks 2019 with easy to understand, stepbystep tutorials. Solidworks corporation has not verified that the macros posted. Solidworks macro using notifications events in solidworks. If you have more than one version of solidworks installed, select the one to be used for the job. Learn how to record a basic macro in solidworks and create a custom button to execute the macro.
We will show how to record a macro, and then edit the resulting code. This page contains a library of useful macros, utilities and scripts for solidworks engineers. Assembly language is a lowlevel programming language for a computer, or other programmable device specific to a particular computer architecture in contrast to most high level programming languages, which are generally portable across multiple systems. Automating solidworks 2015 using macros paperback mike spens macros use case ebook pdf this book cases technology tools studio design. In nasm, macros are defined with %macro and %endmacro directives. Macros part and assembly sw customization macros drawing and detail educational macros continue reading macros part and assembly skip to content. You can assign a macro to a button, choose a bitmap image for the button, and place the button on any toolbar.
For example, you can select multiple parts at the assembly level and set their materials in one shot. To open new default drawing document we use same code as used above but with slight modification if we make similar change as we have done for assembly document then we open default drawing document without specifying sheet size the code sample shows how to do it. Consider i have a couple of sw files in a folder with all the assembly. I have also supplied a bmp image for you to add to your macro button. Solid solutions management ltd was founded in 1998, originally as a solidworks training and support provider. Automating solidworks 2017 using macros en apple books. Modify the macro to integrate it within your process workflow. You can specify a sheet format template for first sheet and a separate sheet format template for the second and remaining sheets. This resource is managed by code stack and dedicated to providing easytofollow beginner friendly guides for automation of your solidworks routine with vba and vsta macros solidworks macro is the most popular way for complimenting solidworks functionality via solidworks api.
Solidworks is an extremely powerful computer aided design cad software that utilizes mathematical equations parametric variables to build parts from scratch. Automating solidworks 2017 using macros mike spens on. Export all open drawings as pdf and dwg solidworks. Solidworks tips for those in design and engineering. Macro that saves currently open drawing in solidworks as a pdf to the. Take the partassembly revision and apply this to the saved drawing. Well id like to know that how can i use one of these macros say pdf in solidworks task scheduler to automatically save all the drawing files located in a folder to pdf files in the same folder. Lets take a look at one particular macro save solidworks drawing to pdf.