Managing dimensions in the SOLIDWORKS macro feature using SwEx.MacroFeature framework

Dimensions is an additional source of input for macro feature. Dimensions can be defined in the following way:

using CodeStack.SwEx.MacroFeature;
using CodeStack.SwEx.MacroFeature.Attributes;
using CodeStack.SwEx.MacroFeature.Base;
using CodeStack.SwEx.MacroFeature.Data;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;

namespace CodeStack.SwEx
{
    public class DimensionMacroFeatureParams
    {
        [ParameterDimension(swDimensionType_e.swLinearDimension)]
        public double FirstDimension { get; set; } = 0.01;

        [ParameterDimension(swDimensionType_e.swRadialDimension)]
        public double SecondDimension { get; set; }
    }    
}

It is required to arrange the dimensions after rebuild by overriding the OnSetDimensions method. Use DimensionData::SetOrientation helper method to align the dimension.

using CodeStack.SwEx.MacroFeature;
using CodeStack.SwEx.MacroFeature.Base;
using CodeStack.SwEx.MacroFeature.Data;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;

namespace CodeStack.SwEx
{
    public class MyDimMacroFeature : MacroFeatureEx<DimensionMacroFeatureParams>
    {
        protected override void OnSetDimensions(ISldWorks app, IModelDoc2 model,
            IFeature feature, MacroFeatureRebuildResult rebuildResult, DimensionDataCollection dims,
            DimensionMacroFeatureParams parameters)
        {
            dims[0].SetOrientation(new Point(0, 0, 0), new Vector(0, 1, 0));

            dims[1].SetOrientation(new Point(0, 0, 0), new Vector(0, 0, 1));
        }
    }
}

Origin is a starting point of the dimension.

For linear dimensions orientation represents the vector along the direction of the dimension (i.e. the direction of measured entity) For radial dimensions orientation represents the normal of the dimension (i.e. the vector of rotation of the dimension)

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Passing data from regeneration

In some cases it might be required to pass the data from OnRebuild method to be used within the OnSetDimensions. For example when the geometry is required to calculate the dimension position.

This could be possible by creating custom rebuild result and returning from the regeneration function.

using CodeStack.SwEx.MacroFeature;
using CodeStack.SwEx.MacroFeature.Base;
using CodeStack.SwEx.MacroFeature.Data;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;

namespace CodeStack.SwEx
{
    public class MyDimRegenDataMacroFeature : MacroFeatureEx<DimensionMacroFeatureParams>
    {
        public class MyData
        {
            public int Value1 { get; set; }
        }

        private class CustomRebuildResult : MacroFeatureRebuildBodyResult
        {
            internal MyData CustomData { get; private set; }

            internal CustomRebuildResult(IMacroFeatureData featData,
                IBody2[] bodies, MyData customData) : base(featData, true, bodies)
            {
                CustomData = customData;
            }
        }

        protected override MacroFeatureRebuildResult OnRebuild(ISldWorks app, IModelDoc2 model, IFeature feature, DimensionMacroFeatureParams parameters)
        {
            var featData = feature.GetDefinition() as IMacroFeatureData;

            var resBodies = GetBodies(); //generating bodies
            var customData = new MyData(); //creating custom data and assigning required values

            return new CustomRebuildResult(featData, resBodies, customData); //returning custom rebuild result
        }

        protected override void OnSetDimensions(ISldWorks app, IModelDoc2 model, IFeature feature, MacroFeatureRebuildResult rebuildResult,
            DimensionDataCollection dims, DimensionMacroFeatureParams parameters)
        {
            var rebuildRes = rebuildResult as CustomRebuildResult;

            var customData = rebuildRes.CustomData;

            //TODO: use custom data to arrange dimensions
        }

        private IBody2[] GetBodies()
        {
            //TODO: create bodies for geometry

            return null;
        }
    }
}