Export dimensions information from SOLIDWORKS drawing to CSV file

Dimensions in the drawing view

This VBA macro allows to export information of all dimensions in the active drawing to the CSV file which can be opened by Excel.

Macro includes the following information into the report:

Name - full name of the dimension
Owner - name of the drawing view or sheet this dimension belongs to
Type - type of the dimension (e.g. linear, angular, ordinate, etc.)
X - X position of the dimension in the current drawing units
Y - Y position of the dimension in the current drawing units
Value - value of the dimension in the current units
Grid Ref - reference of this dimension in the drawing grid (e.g. A5)
Tolerance - type of the tolerance assigned to this dimension (e.g. basic, symmetric, etc.)
Min - Minimum value of the tolerance in the current units
Max - Maximum value of the tolerance in the current units

Dimensions information opened in Excel { width=600 }

Output file is saved into the same folder as original drawing and named [drawing name]-dimensions.csv

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

Sub main()

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    
try_:
    On Error GoTo catch_:
    
    Dim swDraw As SldWorks.DrawingDoc
    
    Set swDraw = swApp.ActiveDoc
    
    If swDraw Is Nothing Then
        Err.Raise vbError, "", "Please open drawing"
    End If
    
    ExportDrawingDimensions swDraw
    
    GoTo finally_

catch_:
    swApp.SendMsgToUser2 Err.Description, swMessageBoxIcon_e.swMbStop, swMessageBoxBtn_e.swMbOk
finally_:

End Sub

Sub ExportDrawingDimensions(draw As SldWorks.DrawingDoc)
    
    Dim vSheets As Variant
    vSheets = draw.GetViews

    Dim fileNmb As Integer
    fileNmb = FreeFile
    
    Dim filePath As String
    filePath = draw.GetPathName
    
    If filePath = "" Then
        Err.Raise vbError, "", "Please save drawing document"
    End If
    
    filePath = Left(filePath, InStrRev(filePath, ".") - 1) & "-dimensions.csv"
    
    Open filePath For Output As #fileNmb
    
    Dim header As String
    header = Join("Name", "Owner", "Type", "X", "Y", "Value", "Grid Ref", "Tolerance", "Min", "Max")

    Print #fileNmb, header
    
    Dim i As Integer
    
    For i = 0 To UBound(vSheets)
        
        Dim vViews As Variant
        vViews = vSheets(i)
        
        Dim j As Integer
        
        For j = 0 To UBound(vViews)
            
            Dim swView As SldWorks.view
            Set swView = vViews(j)
            
            ExportViewDimensions swView, draw, fileNmb
            
        Next
        
    Next

    Close #fileNmb
    
End Sub

Sub ExportViewDimensions(view As SldWorks.view, draw As SldWorks.DrawingDoc, fileNmb As Integer)
    
    Dim swDispDim As SldWorks.DisplayDimension
    Set swDispDim = view.GetFirstDisplayDimension5
    
    Dim swSheet As SldWorks.Sheet
    
    Set swSheet = view.Sheet
    
    If swSheet Is Nothing Then
        Set swSheet = draw.Sheet(view.name)
    End If
    
    While Not swDispDim Is Nothing
        
        Dim swAnn As SldWorks.Annotation
        Set swAnn = swDispDim.GetAnnotation
        
        Dim vPos As Variant
        vPos = swAnn.GetPosition()
        
        Dim swDim As SldWorks.dimension
        Set swDim = swDispDim.GetDimension2(0)
                
        Dim drwZone As String
        drwZone = swSheet.GetDrawingZone(vPos(0), vPos(1))
        vPos = GetPositionInDrawingUnits(vPos, draw)
        
        Dim tolType As String
        Dim minVal As Double
        Dim maxVal As Double
        
        GetDimensionTolerance draw, swDim, tolType, minVal, maxVal
        
        OutputDimensionData fileNmb, swDim.FullName, view.name, GetDimensionType(swDispDim), CDbl(vPos(0)), CDbl(vPos(1)), _
                CDbl(swDim.GetValue3(swInConfigurationOpts_e.swThisConfiguration, Empty)(0)), _
                drwZone, tolType, minVal, maxVal
        
        Set swDispDim = swDispDim.GetNext5
        
    Wend
    
End Sub

Function GetPositionInDrawingUnits(pos As Variant, draw As SldWorks.DrawingDoc) As Variant
    
    Dim dPt(1) As Double
    dPt(0) = ConvertToUserUnits(draw, CDbl(pos(0)), swLengthUnit)
    dPt(1) = ConvertToUserUnits(draw, CDbl(pos(1)), swLengthUnit)
    
    GetPositionInDrawingUnits = dPt
    
End Function

Function ConvertToUserUnits(model As SldWorks.ModelDoc2, val As Double, unitType As swUserUnitsType_e) As Double
    
    Dim swUserUnit As SldWorks.UserUnit
    Set swUserUnit = model.GetUserUnit(unitType)
    
    Dim convFactor As Double
    convFactor = swUserUnit.GetConversionFactor()
    
    ConvertToUserUnits = val * convFactor
    
End Function


Function GetDimensionType(dispDim As SldWorks.DisplayDimension) As String

    Select Case dispDim.Type2
        Case swDimensionType_e.swAngularDimension
            GetDimensionType = "Angular"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swArcLengthDimension
            GetDimensionType = "ArcLength"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swChamferDimension
            GetDimensionType = "Chamfer"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swDiameterDimension
            GetDimensionType = "Diameter"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swDimensionTypeUnknown
            GetDimensionType = "Unknown"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swHorLinearDimension
            GetDimensionType = "HorLinear"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swHorOrdinateDimension
            GetDimensionType = "HorOrdinate"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swLinearDimension
            GetDimensionType = "Linear"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swOrdinateDimension
            GetDimensionType = "Ordinate"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swRadialDimension
            GetDimensionType = "Radial"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swScalarDimension
            GetDimensionType = "Scalar"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swVertLinearDimension
            GetDimensionType = "VertLinear"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swVertOrdinateDimension
            GetDimensionType = "VertOrdinate"
        Case swDimensionType_e.swZAxisDimension
            GetDimensionType = "ZAxis"
    End Select
    
End Function

Sub GetDimensionTolerance(draw As SldWorks.DrawingDoc, swDim As SldWorks.dimension, ByRef tolType As String, ByRef minVal As Double, ByRef maxVal As Double)

    Dim swTol As SldWorks.DimensionTolerance
    Set swTol = swDim.Tolerance
    
    Select Case swTol.Type
        Case swTolType_e.swTolBASIC
            tolType = "Basic"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolBILAT
            tolType = "Bilat"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolBLOCK
            tolType = "Block"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolFIT
            tolType = "Fit"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolFITTOLONLY
            tolType = "FitTolOnly"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolFITWITHTOL
            tolType = "FitWithTol"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolGeneral
            tolType = "General"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolLIMIT
            tolType = "Limit"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolMAX
            tolType = "Max"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolMETRIC
            tolType = "Metric"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolMIN
            tolType = "Min"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolNONE
            tolType = "None"
        Case swTolType_e.swTolSYMMETRIC
            tolType = "Symmetric"
    End Select

    swTol.GetMinValue2 minVal
    swTol.GetMaxValue2 maxVal
    
    Dim unitType As swUserUnitsType_e
    
    If swDim.GetType() = swDimensionParamType_e.swDimensionParamTypeDoubleAngular Then
        unitType = swUserUnitsType_e.swAngleUnit
    Else
        unitType = swUserUnitsType_e.swLengthUnit
    End If
    
    minVal = ConvertToUserUnits(draw, minVal, unitType)
    maxVal = ConvertToUserUnits(draw, maxVal, unitType)
    
End Sub

Sub OutputDimensionData(fileNmb As Integer, dimName As String, owner As String, dimType As String, x As Double, y As Double, value As Double, gridRef As String, tol As String, min As Double, max As Double)
    
    Dim line As String
    line = Join(dimName, owner, dimType, x, y, value, gridRef, tol, min, max)

    Print #fileNmb, line
    
End Sub

Function Join(ParamArray parts() As Variant) As String
    
    Dim res As String
    
    If Not IsEmpty(parts) Then
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To UBound(parts)
            res = res & IIf(i = 0, "", ", ") & parts(i)
        Next
    End If
    
    Join = res
    
End Function