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Macro to insert holes table to SOLIDWORKS drawing

Holes table{ width=300 }

This macro demonstrates how to insert holes table into the existing drawing.

Before running the macro it is required to preselect input objects in the following order.

  1. Vertex which corresponds to an origin
  2. Edge which corresponds to X axis
  3. Edge which corresponds to Y axis
  4. Face which contains holes

Macro will clear the selection and reselect entities.

Table is inserted using default template into 0,0 coordinate.

Note, in your case you might be using different approach of retrieving the pointers to entities. 

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

Sub main()

   Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

   Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
   
   Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
   
   Dim swSelMgr As SldWorks.SelectionMgr
   
   Set swSelMgr = swModel.SelectionManager
   
   Dim swVertexOrigin As SldWorks.Entity
   Dim swEdgeX As SldWorks.Entity
   Dim swEdgeY As SldWorks.Entity
   Dim swHolesFace As SldWorks.Entity
   
   Set swVertexOrigin = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(2, -1)
   Set swEdgeX = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(3, -1)
   Set swEdgeY = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(4, -1)
   Set swHolesFace = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(5, -1)
   
   Dim swView As SldWorks.View
   Set swView = swModel.SelectionManager.GetSelectedObjectsDrawingView(1)
   
   swModel.ClearSelection2 True
   
   swVertexOrigin.SelectByMark False, 1
   swEdgeX.SelectByMark True, 4
   swEdgeY.SelectByMark True, 8
   swHolesFace.SelectByMark True, 2
   
   Dim swHoleTable As SldWorks.TableAnnotation
   Set swHoleTable = swView.InsertHoleTable2(False, 0, 0, 1, "", "")
   
End Sub