API Fundamentals Training

This course begins by introducing the Macro Recorder before going on to look at programming system options, document properties and adding customer properties. Upon successful completion of this course, attendees will be able to program part, assembly and drawing automation.

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Duration

2 Days

Level

Intermediate

Prerequisites

Experience navigating a Windows Operating System and SOLIDWORKS Essentials Training Course.

You'll Get

Tuition from a certified instructor
Course manual and files
Certificate on completion

Course Overview

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What You'll Learn

Course Agenda

Lesson 1: Using the Macro Recorder

The first lesson will use the macro recorder to view SOLIDWORKS API commands, teaching users how a SOLIDWORKS macro is initialised and connects to the SOLIDWORKS software.

Lesson 2: The API Object Model

Learn more in depth with the SOLIDWORKS Application object and identify common API methods to access/use other Application Objects.

Lesson 3: Setting System Options and Document Properties

In Lesson 3, the user will be modifying System Options and Document Properties via the API, to allow users to automate the changing of settings based upon their needs.

Lesson 4: Automating Part Design

Learning about the methods for Part creation and start rules based modelling to drive models, eliminating modelling mistakes from users.

Lesson 5: Assembly Automation

Covers automating Assembly procedures such as component transformation, traversing faces of components and mating components together.

Lesson 6: Drawing Automation

Explore the important drawing API commands, such as drawing sheet selection on multiple drawing sheets, inserting drawing views on the specified drawing sheets, adding annotations and dimensions and saving drawing files to different formats.

Lesson 7: Selection and Traversal Techniques

Cover the various different feature and selection tools that can be used to modify more information about a model view.

Lesson 8: Adding Custom Properties and Attributes

Learn how to add, edit and remove Custom Properties to all file types. This will also cover traversing the model to find attributes and get or set their parameters.

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