API: How Store Temp Axis Selection? 1

[brengine]

If I preselect a face, plane, or axis, and then run the following macro...the program will store the selected entity, clear all selections, and then reselect that entity.

Option Explicit
Dim swApp               As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim MySWAssembly        As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swSelMgr            As SldWorks.SelectionMgr
Dim swSelData           As SldWorks.SelectData
Dim MyEntity          As SldWorks.entity
Dim boolstatus As Boolean

Sub main()

   Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
   Set MySWAssembly = swApp.ActiveDoc
   Set swSelMgr = MySWAssembly.SelectionManager
   Set swSelData = swSelMgr.CreateSelectData
   Set MyEntity = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject5(1)

   MySWAssembly.ClearSelection2 True
   boolstatus = MyEntity.Select4(True, swSelData)

End Sub

If I preselect a temporary axis I get an error on the last (re-select) line. I just turned on the macro recorder and selected a reference axis and then selected a temporary axis and got this (I trimmed the number entries down to 3 decimals):

boolstatus = Part.Extension.SelectByID("Axis1", "AXIS", -0.0479, 0.053, 0.003, False, 0, Nothing)
boolstatus = Part.Extension.SelectByID("@BasePart-1@InsertHardware", "AXIS", -0.046, 0.025, 0.030, False, 0, Nothing)

The problem seems to the that the ID name of the temporary axis is missing the first portion of the name. Does anyone know if this is a bug or of a way to get around this? Running SW2004 sp4.0.

Thanks,
Ken

 

[TheTick]

Try using a generic object for MyEntity .

i.e.

Dim MyEntity As Object

Also, try stepping through the code one line at a time to see if all the objects are getting assigned properly. Use your "locals" window to inspect each object.

 

[brengine]

I converted to:

Dim MyEntity As Object

It didn't work. I still get the same error "The object invoked has disconnected from it's clients".

I stepped thru the code and all the objects went from a variable value of "Nothing" to a value of "<No Variables>"...which I have always assumed to be the correct initializing of an object.

This macro works fine for faces, planes, and axes. It doesn't work for Temporary Axes and I am trying to figure out why.

Thanks anyway,
Ken

 

[brengine]

FYI, I got this back for API-Support

>>
It looks like I have open SPR 117754 - When QI a temporary Axis for the entity interface, you get a valid entity pointer how ever when you call select .. nothing..
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[TheTick]

Thanks for the follow up, Ken.