IF vs IIF in Equations

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Just discovered the IF operator can now be used in SW12, as opposed to the IIF operator in previous versions.

SW11

http://help.solidworks.com/2011/Eng...lp/sldworks/parts/operators_and_constants.htm

You can also use the Visual Basic IIf function when specifying a model dimension. This function returns one of two values depending on the evaluation of an expression. For example, if the equation specified is "D1@Sketch1" = (IIf("D1@Sketch4">15, 20, 10)) + 8, then:

SW12

http://help.solidworks.com/2012/Eng...n.htm?id=c32893b7fc3e4458bde5678f355f3c20#Pg0

You can also use the Visual Basic If function when specifying a model dimension.

This function returns one of two values depending on the evaluation of an expression.

For example, if the equation specified is "D1@Sketch1" = (If("D1@Sketch4">15, 20, 10)) + 8, then:

Anyone know of other changes?

 

[handleman]

I don't have SW12 installed yet, but my guess is that since the syntax is completely unchanged other than changing IIf to If, nothing is really changed. All equations actually get evauluated as a line of VBA code. SolidWorks already looks for certain strings in the equation (dim names, custom prop names, etc) and replaces them with something else (a number/value) before handing them off to the VBA interpreter. They just added " If(" to the list and replace it with " IIf(" before handing it off to the VBA interpreter. They probably did that because too many people didn't understand why they spelled "if" with two 'i's.

See what happens with the equation:

"dummy" = MsgBox("Hello World If(")

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if you got a message box that says:

Hello World IIf(

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

I couldn't even get that to be accepted in the editor.
It's totally different now.