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Lesson 1.1 - Introduction to VBA

Lesson 1.2 - Using Variables

Lesson 1.3 - Using Arrays

Lesson 1.4 - Conditionals

Lesson 1.5 - Repeating Code

Lesson 1.6 - Built-In Functions

Lesson 1.7 - Modular Programming

Lesson 1.8 - User Forms and Controls

Lesson 1.9 - Debugging And Error-Handling

Lesson 1.10 - Working With Files

Lesson 2.1 - Recording And Editing Your First Macro

Lesson 2.2 - Creating Your First Macro From Scratch

Lesson 2.3 - The SolidWorks API Object Model

Lesson 3.1 - Opening, Saving, and Exporting Documents

Lesson 3.2 - Working With Configurations

Lesson 3.3 - Working With Custom Properties

Lesson 3.4 - Selection

Lesson 3.5 - System and Document Options

Lesson 4.1 - Working With Sketches

Lesson 4.2 - Working With Features

Lesson 4.3 - Geometry and Topology Objects

Lesson 5.1 - Creating A New Assembly

Lesson 5.2 - Working With Existing Assemblies

Lesson 5.3 - Component Transforms

Lesson 6.1 - Creating A New Drawing

Lesson 7.1 - Using the SolidWorks API With Microsoft Excel

Lesson 7.2 - Notifications

Lesson 7.3 - Temporary Bodies

Lesson 7.4 - PropertyManager Pages

Lesson 7.5 - Macro Features

Course Introduction

Macro Library

Lesson 6.2 - Advanced Drawing Creation

Lesson 6.3 - Working with existing drawings

CADSharp is nearing launch!

SolidWorks API Debugging Tips

Assembly automation example - with transforms

Assembly automation example - without transforms

Change configuration of selected component

Edit the alignment of a mate

Get the feature information for a component

Get mate information for selected component

Modify feature data in a component

Demonstrate of safe entities

Traverse components - simple

Traverse features in order using recursion

Create 3D points from data in Excel or text file

Export model's custom properties to Excel file

Keep VBA user form on top on 64 bit systems

Align component to assembly origin and default planes

Align components' origins and default planes

Get the normal value in relative to assembly

Insert components at a specific location using transforms

Rotate a component about an axis using ArrayData

Rotate about axis using CreateTransformRotateAxis

Rotate a component about an axis using IDragOperator

Rotate a component using ArrayData - another example

Rotate component using SetData

Translate component using ArrayData

Get all custom property names and values

Demonstration of important custom properties methods

Explode the selected block

Get and set dimension text

Get current sheet number

Get the edges used by a dimension

Get the text and custom property link of a note

Get polylines information

Get the position of a view

Get the names of all sheets and drawing views

Get a view's orientation using transforms

Insert block at specific location

Renaming sheets

Select the edges in a drawing view

Set the name of a note

Traverse notes and change their text

IView::GetXform vs IView::GetViewXform

Modify filleted entities using adjacent edges

Modify filleted entities using pre-selection

Modify filleted entities using traversal

Modify fillet size

Create a circular pattern feature

Create an extrude from a sketch

Demonstration of important IFeature members

FeatureManager traversal

Get the normal data for a face

Get the features used to create a fillet

Determine whether feature is suppressed

Mirror part and save out result

Macro feature and PMP skeleton for creating a body

Simplified macro feature skeleton

Determine whether new or existing file was opened

Notification when SolidWorks is idle

Rename solid bodies after rebuild

Cancel save if part wasn't modified using notifications

Message user upon application exit using notifications

Display a SolidWorks-native Open dialog box

Open document and create new window

Move mouse cursor to selected point

Change face colors with PropertyManager page

Create a cylindrical extrude using PropertyManager page

Simple PropertyManager page example

Accessing and releasing feature data

Determine whether selected faces are parallel

Get the edges attached to a vertex

Get the length, start point, and end point of an edge

Mark and select fillets under a certain radius

Modify feature data of an extrusion

Select edges adjacent to selected edges use co-edges

Select an entity by its name

Select the loops adjacent to selected face using co-edges

Setting and getting faces by name

Setting and getting vertices by name

Create a keyhole profile and then extrude cut

Delete sketch relations and fully define sketch from origin

Find a specified sketch point

Get the parent sketches of a selected feature

Get the number of entities in selected sketch

Get start and end points of sketch segment

Traverse sketch segments while adding dimensions

Change system settings

Assign and find tracking IDs

Test whether edges on a body are straight or curved

Re-select entities using persistent IDs

Renaming entities

Class example using collection

Class example using SolidWorks object

Debug.assert example

Enumeration example

Error handling example

Function example

Implements example

Open all SolidWorks parts in a folder

Public vs Dim declaration example

User-Defined Types example

Lesson 1.2 homework solution

Lesson 1.3 homework solution

Lesson 1.3 code

Lesson 1.4 homework solution

Lesson 1.4 - select case code

Lesson 1.5 - for - next loop code

Lesson 1.5 - loop examples code

Lesson 1.5 homework solution

Lesson 1.6 - data conversion functions

Lesson 1.6 - date and time functions

Lesson 1.6 - InputBox function

Lesson 1.6 - MsgBox function

Lesson 1.6 - replace function

Lesson 1.6 - split function

Lesson 1.6 homework part A solution

Lesson 1.6 - string functions

Lesson 1.6 homework part B solution

Lesson 1.6 homework part C solution

Lesson 1.7 start code

Lesson 1.7 code

Lesson 1.7 - ByVal vs Byref

Lesson 1.7 - classes

Lesson 1.7 homework part A solution

Lesson 1.7 homework part B solution

Lesson 1.7 homework part C solution

Lesson 1.8 code

Lesson 1.8 homework solution

Lesson 1.9 start code

Lesson 1.9 code

Lesson 1.10 start code

Lesson 1.10 code

Lesson 1.10 homework solution

Lesson 2.2 code

Lesson 2.2 homework part A solution

Lesson 2.2 homework part B solution

Lesson 2.3 - API object model

Lesson 2.3 homework part A solution

Lesson 2.3 homework part B solution

Lesson 3.1 code

Lesson 3.1 homework part A solution

Lesson 3.1 homework part B solution

Lesson 3.1 homework part C solution

Lesson 3.2 code

Lesson 3.2 homework part A solution

Lesson 3.2 homework part B solution

Lesson 3.3 code - with error handling

Lesson 3.3 code

Lesson 3.3 homework solution

Lesson 3.4 select methods code

Lesson 3.4 SelectionManager code

Lesson 3.4 homework part A solution

Lesson 3.4 homework part B solution

Lesson 3.5 code

Lesson 3.5 homework solution

Lesson 4.1 sketch creation code

Lesson 4.1 fully-define sketch code

Lesson 4.2a start code

Lesson 4.2a code

Lesson 4.2b code

Lesson 4.2c - create plate with traversal

Lesson 4.2c - modify features with traversal

Lesson 4.2c code

Lesson 4.3 find largest face code

Lesson 4.3 selected edge length code

Lesson 5.1 start code

Lesson 5.1 - drawer

Lesson 5.1 - crank

Lesson 5.2 start code

Lesson 5.2 code

Lesson 5.3 - align component origins

Lesson 5.3 - align pin origin to specific point on block

Lesson 5.3 - align specific pt on pin to specific pt on block

Lesson 5.3 - Rotate using CreateTransformRotateAxis

Lesson 5.3 - modify transform using ArrayData

Lesson 6.1 start code

Lesson 6.1 code

Lesson 6.2 start code

Lesson 6.2 - advanced drawings

Lesson 6.2 - find faces

Lesson 6.3 code

Lesson 7.1 code

Lesson 7.2 - cancel save using S_FALSE

Lesson 7.2 - alternative to DoEvents

Lesson 7.2 - file open notification

Lesson 1.9 homework start

Lesson 1.9 homework solution

Traverse all open documents

SWW 2012 : Summary, developer poll results, coupon

Get weldment profile and cut list custom properties

SolidWorks World 2012 : Taking Macros to the People

Create extruded base with user form

SOLIDWORKS API Video Tutorials

Video: Learn API Basics in Just One Hour

Get diam of circle sketch seg used to create selected feature

Lesson 7.3 - create spike

Lesson 7.3 - create spike - start code

Jedi skills : How to create bodies without using features

Free PDF: 23 VBA Errors and How To Fix Them

Lesson 7.4 code - start

Lesson 7.4 - code

Lesson 7.4 - create spike

Advanced API: Using Persistent IDs to Locate Objects

Video: The 99 Must-Know SolidWorks API Calls

Advanced API: Storing Data in Models Using Attributes

SolidWorks World 2012 : 99 Must-Know Methods and Properties

Lesson 7.5 code - Part A

Lesson 7.5 code - Part B

Lesson 7.5 code - Part C

Lesson 7.5 code - Part D

Lesson 7.5 code - Part E

Lesson 7.5 code - Part F

Lesson 7.5 code - Part G

Lesson 7.5 code - Part H

Lesson 7.5 code - Part I (spike creator)

Video : Create Custom Features with the SolidWorks API

Lesson 7.5 - Update Custom Properties With Macro Feature

Apply All Dimension Values to All Configurations

Involute Spur Gear Creator

Change BOM quantity in custom properties

Create axes through points normal to plane

Insert broken view and set break line positions

Find intersecting edges between two bodies

Automate mating with mate references

Merge temporary bodies

Run code on every part in assembly

Macro Feature and PMP skeleton for modifying input body

Search and replace title block notes

Mating Automation Techniques: Pros and Cons

Copy part or assembly cust. props. to drawing cust. props.

7 Mistakes New SolidWorks API Programmers Make

Export sheet metal flat pattern to specified location

Run geometry analysis

Get cell data in active sheet's table

Create points at a curve's intersections

Move all configuration specific custom properties to document custom properties

Run individual SolidWorks commands

Save out sheets as individual drawings

Free SolidWorks API Training Webinars in June

Get center mark's owning edge

Workgroup PDM API Resources

Add or find attributes on all faces

Add and read attributes on document

7 Ways To Run A Macro Without the Run Button

Run macro from another macro

Run macro from Design Binder

Configure dimension according to user input

Find text in blocks made from notes

Change layer of selected annotations

Schedule Macros Using the Task Scheduler

Save virtual components to external file

Delete specific folder and its components

Copy drawing custom properties to part or assembly

Collection example

Password-Protect VBA Macros & Other VB Editor Tricks

RunCommand: The Swiss-Army Knife of the API

Move BOM to a different sheet

Change sheet metal feature k-factor

Delete part from sub-assembly

Export all drawing sheets to a single PDF

Toggle sheet metal flat pattern on and off

API Programming Contest: Win A $100 Amazon Gift Card

Save component after dropped from task pane

CADSharp.com API Programming Contest Winners

Get hole wizard feature used by selected hole callout

Search for and hide components in drawing views

Isolate parent sub-assemblies of selected components

Notify user when a specific feature is created

Enable command button depending on combo and text box state

Interview With API Expert Jeff Sweeney

Delete balloons attached to fasteners

Get mate information

Change the dimension colors in selected view

Get types of display dimension

Insert hole table using selected vertex

What's New in the SolidWorks 2013 API

Get named entities in a component

Get the coordinates of all sketch points in a drawing view

Traverse body features and make dimensions read-only

Change driven / driving state of selected dimensions

Dissolve all sub-assemblies

Delete and re-add revision table

Save all parts in a folder as parasolid

Create pack and go with specified custom property as prefix

Video: Write A Powerful Macro From Scratch

Flip visibility of all blocks in a drawing

How To Copy, Clean, & Use API Help Examples

SolidWorks World 2013 : API Presentations

SOLIDWORKS World 2018

Get name, owner, type, position, and value of all dims on sheet

Display selected component's custom properties

Opportunities

Fix "Compile error : Can't find project or library"

How to make your VBA macros x64 compatible

Get or set dimension value in a part while in drawing or assembly

Delete all blocks from current sheet

Delete BOM table from part

Dissolve all component library features in assembly

Insert top-level only BOM

Select a face using IModelDoc2::SelectByRay

Toggle sheet metal bend notes

What's New in the SolidWorks 2014 API

Using Microsoft Excel with the SolidWorks API

Embed and Auto-Run Macros Using Equations

NESWUC Presentation

Display user form on part open using ETM

Equation-Triggered Macro Utility

Sketch contour selection

Copy table to clipboard

Custom Services FAQ

Video: Write A Powerful Macro from Scratch, Episode 2

SolidWorks World 2014 : API Presentations

Watch Two CADSharp API Presentations for Free!

Get sketched outline / projection of part

Macros vs Add-ins vs Stand-Alones

Autosize all reference planes in active part

Close all documents except drawings

Color hole wizard feature after creation

Get assembly's maximum depth

Get body's owning feature

Kill listener class after event notification fires

Listen for mouse events

Add, subtract, or combine two selected bodies

Post-rebuild event notification example

Drawing sheet change event nofication example

Live Training

Tips for Finding and Organizing Code Snippets

What's New In The SolidWorks 2015 API

Add mate to selected entities

Change table cell text color

Create acute angular dimension

Explode all sketch blocks in all drawing sheets

Read, add, delete, and modify equations

Error logging using FileSystemObject

Save out all part components with specified extension

Get all SolidWorks models in a folder

Get drawing note bounding box

Get component mass properties

Get IFeature object from component

Get face that owns cosmetic thread

Get loft pick points

Insert split feature

Get sketch entity name

Get weldment bodies

Keep largest body and delete the rest

Create linear pattern in two directions

Toggle component lightweight / suppressed state

Create configuration for each body

Pack and go top level parts only

Pack and go to folder

Create columns of text with monospaced fonts

Replace referenced entity in reference plane

Save selected table as Excel spreadsheet

Transform sketch points from sketch to model coordinates

Get text from BOM table cells

Modify all existing appearances in a part using IRenderMaterial

Remove all part appearances using IRenderMaterial

Remove appearance of selected object using IDisplayStateSetting

Set or remove selected object appearance using that object's members

Set or remove material from a part or selected body

Set selected object's color using IRenderMaterial

Set selected object's appearance using IDisplayStateSetting

Set selected object's .p2m appearance file using IRenderMaterial

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API Programming Contest #2 Winners!

What's New In The SolidWorks 2016 API

Add callouts to all hole wizard holes

Change sketch dimensions via user form

Change selected body's material in all configurations

Live Training Testimonials

Get selected bend line's owning flat pattern feature

Delete global variable and all associated equations

Get material database XML

Get IEntity pointer for entity selected in drawing view

Get selected weldment body's cut list feature

Get SolidWorks version

Insert axes concentric to cylindrical faces of selected feature

Save Document Utility

Set selection color

Suppress all folders in model with specified name

Switch example

Traverse components in order

Referenced configuration example

SOLIDWORKS Developer Guides

Increase ambient lighting

Disable automatic cut list updating

Find dimension by name

Get diameter of largest circular edge in body

Get material of selected component

Get distance between two largest planar faces in a body

Insert a new part in a sub-assembly

Is body created at angle / off-plane

Is component from design library

Relocate view to true center after extents are modified

Select all faces with same color as pre-selected face

Get weldment bounding box

Get body bounding box using IBody2::GetBodyBox

Get body bounding box using IFace2::GetTessTriangles

Get extreme length of body

Get largest face in a body

Get longest edge in a body

Get longest sketch segment in a sketch

Isolate selected body

Delete all bodies except first body in cut list folder

Display custom properties for selected cut list folder

Techniques for Obtaining Bounding Boxes

What's New In The SolidWorks 2017 API

How to Protect Your .NET Source Code

How to Crack A SolidWorks VBA Macro

Add width mate

Delete all missing components

Return swSelectType_e name for selected object

Get belt length and add to belt component's custom properties

Delete a drawing sheet

Export flat pattern as DXF

Is body a 2D body

Toggle document's unit system between MMGS and IPS

Productivity Software and Tools That I Use

Print values of all sketch dimensions

IUserProgressBar demo

Update config listed in external references of inserted part feature

Live Training Class Information

How To Ask A Good Programming Question

Technical Support Now Available Via Slack

Join Us At SolidWorks World 2018

What's New in the 2018 SolidWorks API

Change all layer colors

Working with display states

Get BOM table on specific drawing sheet

Rename assembly component from feature tree

Select component body feature using IModelDocExtension::SelectByID2

CADSharpTools: .NET Developer Toolkit

Get components in selected drawing view

Technical Support

SOLIDWORKS Products

SOLIDWORKS PDM Products

What's New In the 2019 SOLIDWORKS API

The Power of the PDM API Explained: Part 1

Twitch.tv Streaming Recommendations

How To Read / Write Third-Party Storage

New PDM Product: Convert DWG Task

Download 3DExperience World Presentations

3DExperience World

Block Commands With the SOLIDWORKS API

Deep Discount: 3-Month Membership For $99

NEW: SOLIDWORKS API Best Practices Guide

SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Design Services

SOLIDWORKS PDM API Video Tutorials

Videos

Introduction

Lesson 1 - Types of PDM Apps

Lesson 2 - PDM API Object Model

Lesson 3 - Vault Object

Lesson 4 - Working With Files and Folders

Lesson 5 - Traversing the Vault

Lesson 6 - Check-ins and Check-outs

Lesson 7 - Working With Vault Variables

Lesson 8 - Batch Processing Variables

Lesson 9 - Exporting Bill of Materials

Lesson 10 - Implementing IEdmAddIn5

Lesson 11 - How To Debug A PDM Addin

Lesson 12 - GetAddInInfo and OnCmd

Lesson 13 - Implementing A Task Addin

Lesson 14 - How To Debug A Task Addin

World's first PDM API Video Course Out Now!

Download 3DXP21 Presentation

Full-Stack Developer Screening Questions

Specifications Form

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FeatureScript Library

SOLIDWORKS API Custom Software Development

Event Handlers in SOLIDWORKS Addins

What's New In the 2024 SOLIDWORKS API

Adding FeatureScripts to your toolbar

SOLIDWORKS PDM API Custom Software Development

DraftSight API Custom Programming Services

Onshape Mechanical Design Services

Onshape Software Development Services

ERP / PLM Software Development Services

Onshape hidden tips and tricks

Onshape FeatureScript Video Tutorials

SOLIDWORKS PDM Implementation Services

What's New In the 2025 SOLIDWORKS API

Top 2024 Onshape FeatureScript and API Enhancements

AutoCAD API Custom Programming Services

Solid Edge API Custom Programming Services

Inventor API Custom Programming Services

Membership Billing

Membership Cancel

Membership Confirmation

Membership Orders

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Onshape App Library

Top 2025 Onshape FeatureScript and API Enhancements

What’s New In the 2026 SOLIDWORKS API

Onshape API Rate Limits: Development Tips

Fusion 360 API Custom Programming Services

NX Open API Custom Programming Services

Creo TOOLKIT Custom Programming Services

CATIA CAA V5/V6 Custom Programming Services

Revit API & Dynamo Custom Programming Services

Civil 3D & Map 3D API Custom Programming Services

Rhino & Grasshopper Custom Programming Services

Tekla Structures API Custom Programming Services

AVEVA E3D / PDMS Custom Programming Services

Autodesk Vault API Custom Programming Services

Teamcenter & Windchill PLM Custom Development Services

Ansys ACT Custom Programming Services

Abaqus & HyperMesh Scripting Services

Star-CCM+ & OpenFOAM Scripting Services

Mastercam, ESPRIT & PowerMill CAM API Custom Programming Services

Robotic Cell Offline Programming Services

Additive Manufacturing Slicer Engine Development Services

WebGL & WebGPU 3D Configurator Development Services

Autodesk Platform Services (Forge) Custom Development Services

CAD Data Engineering for AI & ML Pipelines

CAD IP Protection & Sanitization Services

Headless CPQ Platform Custom Development Services

Create a SOLIDWORKS Addin from Scratch

Create a SOLIDWORKS Stand-Alone EXE from Scratch

Create an Installer Package for a SOLIDWORKS Addin

Create an Installer Package for a SOLIDWORKS Stand-Alone EXE

Programming with the Document Manager API