NewDocument ( defaultTemplate, 0, 0, 0 ) '-BELOW IS THE SOLUTION- ' Local variables used as Conversion Factors Dim LengthConversionFactor As Double Dim AngleConversionFactor As Double ' Use a Select Case, to get the length of active Unit and set the different factors Select Case swDoc. swDefaultTemplatePart ) ' Set Solidworks document to new part document Set swDoc = swApp. GetUserPreferenceStringValue ( swUserPreferenceStringValue_e. SldWorks ' Create string type variable for storing default part location Dim defaultTemplate As String ' Set value of this string type variable to 'Default part template' defaultTemplate = swApp. SketchSegment ' Main function of our VBA program Sub main () ' Set Solidworks variable to Solidworks application Set swApp = Application. SketchManager ' Create Variable for Solidworks Sketch Segment Dim swSketchSegment As SldWorks.

ModelDoc2 ' Boolean Variable Dim BoolStatus As Boolean ' Create variable for Solidworks Sketch Manager Dim swSketchManager As SldWorks. SldWorks ' Create variable for Solidworks document Dim swDoc As SldWorks. Option Explicit ' Create variable for Solidworks application Dim swApp As SldWorks. In below sample VBA macro program, we fix the issue. LengthConversionFactor and AngleConversionFactor, these values depends upon the selected Length unit.Īfter assigning the values, we use them when we need to define any length or angle value. So in this post we address this issue and use this solution in future posts.Īpply Select Case on the length of active unit. But when I used Solidworks API through VBA macros or C#, I need to converted numeric values.īecause Solidworks API output the distance in Meter which is not my requirement.

Solidworks API does not care about your application’s Unit systems.įor example, I works in ANSI system means inches for distance. It is very important to remember that, when you give distance or any other numeric value in Solidworks API, Solidworks takes that numeric value in Meter only. In my all previous posts, you can see a NOTE (shown below) about Solidworks API. In this post, I tell you about how to Fix Unit Issue in Solidworks API from VBA Macros in a Sketch.īefore going to solution let us see what is the issue we are trying to address.

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