CAD+ Toolset extensibility via COM API

Several module of CAD+ Toolset expose COM APIs which enables the automation via COM (e.g. from VBA macros) from SOLIDWORKS.

All COM APIs are available in the type library CadPlusSwAddInComAPI.tlb (CAD+ COM API for SOLIDWORKS) in the installation folder of CAD+ Toolset.

In order to connect to the CAD+ COM API use the following code:

Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

Dim swCadPlus As ICadPlusSwAddIn
    
Dim swCadPlusFact As CadPlusSwAddInFactory
Set swCadPlusFact = New CadPlusSwAddInFactory

Set swCadPlus = swCadPlusFact.Create(swApp, True)

Second parameter of CadPlusSwAddInFactory::Create allows to load CAD+ Toolset automatically if not loaded

BOM+

Access the BOM+ API via ICadPlusSwAddIn::Bom which returns IBomModuleCom.

bool ItemsEnvironmentEnabled { get; set; } Gets or sets the item environment
IBomTemplateCom[] GetTemplates() Returns the installed templates
IBomItemCom BuildBom(IModelDoc2 model, string confName) Builds the BOM from the specified model and configuration
void Export(IBomItemCom item, IBomTemplateCom template, string filePath, bool includeRoot) Exports BOM to the nominated file with the specified template

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Flat Pattern Export

Access the BOM+ API via ICadPlusSwAddIn::FlatPatternExport which returns IFlatPatternExportModuleCom.

IFlatPatternExportResult[] BatchExportFlatPatterns(IModelDoc2 model, ref IFlatPatternExportDataCom[] exportData) Batch exports flat patterns with the specified export data

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QR Code

Access the QR Code API via ICadPlusSwAddIn::QrCode which returns IQrCodeModuleCom.

IQrCodeElementCom Insert(IDrawingDoc drw, ISheet sheet, QrCodeDockCom_e dock, double size, double offsetX, double offsetY, string expression, bool allowExpressionErrors) Inserts QR Code element
IQrCodeElementCom GetQrCode(IDrawingDoc drw, ISketchPicture qrCodePicture) Gets QR Code element from the sketch picture
IQrCodeElementCom[] IterateQrCodes(IDrawingDoc drw) Iterates QR Code elements in the drawing

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