I am trying to generate a list of all parts/sub-assemblies/sub-assembly parts/etc using the api. basically trying to generate an indented BOM. I can get all the top level components but i am stuck on how to dig deeper. Please see my code below.
Try
Dim SWMODEL As ModelDoc2 = swApp.ActiveDoc
Dim assemCHILD, MODELpn, MODELprt As Object
Dim chString(), asstring() As String
Dim CHILDNAME, assemname As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim errors As Integer
If SWMODEL IsNot Nothing Then
Dim MODELTYPE As Integer = SWMODEL.GetType
Dim modeltitle As String = SWMODEL.GetTitle
Dim modelpath As String = SWMODEL.GetPathName
modeltitle = Replace(modeltitle, "_", ".")
asstring = Split(modeltitle, ".")
assemname = asstring(0)
pathstring = Split(modelpath, "\")
MODELpn = assemname
'gets assembly child part names and qtys
If MODELTYPE = 2 Then
Dim SWASSEM As AssemblyDoc = SWMODEL
errors = SWASSEM.ResolveAllLightWeightComponents(True)
assemCHILD = SWASSEM.GetComponents(True)
For i = LBound(assemCHILD) To UBound(assemCHILD)
MODELprt = assemCHILD(i).GetModelDoc2
Next i
End If
End If
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
SolidworksApi/macros