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SolidWorks API patterns for robust C# coding.

Software Engineering#csharp#error-handling#properties#api-patterns#traversal#solidworks#addin
Authorttsmith21
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This collection provides reusable patterns and templates for accessing SolidWorks APIs from C#, helping developers build consistent, reliable add-ins.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Getting Active Document: pattern to safely obtain the current model.
  • Traversing Features and Components: guidance to enumerate features, bodies, faces, and components.
  • Safe Casting and Property Handling: utilities for robust type casts and property access.
  • Assembly Traversal and Component Management: patterns for dealing with components and model docs.
  • Error Handling and Debugging: recommended patterns to catch and report API errors.
  • Common Gotchas: known pitfalls with SW API calls and how to avoid them.

Quick Start

Review and apply these patterns to implement SolidWorks API calls in your C# add-in development.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

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