SolidWorks automation example
Why?
For fun! This is a small project made to show CAD automation capabilities and demonstrate an understanding of its API (Part, Assembly).
What?
It is a combination of MATLAB and VBA code used to create a CAD model of an arrow with supplied dimensions, and distribute the arrows in an assembly along a half-hemisphere, pointing outwards and normal to the surface.
How?
An Excel file containing arrow dimensions and hemisphere diameter which is read by the MATLAB script.
MATLAB script:
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Reads the arrow dimensions
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Determines the arrow distribution along a hemisphere based on specified parameters
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Calculates arrow positions and orientations in the global coordinate system
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Writes the above information into an Excel file
SolidWorks macro:
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Reads the Excel file
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Creates an arrow part with the supplied dimensions
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Creates an assembly and places each arrow in the specified position and orientation
