SolidWorks Visual Basic
This basic to intermediate course covers the use of the SolidWorks
programming environment including VBA ("built-in" Visual Basic for
Applications) as well as full VB (Visual Basic environment). In addition,
this course provides the student with introductory Visual Basic training to
help familiarize students with that programming language.
At the completion of the course students will be able to create VBA
and/or VB programs for the automation of SolidWorks design functions.
Students will be provided with many examples and working programs that can
be used immediately in their work.
Outline
Course topics include:
- The VBA work environment
- Controls and properties
- making decisions with VBA
- Looping with VBA
- Modular programming
- Built-in functions
- Data files
- Object basics
Prerequisites
Students attending this course are expected to have the following
- Mechanical/Industrial design experience
- Experience with the Windows operating system
- SolidWorks Essentials