VBA in Onshape

magnus_ivarsson

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Hello.

I have used VBA as in this video in AutoCad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlIJkG5fBKU
And like in this for SolidWorks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbVzefDmVt0

Can I do the same in Onshape?

Regards MagI

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lougallo

We do not support Internet Explorer since it does not support web standards well or webgl.. doing automation that way would also not be very reliable since it would not be using APIs.  We are thinking about ways to give users automation features.  Stay tuned..

lougallo

@magnus_ivarsson Since we are a web application VBA would probably not be the platform but we are working on a number of ways to automate and integrate. What specifically are you looking to automate/customize?

magnus_ivarsson

Hi.
I want to be able to do exactly what they do in the first video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlIJkG5fBKU

I have a large VBA and want to be able to activate that and from that i get values. 
Them values(variables) is then to be used to automatic create 2D and 3D CAD drawings.
I can do this in AutoCad and SolidWorks.

But I would really lite to do it in your Onshape CAD system.

If you need help get back to me.
Maybe I can help you.

M.Sc. in Engineering Physics
Magnus Ivarsson 

3dcad

I would like to create that rectangle/circle manually in Onshape and control parameters and suppress/unsuppress through sql table. Sql should suit controlling cloud cad models perfectly.

Girish_Joshi

Hi Lou Gallo,

I was thinking the same kind of things to automate some tasks by using some Plugins/Addins, which one can create as per his/her own requirement.

viru

@lougallo & @magnus_ivarsson , I also want to discuss some area where user can implement automation with the help of VBA.
1) User can create Q.C macro to check his modeled part and drawing which is very helpful to user to reduce design time and test several alternatives.
2) User can create and use macro for giving balloon number in drawing as per his requirement.
3) User can also create and use macro for BOM formatting.
4) User can develop a rules-based solution using automation tool
5) It also helpful to create an Excel design table like solid-works.

magnus_ivarsson

If you run Onshape in windows internet explorer , then wouldn't it be possible to activate macro and then VBA in that browser with Onshape?

lougallo

We do not support Internet Explorer since it does not support web standards well or webgl.. doing automation that way would also not be very reliable since it would not be using APIs.  We are thinking about ways to give users automation features.  Stay tuned..