Exercise 1 - Get or create a TopSolid project

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Updated : 20 November 2024

In this exercise, you will learn how to locate an existing project and create a new one if needed.

Note

After downloading the Automation_SelfLearning solution from GitHub, you will find the whole example code for this exercise in the Exercise_1 project.

Important

You will find more information about TopSolid'Pdm on this page.

• Set up your environment.
  • Launch Visual Studio
  • Open the project Automation_SelfLearning project to begin coding your own application.

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• Design the Application Interface

  • Open the design form of your application.

  • Add a Textbox and a Button to the form as shown below:

    

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• Add a Button Click Event
  • Double-click the button on the form to generate a click event handler.
  • Implement the click event method to search for a project in the current PDM by its name, specified in the textbox.

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• Coding Steps
  • Ensure the following functionalities are included in your method:
  • Close any open projects or libraries.
  • Search for projects with names matching the textbox input.
    • If a match is found, open the project.
    • If no matching project exists, create a new project with the given name and open it.

Note

TopSolidHost.Pdm.SearchProjectByName(string) method returns projects whose name contains searched string.

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• Test your application.

  • From the Debug menu, select Start Debugging to run your project.

    

  • Click the button on your form to execute the functionality

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Self-Learning exercises table of content:

• Exercise 2 - Create a shape
• Exercise 3 - Create an assembly
• Exercise 4 - Export / Import a document using STL format