Accessing SolidEdge throught Labview ActiveX

[zomber]

Has anyone managed to successfully access SolidEdge (a 3D solid modelling package) through LabVIEW activeX control?

[JRA]

I have never used SolidEdge, but I have used ActiveX quite a bit with LabVIEW. If you know how SolidEdge incorporates ActiveX, then let us know, and I'll try to help you out with the best way to do this.

[zomber]

SolidEdge incorporates methods and procedures in the same way as (say) Excel does. However, when I insert an application refnum and try and select an ActiveX class I run into problems. The SolidEdge "Application" type library does not show up when I have the "Show Creatable Objects Only" box ticked. It DOES show up if I de-select the "Show Creatable Objects Only" box. If I then select the "Application" ActiveX class it shows up in the block diagram and allows me to access all of the methods and procedures I need...but nothing happens! ie: LabVIEW does not seem to recognise the SolidEdge Application as a creatable object. I have programed SolidEdge throught Excel VBA, so I know that the application methods and procedures exist and work.

[Porras]

I want to recover this topic, because I need to do exactly this: integration and communication between SolidEdge and LabView.

Has anyone managed to do it successfully?

[Eriquito]

Hi Porras,

Although I have no experience with SolidEdge, if it can be done via ActiveX in Visual Basic (which, according to zomber, it does), it should also work with LabVIEW.  In fact, we have a great Developer's Zone article showing how to translate VB ActiveX calls to LabVIEW calls.

You may also want to take a look at NI INSIGHT to see if this would be helpful in your application.