SolidWorks API: Add-in Architecture and the Integration Model
A practitioner's account of SolidWorks add-in architecture: the ISwAddin contract, COM registration, the connect and disconnect lifecycle, callback cookies and disciplined relea…
Every page in the KEVOS library tagged add-in development. 7 pages.
A practitioner's account of SolidWorks add-in architecture: the ISwAddin contract, COM registration, the connect and disconnect lifecycle, callback cookies and disciplined relea…
Comparing SolidWorks add-ins and stand-alone applications: process model, API reach, notification support, debugging cost, distribution burden, a decision sequence and hybrid ar…
The COM registration path for a SolidWorks add-in: GUID and visibility attributes, the SwAddin descriptor, register and unregister hooks, the discovery and start-up registry key…
Building SolidWorks add-in menus and toolbars through the Command Manager: callback registration, command groups, AddCommandItem2 parameters, enable methods, user identifiers an…
Deployment options for SolidWorks add-ins: manual installation, archives, self-extracting packages and full installers; installer requirements definition, COM registration durin…
How SolidWorks notifications reach an add-in: application-level events, document event interfaces for parts, assemblies and drawings, re-hooking on document change, selection ha…
Building SolidWorks Property Manager Pages: the handler interface, CreatePropertyManagerPage options and status checking, the control catalogue, identifier conventions, callback…