Get the transformation matrix of coordinate system using SOLIDWORKS API
This VBA macro extract the 4x4 transformation matrix from the selected coordinate system in the feature manager tree.
The comma separated results are output to the immediate (ctrl+G) window of VBA editor.
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Sub main() Set swApp = Application.SldWorks Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2 Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc If Not swModel Is Nothing Then Dim swFeat As SldWorks.Feature Set swFeat = swModel.SelectionManager.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1) If Not swFeat Is Nothing Then If swFeat.GetTypeName2() = "CoordSys" Then Dim swCoordSys As SldWorks.CoordinateSystemFeatureData Set swCoordSys = swFeat.GetDefinition Dim swMathTransform As SldWorks.MathTransform Set swMathTransform = swCoordSys.Transform Dim vMatrix As Variant vMatrix = swMathTransform.ArrayData Debug.Print vMatrix(0) & "," & vMatrix(1) & "," & vMatrix(2) & "," & vMatrix(3) & "," Debug.Print vMatrix(4) & "," & vMatrix(5) & "," & vMatrix(6) & "," & vMatrix(7) & "," Debug.Print vMatrix(8) & "," & vMatrix(9) & "," & vMatrix(10) & "," & vMatrix(11) & "," Debug.Print vMatrix(12) & "," & vMatrix(13) & "," & vMatrix(14) & "," & vMatrix(15) Else MsgBox "Selected feature is not a coordinate system" End If Else MsgBox "Please select coordinate system feature" End If Else MsgBox "Please open model" End If End Sub