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API VBA: MOVE/COPY BODY

I am writing a macro to add a body from a file to a part and move it to a location. The problem I am having is when I use FeatureManager::InsertMoveCopyBody2 it tells me that the body is no longer in the model when it clearly is and is selected. Am I missing something. Here is an example of what I am doing.

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Dim MyTool As SldWorks.body2 Dim FeatMan As FeatureManager Dim CatchAll As Object Dim Part As SldWorks.PartDoc Dim AsModelDoc As SldWorks.ModelDoc2 Dim ThisPoint As SldWorks.SketchPoint

Set swApp = CreateObject("SldWorks.Application") Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc Set AsModelDoc = Part

Set thisPoint = 'somepoint Set FeatMan = AsModelDoc.FeatureManager

Set CatchAll = Part.InsertPart("G:\users\cds\TEMP\MyTool.SLDPRT", False, False, False) CatchAll.Name = "Tool1"

Set MyTool = CatchAll.GetSpecificFeature

CatchAll.Select False

FeatMan.InsertMoveCopyBody2 ThisPoint.x, ThisPoint.y, ThisPoint.z, 0, 0, 0,

0, 0, 0, 0, True, 0
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Corey Scheich
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I got it you have to go a round about way of selecting the body.

Dim FeatFaces as variant Dim MyFace1 as SldWorks.face2 Dim Mill as SldWorks.body2 Set Feat = Part.InsertPart("G:\users\cds\TEMP\MyTool.SLDPRT", False, False, False)

FeatFaces = Feat.GetFaces

Set MyFace1 = FeatFaces(0) Set Mill = MyFace1.GetBody

Mill.Select True, 1

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Corey Scheich

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