SolidWorks API: why don't more folks use it?

SW has been making significant changes on a yearly basis. Some of these changes require making yearly changes to any programs/macros just to keep them running. They have even changed the languages used for the programming interface although VB is still available. So if you do automate you have to figure in a cost for updating code on a yearly basis.

VB is OK for many people although using VB with OOPS is a stretch for the average joe.

The macro editor frequently doesn't pick up enough of what you were doing to make macros that will repeat what was recorded without serious editing/research. Sometimes you will run into a situation where SW has not opened up functionality that is available through the GUI for programming.

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