Delete all equations from SOLIDWORKS model using SOLIDWORKS API

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This macro removes all of the equations (or optionally only broken equations) in the active model (part or assembly) using SOLIDWORKS API.

If active model is assembly, macro optionally allows to remove all equations from each component of the assembly. The following message will be displayed. Click Yes to remove equations from all components on all levels and No to only process equations of the top level assembly.

Macro option to delete equations in the assembly components

Set the DELETE_BROKEN_ONLY option to True in order to only remove the broken (dangling) equations.

IMPORTANT: Use this macro on your own risk. This macro modifies your data (deletes all equations) please backup your file before running this macro

Const DELETE_BROKEN_ONLY As Boolean = False 'if this flag is True than only broken equations are deleted, otherwise all equations are deleted

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swEqMgr As SldWorks.EquationMgr

Sub main()

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    
    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
    
    Dim hasDeleted As Boolean
    
    DeleteEquationsFromModel swModel, hasDeleted
    
    If swModel.GetType = swDocumentTypes_e.swDocASSEMBLY Then
        
        If MsgBox("Do you want to delete equations in all components of the assembly?", vbYesNo) = vbYes Then
            
            Dim swAssy As SldWorks.AssemblyDoc
            Set swAssy = swModel
            
            'component needs to be loaded in memory in order to process it's equations
            swAssy.ResolveAllLightWeightComponents True
            
            Dim vComps As Variant
            vComps = swAssy.GetComponents(False)
            
            Dim i As Integer
            
            For i = 0 To UBound(vComps)
                
                Dim swComp As SldWorks.Component2
                Set swComp = vComps(i)
                
                Dim swCompModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
                
                Set swCompModel = swComp.GetModelDoc2
                
                If Not swCompModel Is Nothing Then
                    
                    Dim hasCompEqDeleted As Boolean
                    DeleteEquationsFromModel swCompModel, hasCompEqDeleted
                    
                    If hasCompEqDeleted Then
                        hasDeleted = True
                    End If
                    
                End If
                
            Next
            
        End If
        
    End If
    
    If hasDeleted Then
        swModel.ForceRebuild3 False
    End If
    
End Sub

Sub DeleteEquationsFromModel(model As SldWorks.ModelDoc2, ByRef hasDeleted As Boolean)
    
    Set swEqMgr = model.GetEquationMgr()
    
    Dim i As Integer
    
    hasDeleted = False
    
    'iterate in the reverse direction as the equation index will change once previous equation is deleted
    For i = swEqMgr.GetCount - 1 To 0 Step -1
        
        If Not DELETE_BROKEN_ONLY Or IsEquationBroken(swEqMgr, i) Then
            swEqMgr.Delete i
            hasDeleted = True
        End If
    Next
    
    If hasDeleted Then
        'deleting equation doesn't make the model dirty
        model.SetSaveFlag
    End If
    
End Sub

Function IsEquationBroken(eqMgr As SldWorks.EquationMgr, index As Integer) As Boolean
    
    Const STATUS_BROKEN As Integer = -1
    
    Dim val As String
    val = eqMgr.Value(index) 'evaluate to get the status
    
    IsEquationBroken = (eqMgr.Status = STATUS_BROKEN)
    
End Function