The SolidWorks eDrawings application gives you the power to create, view, and share your 3D models and 2D drawings. The SolidWorks eDrawings Application Programming Interface (API) is an OLE programming interface to SolidWorks eDrawings and is implemented as a MicrosoftActiveX control. You can use the SolidWorks eDrawings API to:
The API contains functions that you can call from Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), VB.NET, C++ 6.0, C++.NET, and C#.NET. These functions provide direct access to the eDrawings environment. Currently only the IEModelViewControl and IEModelMarkupControl interfaces are supported. Any other interface is not supported and should not be used.
Sample Projects
The SolidWorks eDrawings API sample projects show how to create SolidWorks eDrawings API applications in Microsoft Visual Studio and other types of applications that support ActiveX controls. The eDrawings API SDK contains these SolidWorks eDrawings API sample projects.
If you are a SolidWorks customer, and you have installed eDrawings Professional, double-click on\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\eDrawings API SDK\eDrawings API SDK.msi to install the sample projects to \Program Files\Common Files\eDrawings20nn, where nn is the 2-digit release year.
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All of the sample code and projects supplied are provided on an as-is basis and are only intended to demonstrate ways of using the SolidWorks eDrawings API. No representations or warranties are made regarding these samples. Any licensed user of SolidWorks eDrawings is free to use any or all of these samples in connection with building applications related to SolidWorks eDrawings and is granted a royalty-free, non-exclusive license for these samples or parts thereof. Intellectual property rights of the samples remain with SolidWorks eDrawings. Any confidentiality provisions of the SolidWorks eDrawings license apply to the samples.