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Insert and Show BOM Table and BOM Balloon Example (C#)

This example shows how to insert a bill of materials table and balloon in a drawing document.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions: Specified file to open and template exist.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. A parts-only BOM table is inserted.
// 2. A BOM balloon annotation is inserted.
// 3. Inspect the Immediate Window for the name of the configuration used
//    to create the table and the name of the annotation.
//
// NOTE: Because this drawing document is used by a SolidWorks
//       online tutorial, do not save any changes when
//       closing the document.
//------------------------------------------------------------------
using Microsoft.VisualBasic;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace BOMBalloon_CSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        
ModelDoc2 swModel;
        
ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt;
        
DrawingDoc swDrawing;
        
View swView;
        
BomTableAnnotation swBOMAnnotation;
        
BomFeature swBOMFeature;
        
Note swNote;
        
BalloonOptions BomBalloonParams;
        
bool boolstatus;
        
int AnchorType;
        
int BomType;
        
int nErrors;
        
int nWarnings;
        
string Configuration;

        
string TableTemplate;

        
public void Main()
        {
            swModel = swApp.OpenDoc6(
"c:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\samples\\tutorial\\advdrawings\\foodprocessor.slddrw", (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocDRAWING, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", ref nErrors, ref nWarnings);
            swDrawing = (
DrawingDoc)swModel;
            swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension;
            boolstatus = swDrawing.ActivateView(
"Drawing View1");
            swView = (
View)swDrawing.ActiveDrawingView;

            
// Insert parts-only BOM table
            AnchorType = (int)swBOMConfigurationAnchorType_e.swBOMConfigurationAnchor_TopLeft;
            BomType = (
int)swBomType_e.swBomType_PartsOnly;
            TableTemplate =
"C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\lang\\english\\bom-standard.sldbomtbt";
            Configuration =
"";
            swBOMAnnotation = swView.InsertBomTable3(
false, 0.4, 0.3, AnchorType, BomType, Configuration, TableTemplate, false);
            swBOMFeature = swBOMAnnotation.BomFeature;

            
// Print the name of the configuration used for the BOM table
            Debug.Print("Name of configuration used for BOM table: " + swBOMFeature.Configuration);

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"", "EDGE", 0.1205506330468, 0.261655309417, -0.0004000000000133, false, 0, null, 0);

            BomBalloonParams = swModel.Extension.CreateBalloonOptions();
            BomBalloonParams.Style = (
int)swBalloonStyle_e.swBS_Circular;
            BomBalloonParams.Size = (
int)swBalloonFit_e.swBF_2Chars;
            BomBalloonParams.UpperTextContent = (
int)swBalloonTextContent_e.swBalloonTextItemNumber;
            BomBalloonParams.UpperText =
"";
            BomBalloonParams.ShowQuantity =
true;
            BomBalloonParams.QuantityPlacement = (
int)swBalloonQuantityPlacement_e.swBalloonQuantityPlacement_Right;
            BomBalloonParams.QuantityDenotationText =
"PLACES";
            BomBalloonParams.QuantityOverride =
false;
            BomBalloonParams.QuantityOverrideValue =
"";
            BomBalloonParams.ItemNumberStart = 1;
            BomBalloonParams.ItemNumberIncrement = 1;
            BomBalloonParams.ItemOrder = (
int)swBalloonItemNumbersOrder_e.swBalloonItemNumbers_DoNotChangeItemNumbers;

            swNote = swModelDocExt.InsertBOMBalloon2(BomBalloonParams);

            
// Get whether balloon is a BOM balloon
            // If so, print the name of the BOM balloon

            if (swNote.IsBomBalloon())
            {
                
Debug.Print("Name of BOM balloon: " + swNote.GetName());
            }

            swDrawing.ForceRebuild();
        }

        
public SldWorks swApp;

    }
}



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