Get Title Block Tables Example (C#)

This example shows how to get title block tables.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Preconditions:

// 1. Open a part.

// 2. Ensure that the following file exists on your system and, if necessary,

//     modify the path to it in the code below:

//     <SolidWorks_install_dir>\lang\english\connector-table.sldtbt.

// 3. Open an Immediate window in the IDE.

//

// Postconditions:

// 1. Inspect the output in the Immediate Window.

// 2. Observe the new title block table feature under Tables in the

//    FeatureManager design tree.

// 3. Observe the corresponding title block table annotation

//    in the model document.

// 4. Delete all title block table features and annotations before

//    re-running this macro on the same part.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;

using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;

using System;

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace TitleBlockTables_C_.csproj

{

    partial class SolidWorksMacro

    {

        

        IModelDoc2 Part;

        ITitleBlockTableAnnotation tbtAnno;

        ITitleBlockTableAnnotation anno;

        ITitleBlockTableAnnotation tabannoObject;

        ITitleBlockTableFeature feat;

        ITitleBlockTableFeature tabfeatObject;

        object[] annos;

        long I;

        ISelectionMgr selMgr;

        bool boolstatus;

        public void Main()

        {

            Part = (IModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

            Debug.Print("Inserting a title block table into the model using a general table template (*.sldtbt)...");

            Debug.Print("");

            tbtAnno = Part.Extension.InsertTitleBlockTable("C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\lang\\english\\connector-table.sldtbt", 500, 500);

            feat = tbtAnno.TitleBlockTableFeature;

            Debug.Print("Title block table feature: " + feat.GetFeature().Name);

            string count = null;

            count = feat.GetTableAnnotationCount().ToString();

            Debug.Print("Title block table annotation count: " + count);

            Debug.Print("Title block table annotations...");

            annos = (Object[])feat.GetTableAnnotations();

            for (I = 0; I <= annos.GetUpperBound(0); I++)

            {

                anno = (ITitleBlockTableAnnotation)annos[I];

                Debug.Print(" Title block table feature: " + anno.TitleBlockTableFeature.GetFeature().Name);

            }

            Debug.Print("");

            //See documentation for swSelectType_e.swSelTITLEBLOCKTABLEFEAT

            Debug.Print("Selecting title block table feature through SelectByID2 type, TITLEBLOCKTABLEFEAT...");

            boolstatus = Part.Extension.SelectByID2(feat.GetFeature().Name, "TITLEBLOCKTABLEFEAT", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, null, 0);

            Debug.Print("");

            Debug.Print("Casting selected object to ITitleBlockTableFeature...");

            selMgr = Part.ISelectionManager;

            tabfeatObject = (ITitleBlockTableFeature)selMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);

            Debug.Print(" Title block table feature: " + tabfeatObject.GetFeature().Name);

            Debug.Print("");

            //See documentation for swSelectType_e.swSelANNOTATIONTABLES

            Debug.Print("Selecting title block table annotation through SelectByID2 type, ANNOTATIONTABLES...");

            boolstatus = Part.Extension.SelectByID2("", "ANNOTATIONTABLES", -0.1205280774849, -0.01199819470702, 0.04087038255709, false, 0, null, 0);

            Debug.Print("");

            Debug.Print("Casting selected object to ITitleBlockTableAnnotation type...");

            tabannoObject = (ITitleBlockTableAnnotation)selMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);

            Debug.Print("Getting title block table feature from the title block table annotation...");

            Debug.Print(" Title block table feature: " + tabannoObject.TitleBlockTableFeature.GetFeature().Name);

            Debug.Print("");

            //See documentation for swTableAnnotationType_e_TitleBlock

            Debug.Print("Casting selected object to ITableAnnotation type...");

            ITableAnnotation annoObject = default(ITableAnnotation);

            annoObject = (ITableAnnotation)selMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);

            swTableAnnotationType_e annoType;

            annoType = (swTableAnnotationType_e)annoObject.Type;

            if (annoType == swTableAnnotationType_e.swTableAnnotation_TitleBlock)

            {

                Debug.Print(" The selected table annotation is defined in swTableAnnotationType_e as TitleBlock");

            }

            else

            {

                Debug.Print(" The selected table annotation is defined in swTableAnnotationType_e with value: " + annoType);

            }

        }

       

        public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}