Place Note Behind Drawing Sheet Example (VB.NET)
This example shows how to place a note behind a drawing sheet.
'----------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Specified drawing file exists.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. The selected note, 2012-sm in the drawing template,
' is placed behind the drawing sheet.
' 2. To verify:
' a. Examine the Immediate window.
' b. Right-click the drawing and select
' Edit Sheet Format.
' c. Right-click 2012-sm, and examine the
' the short-cut menu. Display
' Note Behind Sheet is selected.
' d. Deselect Display Note Behind Sheet.
' e. Exit drawing sheet edit mode.
'
' NOTE: Because this drawing is used elsewhere, do not
' save changes when closing it.
'-----------------------------------------------------------
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
Partial Class SolidWorksMacro
Public Sub Main()
Dim swModel As ModelDoc2
Dim swModelDocExt As ModelDocExtension
Dim swDrawing As DrawingDoc
Dim swSelectionMgr As SelectionMgr
Dim swNote As Note
Dim fileName As String
Dim status As Boolean
Dim errors As Integer
Dim warnings As Integer
' Open drawing
fileName = "C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks\samples\tutorial\api\2012-sm.slddrw"
swModel = swApp.OpenDoc6(fileName, swDocumentTypes_e.swDocDRAWING, swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", errors, warnings)
swDrawing = swModel
' Put drawing template and sheet in edit mode
swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Sheet1", "SHEET", 0.0399580396732789, 0.20594194865811, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)
swDrawing.EditTemplate()
swDrawing.EditSheet()
swModel.ClearSelection2(True)
' Select note to place behind the sheet
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("DetailItem3@Sheet Format1", "NOTE", 0.155548914819136, 0.017885845974329, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)
swSelectionMgr = swModel.SelectionManager
swNote = swSelectionMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1)
swNote.BehindSheet = True
Debug.Print("Was the selected note placed behind the sheet? " & status)
End Sub
''' <summary>
''' The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
''' </summary>
Public swApp As SldWorks
End Class