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Save File as PDF Example (C#)

This example shows how to save multiple drawing sheets to a PDF file.

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Specified drawing document to open exists.
// 2. The folder (c:\test) to which to save
//    the PDF file exists. If it does not exist,
//    create it or change the path to one that
//    exists on your system.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Specified drawing document is opened.
// 2. All but the last drawing sheet are saved to an array.
// 3. The array of drawing sheets are saved to a PDF
//    file called foodprocessor.pdf.
// 4. foodprocessor.pdf opens.
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System;

namespace ViewPDF_CSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {
        
public void Main()
        {
            
ExportPdfData swExportPDFData = default(ExportPdfData);
            
ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);
            
ModelDocExtension swModExt = default(ModelDocExtension);
            
DrawingDoc swDrawDoc = default(DrawingDoc);
            
Sheet swSheet = default(Sheet);

            
bool boolstatus = false;
            
string filename = null;
            
int errors = 0;
            
int warnings = 0;
            
string[] obj = null;

            
DispatchWrapper[] dispWrapArr = null;

            
// Save PDF file to this folder and filename
            filename = "c:\\test\\foodprocessor.pdf";

            
// Open drawing document
            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.OpenDoc6("C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\samples\\tutorial\\advdrawings\\foodprocessor.slddrw", (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocDRAWING, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", ref errors, ref warnings);
            swModExt = (
ModelDocExtension)swModel.Extension;
            swExportPDFData = (
ExportPdfData)swApp.GetExportFileData((int)swExportDataFileType_e.swExportPdfData);

            
// Get the names of the drawing sheets in the drawing
            // to get the size of the array of drawing sheets
            swDrawDoc = (DrawingDoc)swModel;

            obj = (
string[])swDrawDoc.GetSheetNames();
            
int count = 0;
            count = obj.Length;
            
int i = 0;
            
object[] objs = new object[count - 1];

            
// Activate each drawing sheet, except the last drawing sheet, for
            // demonstration purposes only and add each sheet to an array
            // of drawing sheets

            for (i = 0; i < count - 1; i++)
            {
                boolstatus = swDrawDoc.ActivateSheet((obj[i]));
                swSheet = (
Sheet)swDrawDoc.GetCurrentSheet();
                objs[i] = swSheet;
            }

            
// Convert the .NET array of drawing sheets objects to IDispatch
            dispWrapArr = (DispatchWrapper[])ObjectArrayToDispatchWrapperArray((objs));

            
// Save the drawings sheets to a PDF file
            boolstatus = swExportPDFData.SetSheets((int)swExportDataSheetsToExport_e.swExportData_ExportSpecifiedSheets, (dispWrapArr));
            swExportPDFData.ViewPdfAfterSaving =
true;
            boolstatus = swModExt.SaveAs(filename, (
int)swSaveAsVersion_e.swSaveAsCurrentVersion, (int)swSaveAsOptions_e.swSaveAsOptions_Silent, swExportPDFData, ref errors, ref warnings);
        }


        
public DispatchWrapper[] ObjectArrayToDispatchWrapperArray(object[] Objects)
        {

            
int ArraySize = 0;
            ArraySize = Objects.GetUpperBound(0);
            
DispatchWrapper[] d = new DispatchWrapper[ArraySize + 1];
            
int ArrayIndex = 0;
            
for (ArrayIndex = 0; ArrayIndex <= ArraySize; ArrayIndex++)
            {
                d[ArrayIndex] =
new DispatchWrapper(Objects[ArrayIndex]);
            }

            
return d;
        }

        
public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}


 


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