Create Broken View Example (C#)

This example shows how to create and remove a broken view.

//--------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Specified file to open exists.
// 2. Open the Immediate window.
// 3. Run the macro.
//
// Postconditions: 
// 1. Opens the drawing.
// 2. Examine the drawing. Press F5.
// 3. A broken view is created in the 
//    drawing view.
// 4. Examine the drawing and the 
//    Immediate window. Press F5.
// 5. The break is removed from the drawing view.
// 6. Examine the drawing.
//
// NOTE: Because this drawing document is used elsewhere,
// do not save changes when closing it.
//--------------------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
 
namespace BreakViewDrawingDocCSharp.csproj
{
    public partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {
        public void Main()
        {
            ModelDoc2 swModel;
            DrawingDoc swDrawingDoc;
            ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt;
            SelectionMgr swSelectionManager;
            SelectData swSelectData;
            View swView;
            BreakLine swBreakLine;
            string fileName;
            bool status;
            int errors = 0;
            int warnings = 0;
 
            fileName = "C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\samples\\tutorial\\api\\box.slddrw";
            swApp.OpenDoc6(fileName, (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocDRAWING, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", ref errors, ref warnings);
            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
            swDrawingDoc = (DrawingDoc)swModel;
            swModelDocExt = (ModelDocExtension)swModel.Extension;

            System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
            // Examine the drawing; press F5
 
            // Activate and select the view to break
            status = swDrawingDoc.ActivateView("Drawing View1");
            status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Drawing View1", "DRAWINGVIEW", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
            swSelectionManager = (SelectionMgr)swModel.SelectionManager;
                 swSelectData = (SelectData)swSelectionManager.CreateSelectData();
            swView = (View)swSelectionManager.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);
 
            // Insert the break lines
            swBreakLine = (BreakLine)swView.InsertBreak(0, -0.0291950859897372, 0.0198236302285804, 1);
          // Reset position of break lines
            status = swBreakLine.SetPosition(-0.03, 0.05);
            swModel.ForceRebuild3(False);
            swDrawingDoc.BreakView();
            Debug.Print("Break line: ");
            Debug.Print(" Selected: " + swBreakLine.Select(true, null));
            Debug.Print(" Style: " + swBreakLine.Style);
            Debug.Print(" Orientation: " + swBreakLine.Orientation);
            Debug.Print(" Position: " + swBreakLine.GetPosition(0));

            System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
            // Examine the drawing and the Immediate
            // window; press F5

           status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Drawing View1", "DRAWINGVIEW", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
           swDrawingDoc.UnBreakView();

           // Examine the drawing

        }
 
        /// <summary>
        ///  The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
        /// </summary>
        public SldWorks swApp;
    }
}