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Insert BOM Table and Stacked Balloon Example (C#)

This example shows how to insert a bill of materials table and a stacked balloon annotation in an assembly document.

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions: Open:
// install_dir\samples\tutorial\cosmosfloxpress\ball valve\ball_valve.sldasm
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. A parts-only BOM table is inserted.
// 2. A stacked 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 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 StackedBalloon_CSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        
public void Main()
        {
            
ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);
            
ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt = default(ModelDocExtension);
            
BomTableAnnotation swBOMAnnotation = default(BomTableAnnotation);
            
BomFeature swBOMFeature = default(BomFeature);
            
Note swNote = default(Note);
            
StackedBalloonOptions StackedBalloonParams = default(StackedBalloonOptions);
            
bool boolstatus = false;
            
int BomType = 0;
            
string Configuration = null;
            
string TemplateName = null;

            swModel = (
ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
            swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension;

            
// Insert BOM table
            TemplateName = "C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\lang\\english\\bom-standard.sldbomtbt";
            BomType = (
int)swBomType_e.swBomType_PartsOnly;
            Configuration =
"Default";
            swBOMAnnotation = swModelDocExt.InsertBomTable2(TemplateName, 40, 30, BomType, Configuration,
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);

            
// Select a face on which to attach the stacked balloons
            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", -0.02268677135385, 0.0082159933431, 0.01133567172189, false, 0, null, 0);

            StackedBalloonParams = swModel.Extension.CreateStackedBalloonOptions();
            StackedBalloonParams.BalloonsPerLine = 10;
            StackedBalloonParams.StackDirection = (
int)swStackedBalloonDirection_e.swStackedBalloonDir_Right;
            StackedBalloonParams.Style = (
int)swBalloonStyle_e.swBS_Circular;
            StackedBalloonParams.Size = (
int)swBalloonFit_e.swBF_5Chars;
            StackedBalloonParams.UpperTextContent = (
int)swBalloonTextContent_e.swBalloonTextItemNumber;
            StackedBalloonParams.UpperText =
"";
            StackedBalloonParams.ShowQuantity =
true;
            StackedBalloonParams.QuantityPlacement = (
int)swBalloonQuantityPlacement_e.swBalloonQuantityPlacement_Top;
            StackedBalloonParams.QuantityDenotationText =
"PLACES";
            StackedBalloonParams.QuantityOverride =
false;
            StackedBalloonParams.ItemNumberStart = 1;
            StackedBalloonParams.ItemNumberIncrement = 1;
            StackedBalloonParams.ItemOrder = (
int)swBalloonItemNumbersOrder_e.swBalloonItemNumbers_DoNotChangeItemNumbers;

            swNote = swModel.Extension.InsertStackedBalloon2(StackedBalloonParams);

            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"", "FACE", -0.01632926202666, 0.05356671136803, 0.008058200827065, false, 0, null, 0);
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"", "FACE", 0.02199792044968, 0.00911087426303, 0.01062976811426, false, 0, null, 0);
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"", "FACE", -0.01412287126243, 0.003109265420704, -0.003984592306182, false, 0, null, 0);

            swModel.ViewZoomtofit2();

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

            if (swNote.IsStackedBalloon())
            {
                
Debug.Print("Name of stacked balloons note: " + swNote.GetName());
            }

            swModel.ForceRebuild3(
true);
        }


        
public SldWorks swApp;

    }
}



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