Flip Dowel Pin Symbol Example (C#)
This example shows how to insert and flip a dowel pin symbol in a drawing.
//--------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Verify that the specified drawing document
// to open exists.
// 2. Open the Immediate window.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Opens the specified drawing document.
// 2. Selects a circular edge in a drawing view.
// 3. Inserts a dowel pin symbol.
// 4. Selects the dowel pin symbol and flips it.
// 5. Examine the drawing and the Immediate window.
//
// NOTE: Because the drawing is used elsewhere, do not save changes.
//--------------------------------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace DowelSymbolCSharp.csproj
{
public partial class SolidWorksMacro
{
public void Main()
{
ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);
ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt = default(ModelDocExtension);
DrawingDoc swDrawingDoc = default(DrawingDoc);
DowelSymbol swDowelSymbol = default(DowelSymbol);
SelectionMgr swSelectionMgr = default(SelectionMgr);
Annotation swAnnotation = default(Annotation);
string fileName = null;
bool status = false;
int errors = 0;
int warnings = 0;
//Open drawing document and insert a dowel pin symbol
fileName = "C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\samples\\tutorial\\api\\assem20.slddrw";
swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.OpenDoc6(fileName, (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocDRAWING, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", ref errors, ref warnings);
swModelDocExt = (ModelDocExtension)swModel.Extension;
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "EDGE", 0.128048002364532, 0.165546371003625, -1499.96487716824, false, 0, null, 0);
swDrawingDoc = (DrawingDoc)swModel;
swDowelSymbol = (DowelSymbol)swDrawingDoc.InsertDowelSymbol();
swModel.ClearSelection2(true);
//Flip the dowel pin symbol
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("DetailItem354@Drawing View1", "DOWELSYM", 0.121630029714286, 0.180965058285714, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
swSelectionMgr = (SelectionMgr)swModel.SelectionManager;
swDowelSymbol = (DowelSymbol)swSelectionMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);
swDowelSymbol.Flipped = true;
swModel.EditRebuild3();
Debug.Print("Dowel pin symbol flipped? " + swDowelSymbol.Flipped);
swAnnotation = (Annotation)swDowelSymbol.GetAnnotation();
Debug.Print("Name of dowel pin symbol annotation: " + swAnnotation.GetName());
}
/// <summary>
/// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
/// </summary>
public SldWorks swApp;
}
}