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Get Drawing View Names and Types Example (VB.NET)

This example shows how to get the names and types of all of the drawing views on the current sheet.

'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Open a drawing document.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Traverses the views on the current sheet and gets each view's type.
' 2. Inspect the Immediate window.
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics

Partial Class SolidWorksMacro

    
Sub main()

        
Dim swModel As ModelDoc2
        
Dim swDraw As DrawingDoc
        
Dim swSheet As Sheet
        
Dim swView As View

        swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
        swDraw = swModel
        swSheet = swDraw.GetCurrentSheet
        swView = swDraw.GetFirstView

        Debug.Print(
"File = " & swModel.GetPathName)
        Debug.Print(
"  " & swSheet.GetName)

        
While Not swView Is Nothing
            Debug.Print("    " & swView.GetName2 & " [" & swView.Type & "]")
            swView = swView.GetNextView
        
End While

    End Sub

  
    
Public swApp As SldWorks


End Class

 



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