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Get SOLIDWORKS Version of Display Dimension (C#)

This example shows how to find out if a display dimension in a drawing was created in SOLIDWORKS 2011 or later.

//------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open a drawing document in which a display
//    dimension exists.
// 2. Open the Immediate window.
// 3. Select the display dimension.
//
// Postconditions: Examine the Immediate window
// to see if the selected display dimension
// was created in SOLIDWORKS 2011 or later.
//-------------------------------------------------
using System;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace GetSupportGenericTextDisplayDimensionCSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {
        
public void Main()
        {
            ModelDoc2 swModel =
default(ModelDoc2);
            SelectionMgr swSelMgr =
default(SelectionMgr);
            DisplayDimension swDispDim =
default(DisplayDimension);
            
object swSelObj = null;
            
int selCount = 0;
            
int selType = 0;

            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
            swSelMgr = (SelectionMgr)swModel.SelectionManager;

            selCount = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObjectCount2(-1);
            
if (selCount < 1)
            {
                
Debug.Print("Select a display dimension and rerun the macro.");
                
return;
            }

            selType = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObjectType3(1, 0);
            swSelObj = (
object)swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, 0);
            
switch (selType)
            {
                
case (int)swSelectType_e.swSelDIMENSIONS:
                    swDispDim = (DisplayDimension)swSelObj;
                    
Debug.Print("Was display dimension created in SOLIDWORKS 2011 or later? " + swDispDim.GetSupportsGenericText());
                    
break;
            }

        }


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

        public SldWorks swApp;

    }
}



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