Get and Set Sunlight Source Property Values Example (C#)

This example shows how to get and set sunlight properties.

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 SunlightProperties_CSharp.csproj

partial class SolidWorksMacro

{

ModelDoc2 swModelDoc;

ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt;

bool retval;

MathVector NorthDirection;

string DateTime;

object vVector;

double[] nVector = new double[3];

MathUtility swMathUtil;

double NorthLatitude;

double EastLongitude;

double TimeZone;

double Haze;

double SunDiameter;

int GroundAlbedo;

double SkyGamma;

public void Main()

{

swModelDoc = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

swModelDocExt = swModelDoc.Extension;

//Get sunlight properties

retval = swModelDocExt.GetSunLightSourcePropertyValues(out NorthDirection, out NorthLatitude, out EastLongitude, out TimeZone, out DateTime);

retval = swModelDocExt.GetSunLightAdvancedPropertyValues(out Haze, out SunDiameter, out GroundAlbedo, out SkyGamma);

Debug.Print("North direction: " + ((double[])(NorthDirection.ArrayData))[0] + "," + ((double[])(NorthDirection.ArrayData))[1] + "," + ((double[])(NorthDirection.ArrayData))[2]);

Debug.Print("North latitude: " + NorthLatitude);

Debug.Print("East longitude: " + EastLongitude);

Debug.Print("Time zone: " + TimeZone);

Debug.Print("Date and time: " + DateTime);

Debug.Print("Haze (0.0 - 1.0): " + Haze);

Debug.Print("Sun diameter (0.01 - 21474836.47): " + SunDiameter);

Debug.Print("RGB for ground albedo: " + GroundAlbedo);

Debug.Print("Sky Gamma (0.1 = 100.0): " + SkyGamma);

Debug.Print("Minutes of sunlight: " + swModelDocExt.get_SunLightInformation((int)swSunlightInfoType_e.swSunlight_LengthOfDay));

Debug.Print("Sunrise (hours from midnight): " + swModelDocExt.get_SunLightInformation((int)swSunlightInfoType_e.swSunlight_Sunrise));

Debug.Print("Sunset (hours from midnight): " + swModelDocExt.get_SunLightInformation((int)swSunlightInfoType_e.swSunlight_Sunset));

//Set sunlight source property values

swMathUtil = (MathUtility)swApp.GetMathUtility();

nVector[0] = 1;

nVector[1] = 0;

nVector[2] = 0;

vVector = nVector;

NorthDirection = (MathVector)swMathUtil.CreateVector((vVector));

DateTime = "11/9/2012 2:48:13 PM";

NorthLatitude = NorthLatitude + 0.1;

EastLongitude = EastLongitude + 0.1;

TimeZone = TimeZone + 0.5;

retval = swModelDocExt.SetSunLightSourcePropertyValues(NorthDirection, NorthLatitude, EastLongitude, TimeZone, DateTime);

}

     public SldWorks swApp;

}