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Rotate Drawing View 45 Degrees Example (C#)

This example shows how to rotate the selected drawing view 45º.

//---------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions: Verify that the specified file to open exists.
//
// Postconditions: Rotates the selected drawing view 45
º.
//---------------------------------------- ----------------------

using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System;

namespace DrawingViewRotateCSharp.csproj
{

    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        
public void Main()
        {

            ModelDoc2 swModel =
default(ModelDoc2);
            ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt =
default(ModelDocExtension);
            DrawingDoc swDrawing =
default(DrawingDoc);
            
bool status = false;
            
int errors = 0;
            
int warnings = 0;

            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.OpenDoc6(
"C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\SOLIDWORKS\\SOLIDWORKS 2018\\samples\\tutorial\\driveworksxpress\\mobile gantry.slddrw", (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocDRAWING, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", ref errors, ref warnings);
            swModelDocExt = (ModelDocExtension)swModel.Extension;
            swModel.ViewZoomtofit2();
            swDrawing = (DrawingDoc)swModel;

            status = swDrawing.ActivateView(
"Drawing View4");
            status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"Drawing View4", "DRAWINGVIEW", 0.1122300799499, 0.1471819585104, 0, false, 0, null, 0);

            
//Convert degrees to radians, the default system unit
            // 1 radian = 180º/p = 57.295779513º or approximately 57.3º
            status = swDrawing.DrawingViewRotate(45 / 57.3);
        }

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

}

 



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