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Publish Text and Custom Properties from Theme to MBD 3D PDF Example (VB.NET)

This example shows how to publish text and custom properties from a theme to SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.

'--------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
'  1. Verify that:
'     * specified part,
'     * SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF theme, and
'     * c:\temp exist.
'  2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
'  1. Opens the specified part.
'  2. Gets the MBD3DPdfData object.
'  3. Sets the path and file name for the SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
'  4. Sets to display SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF after publishing.
'  5. Sets the theme for the SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
'  6. Sets standard views for the SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
'  7. Creates and sets custom views for the SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
'  8. Gets the text and custom properties from the specified
'     theme for the SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF and sets the custom
'     property names.
'  9. Creates the SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
' 10. Examine the Immediate window and c:\temp\MBDPart1.PDF.
'
' NOTE: Because the part is used elsewhere, do not save changes.
'---------------------------------------------------------------
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
 
Partial Class SolidWorksMacro
 
    Public Sub main()
 
        Dim swModel As ModelDoc2
        Dim swModelDocExt As ModelDocExtension
        Dim swMBDPdfData As MBD3DPdfData
        Dim swTextAndCustomProperty As TextAndCustomProperty
        Dim fileName As String
        Dim standardViews As Object
        Dim viewIDs(2) As Integer
        Dim viewNames(1) As String
        Dim textAndCustomProperties As Object
        Dim nbrTextAndCustomProperties As Integer
        Dim status As Integer
        Dim errors As Integer
        Dim warnings As Integer
        Dim custProp As String
        Dim i As Integer
 
        fileName = "C:\temp\box.sldprt"
        swModel = swApp.OpenDoc6(fileName, swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART, swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", errors, warnings)
        swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension
 
        'Get MBD3DPdfData object
        swMBDPdfData = swModelDocExt.GetMBD3DPdfData
 
        'Set path and file name for SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF
        swMBDPdfData.FilePath = "c:\temp\MBDPart1.PDF"
 
        'Display SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF 
        swMBDPdfData.ViewPdfAfterSaving = True
 
        'Set SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF theme
        swMBDPdfData.ThemeName = "C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SOLIDWORKS\data\themes\simple part (a4, portrait)\theme.xml"
 
        'Set standard views for SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF
        viewIDs(0) = swStandardViews_e.swFrontView
        viewIDs(1) = swStandardViews_e.swTopView
        viewIDs(2) = swStandardViews_e.swDimetricView
        standardViews = viewIDs
        swMBDPdfData.SetStandardViews(standardViews)
 
        'Create and set custom views for SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF
        swModel.NameView("CustomView1")
        swModel.NameView("CustomView2")
        viewNames(0) = "CustomView1"
        viewNames(1) = "CustomView2"
        swMBDPdfData.SetMoreViews(viewNames)
 
        'Get text and custom properties from theme for SOLIDWORKS MBD
        '3D PDF
        textAndCustomProperties = swMBDPdfData.GetTextAndCustomProperties
        If Not IsNothing(textAndCustomProperties) Then
            nbrTextAndCustomProperties = UBound(textAndCustomProperties)
            Debug.Print("Text and custom properties from theme:")
            For i = 0 To nbrTextAndCustomProperties
                swTextAndCustomProperty = textAndCustomProperties(i)
                If swTextAndCustomProperty.IsCustomProperty = False Then
                    Debug.Print(" Text:")
                    Debug.Print("  Description: " & swTextAndCustomProperty.Description)
                    Debug.Print("  Field name: " & swTextAndCustomProperty.Name)
                Else
                    Debug.Print(" Custom property:")
                    custProp = "CustomProperty " + CStr(i)
                    swTextAndCustomProperty.CustomPropertyName = custProp
                    Debug.Print("  Custom property name: " & swTextAndCustomProperty.CustomPropertyName)
                    Debug.Print("  Description: " & swTextAndCustomProperty.Description)
                    Debug.Print("  Field name: " & swTextAndCustomProperty.Name)
                    Debug.Print("  Value: " & swTextAndCustomProperty.Value)
                End If
            Next i
        Else
            Debug.Print("No text or custom properties in theme.")
        End If
 
        'Create SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF
        status = swModelDocExt.PublishTo3DPDF(swMBDPdfData)
        Debug.Print("Status of publishing part to SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF (0 = success): " & status)
 
    End Sub
 
    ''' <summary>
    ''' The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
    ''' </summary>
    Public swApp As SldWorks
 
 
End Class


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