Save File as PDF Example (VBA)
This example shows how to export the specified sheet in a drawing document
to a PDF file.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Verify that the specified drawing document to open exists.
' 2. Verify that c:\test, the folder where to save
' the PDF file, exists. If it does not exist,
' create it or change the path to a folder that
' exists on your system.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Opens the specified drawing document.
' 2. Saves all but the last drawing sheet to an array.
' 3. Saves the array of drawing sheets to a PDF file
' called foodprocessor.pdf.
' 4. Opens foodprocessor.pdf.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
Dim swApp
As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel
As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swModelDocExt As
SldWorks.ModelDocExtension
Dim swExportPDFData As
SldWorks.ExportPdfData
Dim boolstatus
As Boolean
Dim filename
As String
Dim lErrors
As Long
Dim lWarnings
As Long
Dim strSheetName(4) As String
Dim varSheetName As
Variant
Sub main()
' Path to which to save PDF file of
drawing
filename = "C:\test\foodprocessor.PDF"
Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
swApp.Visible = True
' Open specified drawing
Set swModel = swApp.OpenDoc6("C:\Users\Public\Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2018\samples\tutorial\advdrawings\foodprocessor.slddrw", swDocDRAWING,
swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", lErrors, lWarnings)
Set swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension
Set swExportPDFData = swApp.GetExportFileData(1)
' Names of the sheets
strSheetName(0) = "Sheet1"
strSheetName(1) = "Sheet2"
strSheetName(2) = "Sheet3"
' strSheetName(3) = "Sheet4"
varSheetName = strSheetName
If swExportPDFData Is Nothing Then MsgBox
"Nothing"
boolstatus = swExportPDFData.SetSheets(swExportData_ExportSpecifiedSheets,
varSheetName)
swExportPDFData.ViewPdfAfterSaving = True
boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SaveAs(filename,
0, 0, swExportPDFData, lErrors, lWarnings)
End Sub