Create Section View and Get Some Data Example (C#)

This example creates a section view and gets some of the newly created section view's data.

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Preconditions: Open:

// <SolidWorks_install_dir>\samples\tutorial\driveworksexpress\moble gantry.slddrw

//

// Postconditions: Section view of Drawing View4 is created

// when the macro is run.

//

// NOTE: Because the drawing is used in a SolidWorks

//       online tutorial, do not save the drawing when

//       you close it.

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------

using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;

using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;

using System;

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace CreateSectionViewAt5Drawing_CSharp.csproj

{

    partial class SolidWorksMacro

    {

        public void Main()

        {

            ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);

            DrawingDoc swDrawing = default(DrawingDoc);

            SketchManager swSketchMgr = default(SketchManager);

            SketchSegment swSketchSegment = default(SketchSegment);

            object excludedComponents = null;

            View swView = default(View);

            DrSection swSectionView = default(DrSection);

            bool boolstatus = false;

            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

            swDrawing = (DrawingDoc)swModel;

            // Activate the view for which you want to create a section view

            boolstatus = swDrawing.ActivateView("Drawing View4");

            swModel.ClearSelection2(true);

            // Create section view line

            swSketchMgr = swModel.SketchManager;

            swSketchSegment = swSketchMgr.CreateLine(-1.383705, 2.078706, 0.0, 2.747162, 0.0441, 0.0);

            // Create the section view at the specified coordinates

            // and up to the specified distance from the section-view line

            excludedComponents = null;

            swView = swDrawing.CreateSectionViewAt5(0.1604082711061, 0.2048687170364, 0, "D", 32, (excludedComponents), 0.00835);

            // Activate the section view

            boolstatus = swDrawing.ActivateView("Drawing View6");

            // Get the newly created section-view data

            swSectionView = (DrSection)swView.GetSection();

            Debug.Print("Section view data: ");

            Debug.Print(" Label: " + swSectionView.GetLabel());

            Debug.Print(" Name of section line: " + swSectionView.GetName());

            Debug.Print(" Depth: " + swSectionView.SectionDepth * 1000.0 + " mm");

        }

        public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}