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Get Drawing Sheets' Properties (C#)

This example shows how to get the properties of a drawing's sheets.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Read the SolidWorks Document Manager API Getting Started topic
//    and ensure that the required DLLs are registered.
// 2. Start SolidWorks, open a new C# macro, and replace the code
//    in the SwMacro - SolidWorks Visual Studio Tools for Applications
//    code window with the code in this example.
// 3. Add the SolidWorks.Interop.swdocumentmgr.dll reference
//    to the project:
//    a. Right-click the solution in Solution Explorer.
//    b. Select Add Reference.
//    c. Click the Browse tab.
//    d. Select:
//       install_dir\api\redist\SolidWorks.Interop.swdocumentmgr.dll
// 4. Ensure that the specified drawing document exists.
// 5. Open the Immediate window.
// 6. Substitute "your_license_key" with your SolidWorks Document
//    Manager license key.
// 7. Run the macro.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. The drawing sheet properties are printed to the Immediate Window.
// 2. Examine the Immediate window.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

namespace GetDrawingPropertiesCSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {
        
public void Main()
        {
            SwDMClassFactory swClassFact;
            SwDMApplication docMgrApp;
            SwDMDocument13 docDrw;
            SwDmDocumentOpenError res;

            swClassFact =
new SwDMClassFactory();
            docMgrApp = (SwDMApplication)swClassFact.GetApplication(
"your_license_key");
            
string sDocFileName;
            sDocFileName =
"C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\samples\\tutorial\\advdrawings\\foodprocessor.slddrw";
            docDrw = (SwDMDocument13)docMgrApp.GetDocument(sDocFileName, SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentDrawing,
true, out res);
            
string[] sheetNameVar;
            
int sheetCount;

            sheetCount = docDrw.GetSheetCount();
            sheetNameVar = (
string[])docDrw.GetSheetNames();

            
string sheetName;
            
int sheetNameCount;
            
for (sheetNameCount = 0; sheetNameCount <= sheetNameVar.Length - 1; sheetNameCount++)
            {
                
string formatName;
                swSheetFormatPathResult status1;
                sheetName = sheetNameVar[sheetNameCount];
                status1 = (swSheetFormatPathResult)docDrw.GetSheetFormatPath(sheetName,
out formatName);

                
Debug.Print(sheetName + " ---- " + formatName + "\n");

                swSheetPropertiesResult status2;
                
object formatPropObj;

                status2 = (swSheetPropertiesResult)docDrw.GetSheetProperties(sheetName,
out formatPropObj);

                
double[] formatProp = (double[])formatPropObj;

                
double para;
                para = System.
Math.Round(formatProp[0]);

                
string paperSize;

                GetPaperSize(para,
out paperSize);

                
Debug.Print("Paper Size = " + paperSize);
                
Debug.Print("Size = " + formatProp[1] + " x " + formatProp[2]);
                
Debug.Print("Scale = " + formatProp[3] + " : " + formatProp[4]);

                
bool boolData;

                boolData =
false;

                
if ((formatProp[5] == 1))
                {
                    boolData =
true;
                }

                
Debug.Print("First angle = " + boolData);
                
string templateSize;
                para = System.
Math.Round(formatProp[6]);
                GetTemplateSize(para,
out templateSize);
                
Debug.Print("Template size = " + templateSize);
                boolData =
false;

                
if ((formatProp[7] == 1))
                {
                    boolData =
true;
                }

                
Debug.Print("Template visible = " + boolData);
                
Debug.Print("===========================================");
            }
            docDrw.CloseDoc();
        }
        
/// <summary>
        /// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
        /// </summary>
        public SldWorks swApp;

        #region Helper Functions

        
public void GetPaperSize(double inpNum, out string outPaperType)
        {
            
if ((inpNum == 0))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperAsize";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 1))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperAsizeVertical";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 2))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperBsize";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 3))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperCsize";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 4))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperDsize";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 5))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperEsize";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 6))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperA4size";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 7))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperA4sizeVertical";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 8))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperA3size";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 9))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperA2size";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 10))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperA1size";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 11))
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPaperA0size";
            }
            
else
            {
                outPaperType =
"swDwgPapersUserDefined";
            }
        }


        
public void GetTemplateSize(double inpNum, out string outTemplateType)
        {
            
if ((inpNum == 0))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateAsize";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 1))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateAsizeVertical";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 2))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateBsize";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 3))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateCsize";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 4))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateDsize";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 5))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateEsize";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 6))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateA4size";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 7))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateA4sizeVertical";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 8))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateA3size";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 9))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateA2size";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 10))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateA1size";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 11))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateA0size";
            }
            
else if ((inpNum == 12))
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateCustom";
            }
            
else
            {
                outTemplateType =
"swDwgTemplateNone";
            }
        }

        #endregion

    }

}



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