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IGetSymEdgeCounts Method (IEnvironment)

Gets an array that contains the number of lines, arcs, circles, text strings, and triangles in the specified symbol.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function IGetSymEdgeCounts( _
   ByVal SymId As System.String _
) As System.Short
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IEnvironment
Dim SymId As System.String
Dim value As System.Short
 
value = instance.IGetSymEdgeCounts(SymId)
C# 
System.short IGetSymEdgeCounts( 
   System.string SymId
)
C++/CLI 
System.short IGetSymEdgeCounts( 
&   System.String^ SymId
) 

Parameters

SymId

Name of the geometric tolerance symbol formatted as:

<LibraryName-SymbolName>

where LibraryName and SymbolName is a pre-defined SolidWorks symbol in the SolidWorks text file located in installation_dir>\lang\english\gtol.sym

NOTE: You must include the right- and left-angle brackets and separate LibraryName and SymbolName with a hyphen; for example, <MOD-DEG>.

Return Value

  • in-process, unmanaged C++: Pointer to an array of shorts (see Remarks)
  • VBA, VB.NET, C#, and C++/CLI: Not supported

    See In-process Methods for details about this type of method.

  • Remarks

    Format of return information is the following array of short integers:

    retval[0] = line count

    retval[1] = arc count

    retval[2] = circle count

    retval[3] = text count

    retval[4] = triangle count

    NOTE: All numeric values returned from the Environment class are relative to a unit text height of 1.0. For example, for a symbol with a text height of .15, multiply the numeric return values by .15.

     

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