Save Drawing as DXF Example (VB.NET)
This example shows how to save the current drawing file as a DXF file
in the same directory.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions: Drawing file is open.
'
' Postconditions: DXF file is generated, overwriting any existing file.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Imports
SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports
SolidWorks.Interop.swconst
Imports
System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports
System
Imports
System.Diagnostics
Partial
Class
SolidWorksMacro
Dim
swModel As
ModelDoc2
Dim
sPathName As
String
Dim
nErrors As
Integer
Dim
nWarnings As
Integer
Dim
nRetval As
Integer
Dim
bShowMap As
Boolean
Dim
bRet As
Boolean
Sub
main()
swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
' Strip off SOLIDWORKS drawing file
extension (.slddrw)
'
and add DXF file extension (.dxf)
sPathName = swModel.GetPathName
sPathName = Left(sPathName, Len(sPathName) - 6)
sPathName = sPathName + "dxf"
'
Show current settings
Debug.Print("DxfMapping
= " & swApp.GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDxfMapping))
Debug.Print("DXFDontShowMap
= " & swApp.GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDXFDontShowMap))
Debug.Print("DxfVersion
= " & swApp.GetUserPreferenceIntegerValue(swUserPreferenceIntegerValue_e.swDxfVersion))
Debug.Print("DxfOutputFonts
= " & swApp.GetUserPreferenceIntegerValue(swUserPreferenceIntegerValue_e.swDxfOutputFonts))
Debug.Print("DxfMappingFileIndex =
" & swApp.GetUserPreferenceIntegerValue(swUserPreferenceIntegerValue_e.swDxfMappingFileIndex))
Debug.Print("DxfOutputLineStyles =
" & swApp.GetUserPreferenceIntegerValue(swUserPreferenceIntegerValue_e.swDxfOutputLineStyles))
Debug.Print("DxfOutputNoScale
= " & swApp.GetUserPreferenceIntegerValue(swUserPreferenceIntegerValue_e.swDxfOutputNoScale))
Debug.Print("DxfMappingFiles =
" & swApp.GetUserPreferenceStringListValue(swUserPreferenceStringListValue_e.swDxfMappingFiles))
Debug.Print("DxfOutputScaleFactor
= " & swApp.GetUserPreferenceDoubleValue(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDxfOutputScaleFactor))
Debug.Print("")
' Turn off showing of map
bShowMap = swApp.GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDXFDontShowMap)
Debug.Print("bShowMap = "
& bShowMap)
swApp.SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDXFDontShowMap,
False)
bRet = swModel.SaveAs4(sPathName,
swSaveAsVersion_e.swSaveAsCurrentVersion,
swSaveAsOptions_e.swSaveAsOptions_Silent, nErrors, nWarnings)
If
bRet = False
Then
nRetval = swApp.SendMsgToUser2("Problems
saving file.",
swMessageBoxIcon_e.swMbWarning, swMessageBoxBtn_e.swMbOk)
End
If
'
Restore showing of map
swApp.SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDXFDontShowMap,
bShowMap)
End
Sub
Public
swApp As
SldWorks
End
Class