Modify Multiple Drawing Sheets Setups Example (VBA)
This example shows how to modify the setups of multiple drawing sheets.
'--------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Verify that the drawing and sheet format files exist.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Opens the drawing.
' 2. Sets Sheet1, Sheet2 and Sheet3 drawing sheet formats
' to portrait.
' 3. Rebuilds the drawing.
' 4. Click each sheet tab, click Zoom to Fit, and examine
' the sheet.
'
' NOTE: Because the drawing is used elsewhere, do not
' save changes.
'--------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swModelDocExt As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension
Dim swDrawing As SldWorks.DrawingDoc
Dim fileName As String
Dim status As Boolean
Dim errors As Long
Dim warnings As Long
Dim sheetNameArray As Variant
Dim sheetNames(1) As String
Sub main()
Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
fileName = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2017\tutorial\advdrawings\foodprocessor.slddrw"
Set swModel = swApp.OpenDoc6(fileName, swDocumentTypes_e.swDocDRAWING, swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", errors, warnings)
Set swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension
Set swDrawing = swModel
sheetNames(0) = "Sheet2"
sheetNames(1) = "Sheet3"
sheetNameArray = sheetNames
swDrawing.SetSheetsSelected (sheetNameArray)
status = swDrawing.SetupSheet6("Sheet3", swDwgPaperSizes_e.swDwgPapersUserDefined, swDwgTemplates_e.swDwgTemplateCustom, 1, 1, True, "C:\ProgramData\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2017\lang\english\sheetformat\a4 - portrait.slddrt", 0.2794, 0.2159, "Default", True, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
swModel.ForceRebuild3 True
swModel.ViewZoomtofit2
End Sub