Set Text in Datum Tags and GTols Example (VBA)

This example shows how to set the text in datum tags and geometric tolerances.

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Open a drawing that contains at least one view, a datum feature,
'    and a geometric tolerance.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Sets prefix, suffix, and callouts for the first GTol.
' 2. Inserts below frame text in the first GTol.
' 3. Edits below frame text.
' 4. Deletes the first line of the below frame.
' 5. Gets the datum tag label.
' 6. Examine the Immediate window.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Option Explicit

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swModelView As SldWorks.ModelView
Dim swDraw As SldWorks.DrawingDoc
Dim swView As SldWorks.View
Dim swDispGtol As SldWorks.Gtol
Dim swDatumTag As SldWorks.DatumTag
Dim Rect As Variant

Dim bRet as Boolean
 

Sub main()

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
    Set swModelView = swModel.ActiveView
    Set swDraw = swModel
    Set swView = swDraw.GetFirstView 'sheet
    Set swView = swView.GetNextView
   

    'Set text parts
    Set swDispGtol = swView.GetFirstGTOL
    swDispGtol.SetText swGTolTextPrefix, "Prefix"
    swDispGtol.SetText swGTolTextSuffix, "Suffix"
    swDispGtol.SetText swGTolTextCalloutAbove, "Above"
    swDispGtol.SetText swGTolTextCalloutBelow, "Below"
    swDispGtol.SetText swGTolTextCalloutBelow, "Below1"
    swDispGtol.SetText swGTolTextCalloutBelow, "Below2"
   

    swModelView.GraphicsRedraw (Rect)
   

    'Get text parts
    Debug.Print "Callout above: " & swDispGtol.GetText(swGTolTextParts_e.swGTolTextCalloutAbove)
    Debug.Print "Callout below: " & swDispGtol.GetText(swGTolTextParts_e.swGTolTextCalloutBelow)
    Debug.Print "Prefix: " & swDispGtol.GetText(swGTolTextParts_e.swGTolTextPrefix)
    Debug.Print "Suffix: " & swDispGtol.GetText(swGTolTextParts_e.swGTolTextSuffix)
   

    'Insert below frame text
    bRet = swDispGtol.InsertBelowFrameTextAt(1, "Line 1 of below frame")
    bRet = swDispGtol.InsertBelowFrameTextAt(2, "Line 2 of below frame")
    bRet = swDispGtol.InsertBelowFrameTextAt(3, "Line 3 of below frame")
   

    'Get below frame text
    Debug.Print "Below frame text:"
    Debug.Print "  swDispGtol.GetBelowFrameTextAt(1)"
    Debug.Print "  swDispGtol.GetBelowFrameTextAt(2)"
    Debug.Print "  swDispGtol.GetBelowFrameTextAt(3)"
   

    'Inserts a line at index position 2, because overwrite is set to False
    bRet = swDispGtol.SetBelowFrameTextAt(2, "Line 2 edited in below frame", False)
    Debug.Print "  swDispGtol.GetBelowFrameTextAt(2)"
   

    bRet = swDispGtol.DeleteBelowFrameTextAt(1)   'Deletes the first line in the below frame
    'bRet = swDispGtol.DeleteBelowFrameTextAt(-1)  'Deletes all below frame text
   

    Set swDatumTag = swView.GetFirstDatumTag
    swDatumTag.SetText swDatumTagTextPrefix, "prefix"
    swDatumTag.SetText swDatumTagTextSuffix, "suffix"
    swDatumTag.SetText swDatumTagTextCalloutAbove, "above"
    swDatumTag.SetText swDatumTagTextCalloutBelow, "below"
    Debug.Print ("Datum tag label: " & swDatumTag.GetLabel)
   

    Set Rect = Nothing
    swModelView.GraphicsRedraw (Rect)

   
End Sub