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Get Scale Factor of Each Model View Example (VBA)

This example shows how to get the scale factor of each model view in a part document.

'-----------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Open a part document.
' 2. Click Window > Viewport > Four View.
' 3. Click a model view and spin the middle-mouse
'    button forward or back.
' 4. Open the Immediate Window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Gets the number of model views in the part document.
' 2. Gets the scale factor of each model view.
' 3. Examine the Immediate Window.
'-----------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim SwModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swModelDocExt As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension
Dim swModView As SldWorks.ModelView
Dim swModViews As Variant
Dim index As Long
Dim Count As Long
Sub main()
    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    Set SwModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
    Set swModelDocExt = SwModel.Extension     
    ' Get model views
    swModViews = swModelDocExt.GetModelViews    
    ' Get number of model views
    Count = swModelDocExt.GetModelViewCount
    Debug.Print "Number of model views: " & Count    
    ' Get the scale factor of each model view
    For index = LBound(swModViews) To UBound(swModViews)
        Set swModView = swModViews(index)
        Debug.Print "Scale of this model view is: " & swModView.Scale2
    Next index
End Sub


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