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CreateLayer2 Method (IDrawingDoc)

Creates a layer for this document.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function CreateLayer2( _
   ByVal Layername As System.String, _
   ByVal LayerDesc As System.String, _
   ByVal LayerColor As System.Integer, _
   ByVal LayerStyle As System.Integer, _
   ByVal LayerWidth As System.Integer, _
   ByVal BOn As System.Boolean, _
   ByVal BPrint As System.Boolean _
) As System.Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IDrawingDoc
Dim Layername As System.String
Dim LayerDesc As System.String
Dim LayerColor As System.Integer
Dim LayerStyle As System.Integer
Dim LayerWidth As System.Integer
Dim BOn As System.Boolean
Dim BPrint As System.Boolean
Dim value As System.Boolean
 
value = instance.CreateLayer2(Layername, LayerDesc, LayerColor, LayerStyle, LayerWidth, BOn, BPrint)
C# 
System.bool CreateLayer2( 
   System.string Layername,
   System.string LayerDesc,
   System.int LayerColor,
   System.int LayerStyle,
   System.int LayerWidth,
   System.bool BOn,
   System.bool BPrint
)
C++/CLI 
System.bool CreateLayer2( 
&   System.String^ Layername,
&   System.String^ LayerDesc,
&   System.int LayerColor,
&   System.int LayerStyle,
&   System.int LayerWidth,
&   System.bool BOn,
&   System.bool BPrint
) 

Parameters

Layername
Layer name (see Remarks)
LayerDesc
Description for the new layer
LayerColor
COLORREF value specifying the color of items in this layer
LayerStyle
Line style as defined in swLineStyles_e
LayerWidth
Line width as defined in swLineWeights_e
BOn
True makes this layer visible, false makes it invisible
BPrint
True to print this layer when printing the document, false to not

Return Value

True if the layer was created successfully, false if not

Example

Remarks

If this layer is not visible, then SOLIDWORKS does not display entities on the layer.

Do not use backslash or @ symbols in Layername.

 

See Also

Availability

SOLIDWORKS 2015 FCS, Revision Number 23.0


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