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  • appearing immediately after the screen capture of the dialog corresponds to the settings on that dialog.
  • titled Obsolete Enumerators contains enumerators that previously appeared on the dialog but are now obsolete.

 

Setting

Get/Set Methods

Return Value
or
<Value>
or
<OnFlag>

Comment

Eliminate duplicate model dimensions on insert

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingEliminateDuplicateDimsOnInsert)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingEliminateDuplicateDimsOnInsert, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether duplicate dimensions are eliminated when model dimensions inserted

Eliminate duplicate model notes on insert

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingEliminateDuplicateModelNotesOnInsert)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingEliminateDuplicateModelNotesOnInsert, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to eliminate duplicate notes when model notes are inserted in a drawing

Mark all part/assembly dimension for import into drawings by default

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingMarkAllDimensionsForDrawing)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingMarkAllDimensionsForDrawing, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to mark all part and assembly dimensions for import into drawings by default

Automatically scale new drawing views

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swAutomaticScaling3ViewDrawings)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swAutomaticScaling3ViewDrawings, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether new views are scaled to fit drawing sheet, regardless of selected paper size


Enable symbol when adding new revision

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingEnableSymbolAddingNewRevision)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingEnableSymbolAddingNewRevision, <OnFlag>)


Boolean value

Specifies whether to insert revision symbols when a new revision row is added to a revision table

Display new detail circles as circles

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingCreateDetailAsCircle)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingCreateDetailAsCircle, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether new profiles for detail views are displayed as circles or sketched profiles

Select hidden entities

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingSelectHiddenEntities)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingSelectHiddenEntities, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether hidden tangent edges and edges hidden manually can be selected

Disable note/dimension inference

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisableNoteDimensionInference)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisableNoteDimensionInference, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to disable note and dimension inferencing in drawings

Disable note merging when dragging

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisableNoteMergeWhenDragging)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisableNoteMergeWhenDragging, <OnFlag>)

Boolean

Specifies whether to merge two notes, or a note and a dimension, when dragged toward each other

Print out-of-sync water mark

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swRapidDraftPrintOutOfSynchWaterMark)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swRapidDraftPrintOutOfSynchWaterMark, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to print out-of-synch watermarks on detached drawings printouts if drawings not synchronized with the models

Show reference geometry names in drawings

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swShowRefGeomName)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swShowRefGeomName, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to show names of reference geometry entities when imported into a drawing

Automatically hide components on view creation

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingViewAutoHideComponents)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingViewAutoHideComponents, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether any components of assembly not visible in a new drawing view are hidden

Display sketch arc centerpoints

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisplayArcCenterPoints)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisplayArcCenterPoints, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to display arc center points

Display sketch entity points

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisplayEntityPoints)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisplayEntityPoints, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to display sketch entity points

Display sketch hatch behind geometry

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisplaySketchHatchBehindGeometry)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisplaySketchHatchBehindGeometry, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to display sketch hatch behind geometry

Display sketch pictures on sheet behind geometry

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisplaySketchPicturesOnSheetBehindGeometry)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingDisplaySketchPicturesOnSheetBehindGeometry, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to display sketch pictures behind geometry

Print breaklines in break view

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingPrintBreaklinesInBrokenView)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingPrintBreaklinesInBrokenView, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to print breaklines in break views

Align breaks with parent view for projected view

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swBreakAlignWithParent

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swBreakAlignWithParent, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to align break lines of a projected view with its parent view; by default, set to true

Automatically populate View Palette with views

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swShowDrawingViewPalette)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swShowDrawingViewPalette, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to show View Palette

Show sheet format dialog when adding new sheet

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingShowSheetFormatDialog)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingShowSheetFormatDialog, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to show the drawing sheet format dialog when adding new drawing sheets

Reduce spacing when dimensions are deleted or edited (add or change tolerance, text etc...)

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingAutoSpaceDimsOnDelete)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingAutoSpaceDimsOnDelete, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to adjust spacing when dimensions are deleted or text is removed

Reuse view letters from deleted auxiliary, detail, and section views

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingReuseViewLettersFromDeletedAuxilary)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDrawingReuseViewLettersFromDeletedAuxilary, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to reuse letters from deleted views (auxiliary, detail, and section) in the drawing


Enable paragraph auto numbering

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swNoteParagraphAutoNumbering)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swNoteParagraphAutoNumbering, <OnFlag>)


Boolean value

Specifies whether to enable Microsoft Word-like auto-numbering behavior in notes; enabled by default

Override quantity column name in Bill Of Materials

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swOverrideQuantityColumnName)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swOverrideQuantityColumnName, <OnFlag>)

Boolean value

Specifies whether to override the quantity column name in Bill of Materials

Name to use

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceStringValue(swUserPreferenceStringValue_e.swOverriddenQuantityColumnName)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceStringValue(swUserPreferenceStringValue_e.swOverriddenQuantityColumnName, <Value>)

String value

String for quantity column name in Bill of Materials

Detail view scaling

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceDoubleValue(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDrawingDetailViewScale)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceDoubleValue(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDrawingDetailViewScale, <Value>)

Double value

Specifies value to scale detail views

Custom property used as Revision

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceStringValue(swUserPreferenceStringValue_e.swDrawingCustomPropertyUsedAsRevision)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceStringValue(swUserPreferenceStringValue_e.swDrawingCustomPropertyUsedAsRevision, <Value>)

String value

Specifies custom property for drawing revision

Keyboard movement increment

ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceDoubleValue(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDrawingKeyboardMovementIncrement)

ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceDoubleValue(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.wDrawingKeyboardMovementIncrement, <Value>)

Double value

Specifies the unit value of movement when you use the arrow keys to move (nudge) drawing views, annotations, or dimensions

 

 

Obsolete Enumerators

Enumerator

Comment

swDrawingDetailinInferCenter

Obsolete; specified whether borders are displayed around individual drawing views

swDrawingDetailInferCorner

Obsolete; specified whether when a corner is clicked and detail item dragged, corner can infer to the corners of stationary detail items, and vice versa

swDrawingAutomaticBOMUpdate

Obsolete; use document-level property swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swDetailingAutoUpdateBOM

swDrawingProjectionType

Obsolete

 



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