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GetOutline Method (IView)

Gets the bounding box for a view (sheet or drawing) in meters on the drawing page.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Function GetOutline() As System.Object

Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As IView Dim value As System.Object value = instance.GetOutline()

C#
System.object GetOutline()

C++/CLI
System.Object^ GetOutline();

Return Value

Array of doubles (see Remarks)

Example

Reposition Drawing Views to Avoid Overlap (VBA)
Select Entity in Drawing View (VBA)
Get View Bounding Box and Position (C#)
Get View Bounding Box and Position (C#)
Get View Bounding Box and Position (VBA)

Remarks

The return value is an array of 4 doubles with the following format:

0, X min
1, Y min
2, X max
3, Y max

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