Attach Files to MBD 3D PDF Example (C#)
This example shows how to attach files to a SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
//---------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Verify that the specified SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF theme,
// files to attach, and C:\temp exist.
// 2. Open public_documents\samples\tutorial\api\block.sldprt.
// 3. Open the Immediate window.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Gets the MBD3DPdfData object.
// 2. Sets the path and file name for the SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
// 3. Sets the theme for the SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
// 4. Sets the standard views for the SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
// 5. Sets the level of accuracy for lossy compression, whether to
// apply lossy compression to polygons in the model, and
// whether to export SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies with PMI
// annotations to STEP 242 format.
// 6. Sets the files to attach to SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
// 7. Creates the SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF.
// 8. Examine the Immediate window.
// 9. Open C:\temp\block.PDF and click the paper clip (Attachments:
// View file attachments) in the left-side panel.
//
// NOTE: Because the part is used elsewhere, do not save
// changes.
//---------------------------------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace Macro1CSharp.csproj
{
public partial class SolidWorksMacro
{
public void Main()
{
ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);
ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt = default(ModelDocExtension);
MBD3DPdfData swMBDPdfData = default(MBD3DPdfData);
object standardViews = null;
int[] viewIDs = new int[3];
string[] filesToAttach = new string[2];
object attachedFiles = null;
int status = 0;
swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
swModelDocExt = (ModelDocExtension)swModel.Extension;
//Get MBD3DPdfData object
swMBDPdfData = (MBD3DPdfData)swModelDocExt.GetMBD3DPdfData();
//Set path and file name for SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF
swMBDPdfData.FilePath = "C:\\temp\\block.PDF";
//Set standard views for SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF
viewIDs[0] = (int)swStandardViews_e.swFrontView;
viewIDs[1] = (int)swStandardViews_e.swTopView;
viewIDs[2] = (int)swStandardViews_e.swDimetricView;
standardViews = viewIDs;
swMBDPdfData.SetStandardViews(standardViews);
//Set SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF theme
swMBDPdfData.ThemeName = "C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SOLIDWORKS\\data\\themes\\simple part (a4, portrait)\\theme.xml";
//Set the level of accuracy for lossy compression, whether to apply
//lossy compression to polygons in the model, and whether to export
//SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies with PMI annotations to STEP 242
//format
swMBDPdfData.Accuracy = (int)sw3DPDFAccuracy_e.swLow;
swMBDPdfData.CompressLossyTessellation = true;
swMBDPdfData.CreateAttachSTEP242 = true;
//Set the files to attach
filesToAttach[0] = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\SOLIDWORKS\\SOLIDWORKS 2018\\samples\\tutorial\\api\\2012-sm.slddrw";
filesToAttach[1] = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\SOLIDWORKS\\SOLIDWORKS 2018\\samples\\tutorial\\api\\2012-sm.sldprt";
attachedFiles = filesToAttach;
swMBDPdfData.SetAttachments(attachedFiles);
//Publish to PDF
status = swModelDocExt.PublishTo3DPDF(swMBDPdfData);
Debug.Print("Status of publishing part to SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF (0 = success): " + status);
}
/// <summary>
/// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
/// </summary>
public SldWorks swApp;
}
}