API nonsense

Argh.

I want to write a macro to reset the view toggles when bringing in
older parts into v2005. I use the macro recorder to create the
framework. Everything works great, except "View Parting lines".

In the macro it defines this functionality as
part.ViewDispPartingLines. Well guess what? There isn't a function by
that name. I searched API help and the object browser in VB Pro.

Thanks Concord. I greatly appreciate that!

Chris

 

Parting lines... does not seem to be part of the core SW API (or core
SW modelling, for that matter). Are you using a mold design addin of
some sort?

 

I noticed the same thing with a similar macro.
Solidworks 2006 Office Pro, no mold add-in.
Frustrating...

 

Just advertised my own ignorance. Never really looked at the mold
tools before.

 

Nope.

If you choose the View menu, it's the last selection under "Hide All
Types". For some reason when I bring in an old part SolidWorks toggles
this on. I'm anal retentive about displays and such and wanted to
write a gizmo to set the views to how I wanted them, not SolidWorks.

Everything else works just fine. It's weird because I wrote a monitor
app to flag when I toggled it and it indicated the
swUserPreferenceToggle_e was 157. In my copy of SWCONST.BAS 147 is for
swDetailingDimensionsToleranceUseDimensionFont. WTF is that all about?
Toggling it doesn't turn the thing off.

My head hurts now. Time for a nap.

Thanks Roland,

chris

 

Not much help, but might explain....

Not all SW functions are available to the public. Some can only be
called by the application that owns them. I would guess that is the
case here. The macro records the function, but it is not available for
public use.

 

swViewDisplayHideAllTypes equates to 198 in my solidworks 2006 sp0
installation.
When i wrote a quick macro to utilize it - it did nothing. Looks as
though this api is not behaving nicely.

The parting lines toggle has no userpreferencetoggle constant so I
doubt it will work. I would submit both points as bugs.