Silkscreen Overlays - DXF and multiple entities

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Len K. Mar, Feb 16, 2005.

  1. Len K. Mar

    Len K. Mar Guest

    Hello,

    Presently,

    1. I have a external program.
    2. It calls SW application to open.
    3. It creates a flat panel in SW based on the external program.
    4. It then creates the silkscreen image by importing the x,y
    co-ordinates onto the panel's face.
    5. Watch 1000's of line entities being created in a SW sketch.
    6. Extruded image is HUGE!

    What I would like to do

    A) I would like the silksscreened image to be represented by a series
    of P-lines (Whoa! Haven't had to use that terms since '97). Can I use
    the DWG EDITOR built-into SW to
    a) create the series of lines and arcs.
    b) Simplify the line representation by turning them into P-lines.
    c) Importing the simplified representation into a SW sketch.
    d) Extrud.

    B) Is the SW API available to perform this sequence of steps?

    Note - I've followed the thread with respect to SW2006 decals - this
    wouldn't work for this specific case.

    Len
     
    Len K. Mar, Feb 16, 2005
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