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units macro usless in 09'
where i work we use 3 bottons to switch units on solidworks at the document level
units to: mm, fractions, and deciamal inches.
here is the code (it has worked fine for the past several releases of solidwoks:
dim swapp as object
dim part as object
dim boolstatus as boolean
dim longstatus as long, longwarnings as long
dim featuredata as object
dim feature as object
dim component as object
sub main()
set swapp = application.sldworks
set part = swapp.activedoc
part.setuserpreferenceintegervalue swunitslinear, swmm
part.setuserpreferenceintegervalue swunitslineardecimaldisplay, swdecimal
part.setuserpreferenceintegervalue swunitslinearfractiondenominator, 8
part.setuserpreferencetoggle swunitslinearroundtonearestfraction, false
part.setuserpreferenceintegervalue swunitslineardecimalplaces, 3
part.setuserpreferenceintegervalue swimagequalitywireframe, swwireframeimagequalitycustom
end sub
can someone please tell me what to add or revise to get this macro working again?
sw 2009
pdm workgroup
3d connexion user (space pilot)
bluebeam
mdt & acad user
furniture industry 5 years
hp workstation xw6400
your code works fine for me in 2009 sp1. is it erroring out for you or is it just not updating the options? if not updating the options, which ones is it not updating?
wayne matus
texas engineering systems
it just doesn't seem to change anything. all of the other 15 macros work fine, but the unit macros do nothing now
sw 2009
pdm workgroup
3d connexion user (space pilot)
bluebeam
mdt & acad user
furniture industry 5 years
hp workstation xw6400
there's a chance that the swconst type library is missing from your macro. if you right-click on one of the constants - swmm for example, and select definition, does it find the reference in the type library? if not, add the type library back into the macro.
mike spens
"automating solidworks using macros"
leap frog leap pad x64
it seems to be connected. the strange thing is if i go to edit a dimension after running the macro the units are affected, but the display units are not. it's as though it's not being fully updated now.
sw 2009
pdm workgroup
3d connexion user (space pilot)
bluebeam
mdt & acad user
furniture industry 5 years
hp workstation xw6400
i see what you are saying now. under tools options it shows to be changed, but existing dimensions still show up in the old units.
wayne matus
texas engineering systems
yeah, being uneducated in all of this i was hoping for a lot more sample code on the new 09 api help.
sw 2009
pdm workgroup
3d connexion user (space pilot)
bluebeam
mdt & acad user
furniture industry 5 years
hp workstation xw6400
can anyone suggest a way to correct my code?
i was trying this:
dim instance as imodeldoc2
dim utype as short
dim fractbase as short
dim fractdenom as short
dim sigdigits as short
dim roundtofraction as boolean
instance.setunits(utype, fractbase, fractdenom, sigdigits, roundtofraction)
from the help menu, but i don't know how to call up the procedures very well. i always take someone elses code and modify it or put a lot of code togother.
sw 2009
pdm workgroup
3d connexion user (space pilot)
bluebeam
mdt & acad user
furniture industry 5 years
hp workstation xw6400
looks like a bug to me. your first code is correct. after running the macro, going into the document properties and simply select dimensions, then linear or diameter and click ok (not changing anything, just viewing the new settings). the displayed units update. even forcing a rebuild is not updating the display.
anyone else have any workaround ideas?
mike spens
"automating solidworks using macros"
leap frog leap pad x64
quick