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macro to set printing line weights 2009
i've made this macro to set printing line weights. it works for setting any line weight above .01 . in this macro, the first 3 line weights are not set (.003 .005 .007), but the last 5 are set (.01 .014 .017 .02 .06).
is there any way to set a line weight below .01?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
dim swmodel as sldworks.modeldoc2
dim swdraw as sldworks.drawingdoc
dim swlayermgr as sldworks.layermgr
dim swlayer as sldworks.layer
dim modeldocextension as modeldocextension
dim boolstatus as boolean
public arrlayernames(76) as string
public arrlineweight(76) as variant
sub main()
'half size plot
set swapp = application.sldworks
set swmodel = swapp.activedoc
set modeldocextension = swmodel.extension
boolstatus = modeldocextension.setuserpreferencedouble(swuserpreferencedoublevalue_e.swpagesetupprinterthinlineweight, 0, 0.0000762) '0.0030
boolstatus = modeldocextension.setuserpreferencedouble(swuserpreferencedoublevalue_e.swpagesetupprinternormallineweight, 0, 0.000127) '0.0050
boolstatus = modeldocextension.setuserpreferencedouble(swuserpreferencedoublevalue_e.swpagesetupprinterthicklineweight, 0, 0.0001778) '0.0070
boolstatus = modeldocextension.setuserpreferencedouble(swuserpreferencedoublevalue_e.swpagesetupprinterthick2lineweight, 0, 0.000254) '0.0100
boolstatus = modeldocextension.setuserpreferencedouble(swuserpreferencedoublevalue_e.swpagesetupprinterthick3lineweight, 0, 0.0003556) '0.0140
boolstatus = modeldocextension.setuserpreferencedouble(swuserpreferencedoublevalue_e.swpagesetupprinterthick4lineweight, 0, 0.0004318) '0.0170
boolstatus = modeldocextension.setuserpreferencedouble(swuserpreferencedoublevalue_e.swpagesetupprinterthick5lineweight, 0, 0.000508) '0.0200
boolstatus = modeldocextension.setuserpreferencedouble(swuserpreferencedoublevalue_e.swpagesetupprinterthick6lineweight, 0, 0.001524) '0.0600
end sub
it is probably being set but your printer cannot go below a certain size. try setting them to bigger sizes to see if they actually alter.
any size above .01 sets correctly.
it has been reported by solidworks as a critical bug where a macro cannot set a print line weight below .01
waiting for a fix. or if anyone can think of a workaround? it would be greatly appreciated!
thanks guys
bit of a rubbish work around but export to another format (such as dxf) and set the thickness and print through another program
answer found a nice workaround. i wrote a macro that just sends keystrokes to solidworks.
it effectively sets the line thickness for printing. we heard back from solidworks that the bug will be fixed in 2009 sp03.
but, this macro works for now.
here it is in case anyone's interested:
option explicit
dim swapp as sldworks.sldworks
dim swmodel as sldworks.modeldoc2
dim swmodelview as sldworks.modelview
sub main()
set swapp = application.sldworks
set swmodel = swapp.activedoc
'open line weight area
sendkeys "^p"
sendkeys "%l"
'thin
sendkeys "%n"
sendkeys ".003"
'normal
sendkeys "%o"
sendkeys ".005"
'thick
sendkeys "%k"
sendkeys ".007"
'thick2
sendkeys "%2"
sendkeys ".01"
'thick3
sendkeys "%3"
sendkeys ".014"
'thick4
sendkeys "%4"
sendkeys ".017"
'thick5
sendkeys "%5"
sendkeys ".02"
'thick6
sendkeys "%6"
sendkeys ".06"
'save settings
sendkeys "{enter}"
'close print window
sendkeys "{esc}"
end sub
quick