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cosmosworks saving jpg
hello all,
i am trying to create functionality that saves a jpg or a bmp of the von mises stress graph and the displacement graph given at the output of a cw static study. if anyone has any pointers as to how to do said functionality. i would like to do this at the end my macro.
regards,
brendan l
edited: 08/28/2008 at 02:21 pm by brendan l
i don't think there is an api function but you can get the handle to the sw window and do a bitblt of it to an image and save it out.
i think i did something similar for preview images but it turned out the sw handle just did not like me and would not give me access to a model window just its parent with no children so you may struggle with the same thing for cw but you will have to try it to see
for inserting cosmos models into reports i use the good old fashioned print screen and then crop to suit within the report in ms word. not exactly a technical solution but in order to get the views i want it is nice and straightforward.
solidworks 2009 x64 sp1.0
solidworks simulation
cswp
dell precision t5400
dual quad-core 2ghz xeon
4gb ram
the procedure explained above is basically a print screen but the coding version and for a specific window handle not the desktop window handle, but yes that is basically what i am suggesting but through code.
david - to do screen dump, i use the solidworks "screen capture" option in the "view" menu. this saves a lot of cropping and is a lot quicker if you apply a shortcut. unfortunately, you can't apply a shortcut to the print screen button.
you can also save plots as jpegs through the "save as..." option in the right-click menu for the individual plots - is this something you can use, brendan?
design engineer
ceng mimeche
cswp, cswp-core, cswp-cdes
edited: 09/01/2008 at 12:05 pm by alastair aubusson
it will be much much quicker to do a program that simply captures the screen and saves as a jpg. then you can create a macro that simply calls shell to execute it from sw.
if i get time i will make you one and upload it
that is essentially the route i was planning on going.. i just wasnt sure if there was a way to change the viewing option to 'see' the results in the results folder.
quick