yang686526

decal macro
hi,
i have an urgent need to get a macro working, well everything works fine except for one thing - this is an example from the api help to add a decal to a selected face - but the fitwidth and fitheight properties that are set to true don't actually check the boxes in the decal/mapping properties. i ned to get this working asap or face a lot of manual decal editing.
here is the code from the api help, which if you try it you will see that those 2 properties are not set properly.
'--------
'
' preconditions: part document is open that
' contains a model. a face on the
' model is selected. photoworks
' was selected as an add-in
' in solidworks (select tools,
' add-ins, photoworks)
'
' postconditions: decal is applied to the selected
' face.
'
'--------
option explicit
dim swapp as sldworks.sldworks
dim swmodel as sldworks.modeldoc2
dim swselmgr as sldworks.selectionmgr
dim swmodeldocext as sldworks.modeldocextension
dim swface as sldworks.face2
dim swdecal as sldworks.decal
dim swmaterial as sldworks.rendermaterial
dim boolstatus as boolean
dim strname as string
dim ndecalid as long
sub main()
set swapp = application.sldworks
set swmodel = swapp.activedoc
set swselmgr = swmodel.selectionmanager
set swmodeldocext = swmodel.extension
set swface = swselmgr.getselectedobject6(1, -1)
swmodel.clearselection2 true
' apply the decal
set swdecal = swmodeldocext.createdecal
set swmaterial = swdecal
boolstatus = swmaterial.addentity(swface)
strname = "c:\program iles\solidworks\solidworks\data\graphics\decals\logos\sw.p2d"
swmaterial.filename = strname
strname = "c:\program iles\solidworks\solidworks\data\graphics\decals\logos\sw.bmp"
swmaterial.texturefilename = strname
swmaterial.mappingtype = 0
swmaterial.fixedaspectratio = false
swmaterial.fitheight = true
swmaterial.fitwidth = true
boolstatus = swmodeldocext.adddecal(swdecal, ndecalid)
' rebuild the model to show the newly applied decal
call swmodel.rebuild(swrebuildall)
end sub
scott nelson (zander)
nelson parametrics
you are correct it does not check the boxes. you may also notice it does not set the fixedaspectratio to anything either.
the odd thing is if you get the decal again through code and check the properties they are actually set correctly:
set swdecal = swmodeldocext.createdecal
set swmaterial = swdecal
swmaterial.filename = "c:\program files\solidworks\solidworks\data\graphics\decals\logos\sw.p2d"
swmaterial.texturefilename = "c:\documents and settings\lukem\my documents\my pictures\bsod.bmp"
swmaterial.mappingtype = 0 ' label/surface
swmaterial.fixedaspectratio = true
swmaterial.fitheight = true
swmaterial.fitwidth = true
swmaterial.addentity swface
boolstatus = swmodeldocext.adddecal(swdecal, swdecal.decalid)
set swdecal = swmodeldocext.getdecal(swdecal.decalid, "")
set swmaterial = swdecal
msgbox swmaterial.fitwidth
i am guessing you are required to select the face and give it a mask id for the function to pick up on the face correctly to map to it, but i have tried a load of mask ids and combinations to no avail.
also, remove the clearselections code for now as it will benefit the code trying to solve it when the face is still selected. you should drop a line to apisupport@solidworks.com they should be able to solve it for you.

edited: 09/26/2008 at 05:31 am by luke malpass
quick