API: opening a part with SW Viewer

[razzendahcuben]

The following code fails to open a part in SW Viewer. It opens the Viewer, but the OpenDoc6 method doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? Thanks.


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Option Explicit

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim part As ModelDoc2
Dim longstatus As Long, longwarnings As Long

Sub main()
'Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
'Set part = swApp.ActiveDoc

Set swApp = CreateObject("SWViewer.Application")

swApp.Visible = True

'Set retval = swApp.opendoc6(vFile, iType, 2, "", SWerror, SWwarning)
Set part = swApp.opendoc6("C:\1Keith\1types\2009\Assembly.SLDASM", 1, 0, "", longstatus, longwarnings)

End Sub

 

[handleman]

The SolidWorks viewer is a separate program.

It is not part of SolidWorks.

You cannot automate the SolidWorks viewer using SolidWorks API.

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[TheTick]

You may be able to use Windows API to open a doc in SW viewer. The Windows API call Shellexecute opens a doc in its default application. There may be a similar call to direct a doc to open with a particular application.

Another possibility might be to have the program change the default application, call ShellExecute, then change the default back to what it was.

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-SolidWorks API VB programming help

 

[handleman]

Another tidbit of information from here.

Is there an API for SolidWorks Viewer?


The API for SolidWorks Viewer is disabled. However, there is an API for the eDrawings viewer. Download the eDrawings API SDK from the Downloads section of this web site.

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[razzendahcuben]

I could use ShellExecute to open SW Viewer but if I open the part itself it will just open the default program, which is Solid Works.

I had heard that OpenDoc6 worked in SW Viewer in SW 2008 but perhaps I was mistaken.

 

[razzendahcuben]

Ah, yes, you already pointed that out. I'll try to read the whole post next time...