Solidworks Macro to Change the view of drawing

[joshF]

I have a slick macro to open a sw template and make the 3 views for a drawing. However, drawingview1 is a *front view orientation. I would like to add code to switch drawingview1 to a *top orientation. Should be an easy code, I just can't find it. Can someone make a suggestion?

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asmPath = swModel.GetPathName

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Dim myView As Object

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Set myView = Part.DropDrawingViewFromPalette2("Drawing View1", 0.165525838871151, 0.140426998540005, 0)

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boolstatus = Part.Create3rdAngleViews(asmPath)

 

[fcsuper]

JoshF, have you looked into Predefined Views. From your brief description, these would prolly offer you solution you seek without the macro.

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[drawoh]

joshF,

I thought SolidWorks did that automatically.

In any case, I would not use it. I usually insert the first view which I regard as primary, then I work out which other views I need. When I start designing, I have no idea what my primary view will be. When I start drafting, I have no idea of what my secondary views will be. Your script cannot anticipate what these will be, either.

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JHG

 

[Gupta65]

You can try the codes form this example

https://help.solidworks.com/2022/en...rawing_Views_from_View_Palette_Example_VB.htm

Deepak Gupta
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