PMIModelViews Object

Description

A collection of PMI Model View objects.

Object Model

Example

Example (VB.NET)
Example (C#)

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1

    Private Sub PMIModelViews_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles PMIModelViews.Click
        Dim objApplication As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing
        Dim objDocument As SolidEdgePart.PartDocument = Nothing
        Dim objPMI As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.PMI = Nothing
        Dim objPMIMVs As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.PMIModelViews = Nothing
        Dim objPMIMV As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.PMIModelView = Nothing
        Dim objApp As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing
        Dim count As Integer = 0
        Dim SEInstallDir As DirectoryInfo

        Try
            objApplication = Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application")
            'Get Solid Edge Installation directory
            SEInstallDir = GetTrainingFolder()
            'Open 17_tooth_pinion.par from training folder
            objDocument = objApplication.Documents.Open(SEInstallDir.FullName + "\17_tooth_pinion.par")

            'objDocument = objApplication.ActiveDocument

            'Get the PMI object
            objDocument.PMI_ByModelState(objPMI)

            'Get the model view collection
            objPMIMVs = objPMI.PMIModelViews

            'Add model view object
            objPMIMV = objPMIMVs.Add("View1", SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.PMIRenderModeConstants.sePMIModelViewRenderModeShadedWithVisibleEdges)

            'Count of model views
            count = objPMIMVs.Count

            'Get the Application
            objApp = objPMIMVs.Application

        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message)
        End Try

    End Sub
    
    Function GetTrainingFolder() As DirectoryInfo
        Dim objInstallData As SEInstallDataLib.SEInstallData = Nothing
        Dim objInstallFolder As DirectoryInfo = Nothing
        Dim objTrainingFolder As DirectoryInfo = Nothing

        Try
            objInstallData = New SEInstallDataLib.SEInstallData
            objInstallFolder = New DirectoryInfo(objInstallData.GetInstalledPath())
            objTrainingFolder = New DirectoryInfo(Path.Combine(objInstallFolder.Parent.FullName, "Training"))
        Catch
        Finally
            If Not (objInstallData Is Nothing) Then
                Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(objInstallData)
                objInstallData = Nothing
            End If
        End Try

        Return objTrainingFolder
    End Function

End Class

using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.IO;
public class Form1
{

    private void PMIModelViews_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        SolidEdgeFramework.Application objApplication = null;
        SolidEdgePart.PartDocument objDocument = null;
        SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.PMI objPMI = null;
        SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.PMIModelViews objPMIMVs = null;
        SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.PMIModelView objPMIMV = null;
        SolidEdgeFramework.Application objApp = null;
        int count = 0;
        DirectoryInfo SEInstallDir = null;

        try
        {
            objApplication = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application)Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application");
            //Get Solid Edge Installation directory
            SEInstallDir = GetTrainingFolder();
            //Open 17_tooth_pinion.par from training folder
            objDocument = objApplication.Documents.Open(SEInstallDir.FullName + "\\17_tooth_pinion.par");

            //objDocument = objApplication.ActiveDocument

            //Get the PMI object
            objDocument.PMI_ByModelState(objPMI);

            //Get the model view collection
            objPMIMVs = objPMI.PMIModelViews;

            //Add model view object
            objPMIMV = objPMIMVs.Add("View1", SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.PMIRenderModeConstants.sePMIModelViewRenderModeShadedWithVisibleEdges);

            //Count of model views
            count = objPMIMVs.Count;

            //Get the Application
            objApp = objPMIMVs.Application;

        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
        }

    }

    public DirectoryInfo GetTrainingFolder()
    {
        SEInstallDataLib.SEInstallData objInstallData = null;
        DirectoryInfo objInstallFolder = null;
        DirectoryInfo objTrainingFolder = null;

        try
        {
            objInstallData = new SEInstallDataLib.SEInstallData();
            objInstallFolder = new DirectoryInfo(objInstallData.GetInstalledPath());
            objTrainingFolder = new DirectoryInfo(Path.Combine(objInstallFolder.Parent.FullName, "Training"));
        }
        catch
        {
        }
        finally
        {
            if (objInstallData != null)
            {
                Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(objInstallData);
                objInstallData = null;
            }
        }

        return objTrainingFolder;
    }


    public Form1()
    {
        SubscribeToEvents();
    }

    private bool EventsSubscribed = false;
    private void SubscribeToEvents()
    {
        if (EventsSubscribed)
            return;
        else
            EventsSubscribed = true;

        PMIModelViews.Click += PMIModelViews_Click;
    }

}