DrawingCreatorExtensionOverrideDrawingFilename Method

Called when the drawing rule is selected for a component at Batch Operations. You can override drawing name (full path). If overriden to empty, then drawing creation is ignored. If you need licensed Document Manager to inspect the source model, you can obtain it with static call CTInterface.GetSWDocManager(). SldWorks instance can be obtained and cached at MyExtension.Hook.

Namespace: CTExtensions.Interfaces
Assembly: CTInterface (in CTInterface.dll) Version: 25.0

Syntax

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public virtual bool OverrideDrawingFilename(
	CTDrawingAutomation oAutomation,
	string bsModelFilename,
	string bsModelConfiguration,
	string bsDrwFilename,
	out string bsDrwFilenameOverride
)

Public Overridable Function OverrideDrawingFilename ( 
	oAutomation As CTDrawingAutomation,
	bsModelFilename As String,
	bsModelConfiguration As String,
	bsDrwFilename As String,
	<OutAttribute> ByRef bsDrwFilenameOverride As String
) As Boolean

Parameters

oAutomation CTDrawingAutomation: Automation rule to which this extension is attached to.
bsModelFilename String: Full path of the model for which this rule is about to suggest a drawing name.
bsModelConfiguration String: Configuration of the model for which the drawing should be created.
bsDrwFilename String: Suggested full path for the drawing.
bsDrwFilenameOverride String: Return overridden full path for the drawing here; the file must be creatable. Or return empty string to cancel drawing creation. It both cases the function must return true.

Return Value

Boolean
True if you want to override the bsDrwFilename with bsDrwFilenameOverride or to cancel drawing creation with empty bsDrwFilenameOverride, otherwise false.

Revision History

Date	Version	Description
-	2023 SP0	First Release

Reference

DrawingCreatorExtension Class

CTExtensions.Interfaces Namespace