Hi to everybody,

the screenshot shows the cut view property manager and the preview upon calling the section view in solidworks.

I would like to implement a customized section view method which would allow to select a cylinder (then take the center of the cylinder and create an appropriate reference plane there  ... the details of this are actually of no concern here - my question is a more general one).

I recored with the macro recorder what was going on beneath the standard "section view" in solidworks - obviously the macro recorder can only eavesdrop on API calls after the OK-button  (the green tick) has been clicked:

Dim swApp As Object

Dim Part As Object

Dim boolstatus As Boolean

Dim longstatus As Long, longwarnings As Long

Sub main()

Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc

Dim myModelView As Object

Set myModelView = Part.ActiveView

myModelView.FrameState = swWindowState_e.swWindowMaximized

boolstatus = Part.Extension.SelectByID2("Vorne", "PLANE", 0, 0, 0, True, 1, Nothing, 0)

Dim sViewData As Object

Set sViewData = Part.ModelViewManager.CreateSectionViewData()

Set sViewData.FirstPlane = Nothing

sViewData.FirstReverseDirection = False

sViewData.FirstOffset = -0.0975

sViewData.FirstRotationX = 0.1221730476396

sViewData.FirstRotationY = 0.08726646259972

sViewData.FirstColor = 16711680

sViewData.ShowSectionCap = True

sViewData.KeepCapColor = False

sViewData.GraphicsOnlySection = False

boolstatus = Part.ModelViewManager.CreateSectionView(sViewData)

Part.ClearSelection2 True

End Sub

If one calls the section view does some adjustments in the property manager and then cancels the property manager - then the macro recorder does not record much:

' ******************************************************************************

Dim swApp As Object

Dim Part As Object

Dim boolstatus As Boolean

Dim longstatus As Long, longwarnings As Long

Sub main()

Set swApp = _

Application.SldWorks

Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc

Dim myModelView As Object

Set myModelView = Part.ActiveView

myModelView.FrameState = swWindowState_e.swWindowMaximized

boolstatus = Part.Extension.SelectByID2("Vorne", "PLANE", 0, 0, 0, True, 1, Nothing, 0)

Part.ClearSelection2 True

End Sub

My question: Is it all somehow possible to have previews on customized methods in solidworks ?