Managing system options (application level) using SOLIDWORKS API

Collection of articles and examples which demonstrate how to control application (system) options (user preferences) using SOLIDWORKS API

labels: [document, preferences, options]

System or application level options are settings available in the options dialog of SOLIDWORKS. Those values can be controlled with following SOLIDWORKS API:

For extracting the values of current options:

• ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceDoubleValue

• ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceIntegerValue

• ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceStringValue

• ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle

For changing the options values:

• ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceDoubleValue

• ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceIntegerValue

• ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceStringValue

• ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle

This section contains macros and code examples for managing (reading, writing, copying) of various application level system options using SOLIDWORKS API.