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API help for Setting Hatch pattern

Hi there,

I'm tweaking my Custom Property gizmo that I have been developing for what seems like years now and have run into a roadblock.

I'm trying to set the hatch pattern using the command

RetVal = Part.SetUserPreferenceStringValue(swMaterialPropertyCrosshatchPattern, hatch)

When I execute this I get a false in return in RetVal. This works in VBA, but not in VB. I've got everything else working, I can read and set density, but not the hatch pattern.

The odd part is when I attempt to read the existing hatch pattern, I get an empty result.

Is there a secret here or is this non-functional?

Oh, I'm using Swx 2003 SP3.1

Cheers,

Chris

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Chris Dubea
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Just a follow up. I got it to work. It doesn't like the word hatch used as a variable, and I had a space in the hatch name.

Thanks anyway,

CD

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Chris Dubea

Check that swMaterialPropertyCrosshatchPattern = 13,

I've used the following line without problems in 2001 through to 2003 sp4

retval = Part.SetUserPreferenceStringValue(13, matprops(Material.ListIndex).crs)

matprops is an array of text values that contains the cross hatch pattern names i.e "ISO (Aluminum)"

Cheers Craig

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Craig T

Try For Materials RetVal(1) = swModel.GetUserPreferenceDoubleValue(swMaterialPropertyCrosshatchScale) RetVal(2) = swModel.GetUserPreferenceDoubleValue(swMaterialPropertyCrosshatchAngle) RetVal(3) = swModel.GetUserPreferenceStringValue(swMaterialPropertyCrosshatchPattern)

For Views RetVal(4) = swApp.GetUserPreferenceDoubleValue(swDrawingAreaHatchScale) RetVal(5) = swApp.GetUserPreferenceDoubleValue(swDrawingAreaHatchAngle) RetVal(6) = swApp.GetUserPreferenceStringValue(swDrawingAreaHatchPattern)

-- Tony O'Hara Melbourne, Australia.

Part.SetUserPreferenceStringValue(swMaterialPropertyCrosshatchPattern,

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Tony O'Hara

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