Managing system options (application level) using SOLIDWORKS API

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.