I'm trying develop a macro that runs renders and saves them automattically. The parts/files (with path) are listed in, and extracted from an excel file, then opened etc.
This works fine, but now i would like to remove the floor shades (and floor reflections) preferably within the vba code. I tried to record a macro, while turning off the floor shades in a random solid works file... but solidworks unforunately doesn't record this particular part.
Does any one has a sollution for this?
Turning of shadows by default could be an alternative, bottom line i want to render a few 100 files but don't want to turn of the floor shadows manually for each single part.
I'll past my current code below. (Which works fine by the way... except it doesn't removes the floor shades/reflections). Perhaps it can be usefull by finding a sollution or in case someone else wants to use parts of my code.
Thanks in advance,
Sub main()
Dim swApp As Object
Dim Part As Object
Dim boolstatus As Boolean
Dim longstatus As Long, longwarnings As Long
Dim status As Boolean
Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
Dim i As String
Dim j As String
Dim y As Integer
Dim z As String
Dim n As Integer
Dim m As Integer
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swRayTraceRenderer As SldWorks.RayTraceRenderer
Dim swRayTraceRenderOptions As SldWorks.RayTraceRendererOptions
Dim errors As Long
Dim warnings As Long
Dim filePath As String
'Dim xlApp As Object, xlWB As Object
'Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
'i = file name
'j = file extention
'i = "bp01p0006" example
'j = "simbeton - Solidworks\bp - betonplaten\bp01 - simvlak\" example
'Set xlWB = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(“C:\Users\Omar\Desktop\Renders Rob\Lijst.xlsx”)
y = 0
n = 0
Do While n < 5
Dim xlApp As Excel.Application
Dim xlWB As Excel.Workbook
Set xlApp = New Excel.Application
Set xlWB = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\Omar\Desktop\Renders Rob\Lijst.xlsx")
If xlWB.Worksheets(1).Range("A1").offset(y, 0) = "" Then
y = y + 1
n = n + 1
Else
j = xlWB.Worksheets(1).Range("A1").offset(y, 0).Value
i = xlWB.Worksheets(1).Range("A1").offset(y, 1).Value
z = xlWB.Worksheets(1).Range("A1").offset(y, 2).Value
xlWB.Worksheets(1).Range("A1").offset(y, 0) = ""
y = y + 1
End If
Set xlWB = Nothing
Set xlApp = Nothing
filePath = "" & j & "\" & i & ".SLDPRT"
Set swModel = swApp.OpenDoc6(filePath, swDocPART, swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", errors, warnings)
Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc
Set swApp = _
Application.SldWorks
Dim myModelView As Object
Set myModelView = Part.ActiveView
myModelView.AddPerspective
Part.ViewZoomtofit2
Part.ViewZoomtofit2
Part.ViewZoomtofit2
Part.ViewZoomtofit2
Part.ViewZoomtofit2
Part.ShowNamedView2 "*Isometric", 7
Part.ViewZoomtofit2
Part.ViewDisplayShaded
Dim activeModelView As Object
Set activeModelView = Part.ActiveView
activeModelView.DisplayMode = swViewDisplayMode_e.swViewDisplayMode_ShadedWithEdges
Part.ClearSelection2 True
boolstatus = Part.Extension.SketchBoxSelect("0.000000", "0.000000", "0.000000", "0.000000", "0.000000", "0.000000")
Part.ViewDisplayShaded
' Access PhotoView 360
Set swRayTraceRenderer = swApp.GetRayTraceRenderer(swPhotoView)
' Get and set rendering options
Set swRayTraceRenderOptions = swRayTraceRenderer.RayTraceRendererOptions
'Get current rendering values
Debug.Print "Current rendering values"
Debug.Print " ImageHeight = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ImageHeight
Debug.Print " ImageWidth = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ImageWidth
Debug.Print " ImageFormat = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ImageFormat
Debug.Print " PreviewRenderQuality = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.PreviewRenderQuality
Debug.Print " FinalRenderQuality = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.FinalRenderQuality
Debug.Print " BloomEnabled = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.BloomEnabled
Debug.Print " BloomThreshold = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.BloomThreshold
Debug.Print " BloomRadius = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.BloomRadius
Debug.Print " ContourEnabled = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ContourEnabled
Debug.Print " ShadedContour = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ShadedContour
Debug.Print " ContourLineThickness = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ContourLineThickness
Debug.Print " ContourLineColor = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ContourLineColor
Debug.Print " "
'Change rendering values
Debug.Print "New rendering values"
swRayTraceRenderOptions.ImageHeight = 405
Debug.Print " ImageHeight = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ImageHeight
swRayTraceRenderOptions.ImageWidth = 720
Debug.Print " ImageWidth = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ImageWidth
swRayTraceRenderOptions.ImageFormat = swImageFormat_PNG
Debug.Print " ImageFormat = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ImageFormat
swRayTraceRenderOptions.PreviewRenderQuality = swRenderQuality_Better
Debug.Print " PreviewRenderQuality = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.PreviewRenderQuality
swRayTraceRenderOptions.FinalRenderQuality = swRenderQuality_Best
Debug.Print " FinalRenderQuality = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.FinalRenderQuality
swRayTraceRenderOptions.BloomEnabled = False
Debug.Print " BloomEnabled = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.BloomEnabled
swRayTraceRenderOptions.BloomThreshold = 0
Debug.Print " BloomThreshold = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.BloomThreshold
swRayTraceRenderOptions.BloomRadius = 0
Debug.Print " BloomRadius = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.BloomRadius
swRayTraceRenderOptions.ContourEnabled = False
Debug.Print " ContourEnabled = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ContourEnabled
swRayTraceRenderOptions.ShadedContour = False
Debug.Print " ShadedContour = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ShadedContour
swRayTraceRenderOptions.ContourLineThickness = 0
Debug.Print " ContourLineThickness = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ContourLineThickness
swRayTraceRenderOptions.ContourLineColor = 255
Debug.Print " ContourLineColor = " & swRayTraceRenderOptions.ContourLineColor
' Display the preview window
status = swRayTraceRenderer.DisplayPreviewWindow
' Close render
status = swRayTraceRenderer.CloseRayTraceRender
' Invoke final render window
status = swRayTraceRenderer.InvokeFinalRender
' Abort final render window
status = swRayTraceRenderer.AbortFinalRender
' Render to Windows Bitmap format
status = swRayTraceRenderer.RenderToFile("C:\Users\Omar\Desktop\Renders Rob\" & i & z & ".png", 0, 0)
swRayTraceRenderOptions.FinalRenderQuality = swRenderQuality_Good
' Render to HDR format (format extension omitted)
status = swRayTraceRenderer.RenderToFile("C:\Users\Omar\Desktop\Renders Rob\" & i & z, 0, 0)
Set swRayTraceRenderOptions = Nothing
' Close render
status = swRayTraceRenderer.CloseRayTraceRender
swApp.QuitDoc i
Loop
End Sub