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            Dictionary<string, string> customProperties = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                { "Description", "" },
                { "Description2", "" },
                { "Drawn By", "" },
                { "Date", "" }
            };

            ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);
            IModelDocExtension swModelDocExt = default(IModelDocExtension);
            CustomPropertyManager swCustProp = default(CustomPropertyManager);

            string val = "";
            string valout = "";

            swModel = (ModelDoc2)App.ActiveDoc;
            swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension;

            swCustProp = swModelDocExt.get_CustomPropertyManager("");

            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in customProperties.ToList())
            {
                if (swCustProp.Get4(entry.Key, false, out val, out valout))
                {
                    customProperties[entry.Key] = val;
                }
            }

            return customProperties;

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object[] allSheetViewArrays = (object[])swDraw.GetViews();
for (int i = 0; i < allSheetViewArrays.Count(); i++)
{
    object[] sheetViews = (object[])allSheetViewArrays[i];
    for (int j = 0; j < sheetViews.Count(); j++)
    {
        v = (View)sheetViews[j];
        if ((swSheet.CustomPropertyView == "Default") ||
            swSheet.CustomPropertyView == v.Name)
        {
            refModelDoc2 = v.ReferencedDocument;
            if (refModelDoc2 != null)
            {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    if (refModelDoc2 != null)
    {
        break;
    }
}

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	//Sample Usage:
	    ModelDoc2 swModel = (ModelDoc2)App.ActiveDoc;
            Dictionary<string, string> customProperties = GetCustomProperties(GetModelFromView(swModel));

	// Function Definitions
	
        public ModelDoc2 GetModelFromView(ModelDoc2 swModel)
        {
            ModelDoc2 swModelInView = default(ModelDoc2);

            DrawingDoc drawingDoc = (DrawingDoc)swModel;
            Sheet sheet = (Sheet)drawingDoc.GetCurrentSheet();

            // Get model views
            object[] modelViews = (object[])sheet.GetViews();

            if (sheet.CustomPropertyView == "Default")
            {
                // If you do not specify otherwise (hence "default"), the properties of the model 
                // in the first view inserted into the sheet are used
                swModelInView = ((View)modelViews[0]).ReferencedDocument;
            }
            else
            {
                // The default view is not being used. We need to find the view that contains the 
                // model with the properties. 
                foreach (IView view in modelViews)
                {
                    if (sheet.CustomPropertyView == view.GetName2())
                    {
                        swModelInView = view.ReferencedDocument;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }

            return swModelInView;
        }

        private Dictionary<string, string> GetCustomProperties(ModelDoc2 swModel)
        {
            IModelDocExtension swModelDocExt = default(IModelDocExtension);
            CustomPropertyManager swCustProp = default(CustomPropertyManager);

            string val = "";
            string valout = "";

            Dictionary<string, string> customProperties = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                { "Description", "" },
                { "Description 2", "" },
                { "Drawn By", "" },
                { "Date", "" }
            };

            // Get the IModelDocExtension interface
            swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension;

            // Get the CustomPropertyManager from IModelDocExtension
            swCustProp = swModelDocExt.get_CustomPropertyManager("");

            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in customProperties.ToList())
            {
                if (swCustProp.Get4(entry.Key, false, out val, out valout))
                {
                    customProperties[entry.Key] = val;
                }
            }

            return customProperties;
        }