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Fence only interact with specific element types

Keith Ouellet — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 18:17:35 GMT

Hello All,

I have written a routine to generate a shape from a series of points and then utilize the shape to define a fence from element.

I would like to process the fence in two separate routines one that will clip normal element type like Lines, line strings etc. that intersect the fence but ignore cells that may intersect. The second pass will change the fence settings to Overlap so I can attach an item type schema to the cells and normal element types.

The problem I am having is that when I use Fence clip it is also clipping my cells. Is there a programmatic way of filtering what the fence interacts with/ignores similar to a scan Criteria?

Any suggestions?

Keith

Key-In Double-click to open embedded OLE Excel object

Keith Ouellet — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:40:26 GMT

Probably more of a PowerPlatform question but....

Testing an upgrade to OpenBuildings Designer Connect Update 7 from OpenBuildings Designer Connect Update 3

...in Update 3 we had a custom ribbon button that invoked the following key-in

powerselector mode new;powerselector single;choose element;xy=-0.1583,-0.0354;xy=-0.1583,-0.0354

which simulated a double click on an embedded Excel OLE object and resulted in opening the embedded Excel spreadsheet in Excel. The coordinates displayed represent the low range bottom corner of the OLE Object.

after moving our custom ribbon button into Update 7 it is no longer working and neither is trying to perform this via the key-in dialog. However if we double-click via the mouse the OLE object it opens just fine. I have included a small mp4 displaying the behavior in Update 3

Is there a new way for me to key-in a double-click?

Thanks in advance
Keith

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Fit View - Clipped Reference

Keith Ouellet — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 01:47:16 GMT

In process of exploring OpenBuildings Designer Connect Update 6, upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer Connect - Update 3.

I have a clipped reference that the Fit View (Active, Raster, Reference & All) does not honor the clipped extents of the reference, it instead zooms to the extents of the referenced content as if it wasn't clipped. This was not the behavior in Update 3. What am I missing?

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Named Expression Syntax

Keith Ouellet — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 15:38:57 GMT

Using AECOSIM CONNECT UPDATE 1 | Windows 8.1

Trying to customize some ribbon buttons using Named expressions. What I want to do is recognize a portion of a file name and if it matches show a button and if not don't show a specific button.

I have spent a significant amount of time and tried many different possibilities (substring, length -, getfilenamewithoutextension and others) and all have given me grief.

I feel the approaches below have been the most promising, because the individual pieces seem to work. However when I combine and click the Test button to evaluate, I get a "can not evaluate expression" error instead of a true or false.

System.String.IndexOf(ConfigVar.GetExpandedConfigVar("_DGNFILE"), ”_GUI.DGNLIB”) > 0

System.String.IndexOf(System.String.ToString(ConfigVar.GetExpandedConfigVar("_DGNFILE"), ”_GUI.DGNLIB”)) > 0

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

Keith

C# Attachment GlobalLinestyle property Enumerator values not in-sync with the UI property dropdown?

Keith Ouellet — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:12:49 GMT

C# Windows 8.1 AECOSim Connect Update 1

Below is a method we wrote to set attachment global linestyle properties.

public static void setAllAttachmentsToRefByReference()

{

Attachments myAtts;

myAtts = app.ActiveModelReference.Attachments;

foreach (Attachment myAttTemp in myAtts)

{

myAttTemp.GlobalLineStyleScale = MsdGlobalLineStyleScale.Reference;

myAttTemp.Rewrite();

}

In the code snippet provided we are trying to set the linestyle scale to "Reference" yet the Attachment Properties dialog is setting to "Master * Reference".

If we try setting to "Both" in the code it sets the dialog to "Reference".

It appears that the enumerator in the API is out of sync with the attachment properties dialog Global Linestyle Scale dropdown. (zero based vs. one based???)

Any ideas on how I can programmatically fix?

Thanks in advance

Keith

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C# Addin - transform ReferenceAttachment Type

Keith Ouellet — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:17:07 GMT

AECOsim 10.0.0.118

I have a C# Addin tool that will both move and rotate selected elements as a single operation. It works well with a wide variety of element types (lines, shapes, cells etc.) but is throwing an error on ReferenceAttachment types.

Error is:
An exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occured...
Additional information: Attempting to perform a graphical operation on a non-graphical element

Does element.transform support ReferenceAttachment types?

If not can someone please point me in the right direction on how I might handle moving the referenceattachment element?

The method I am using is shown below:

private void ScaleMoveAndRotate(Element ele, Matrix3d mtrxRotation, Point3d pntFixed, Point3d pntDistance, Point3d pntScaleFactors)
        {
            Matrix3d mtrxScale;
            Matrix3d mtrxCombined;

Transform3d trns;
Transform3d trnsMove;

//Create a scaling matrix
mtrxScale = app.Matrix3dFromScaleFactors(pntScaleFactors.X, pntScaleFactors.Y, pntScaleFactors.Z);

//Multiply the matrices to create a matrix that scales and rotates
mtrxCombined = app.Matrix3dFromMatrix3dTimesMatrix3d(mtrxRotation, mtrxScale);

//Create a transform to rotate and scale about a fixed point
trns = app.Transform3dFromMatrix3dAndFixedPoint3d(mtrxCombined, pntFixed);

//Create a transform for moving the element
trnsMove = app.Transform3dFromXYZ(pntDistance.X, pntDistance.Y, pntDistance.Z);

            trns = app.Transform3dFromTransform3dTimesTransform3d(trnsMove, trns);
            ele.Transform(trns);
        }

[CONNECT] Named Expression with Compound condition

Keith Ouellet — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:55:37 GMT

Have I done something wrong or is there a problem with Named Expression that contain compound conditions in CONNECT?

I have a Ribbon Group that I want to show only when one of two models are active (aplan or Sheet1)

I have the two models within my dgn yet my group only shows for the first model when its active not the second. When I test the conditions inside the named expression dialog both return true.

Screen shots from my DGNLIB are included below

Any help will be greatly appreciated

named expression syntax

Group Visibility property

Microstation CONNECT customize ribbon workflow

Keith Ouellet — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:21:01 GMT

Is there a way to setup a workflow that will invoke a command, set a configuration variable or other action when the workflow is selected from the drop down list by the user?

For example.

DGN has 2 models (Test1 and Test2)

Workflow drop down has 2 workflows (Test1 and Test2)

When user selects Test1 the Test1 model becomes active model and if Test2 is chosen then Test2 model is active model

[v8i C#] CadInputQueue - wait?

Keith Ouellet — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:37:51 GMT

Is there a way to wait for a previous CadInputQueue function to complete before invoking the next?

for example:

mstn_app.CadInputQueue.SendCommand("MOVE ICON");

mstn_app.CadInputQueue.SendDragPoints(ref point, ref point2,1);

I would want to invoke some sort of wait here until previous line (Drag Points) is complete

mstn_app.CadInputQueue.SendReset();

[v8i C#] CadInputQueue

Keith Ouellet — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:30:18 GMT

What is the difference between CadInputQueue.SendDragPoints and CadInputQueue.SendAdjustedDragPoints?

I cant seem to find any literature explaining what they do.

Thanks