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Selecting Solid3d sub-entities

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By Philippe Leefsma

 

The following command illustrates a way to prompt user for subentity selection on a solid3d. It allows to select a single subentity and checks if the selected subentity type matches the specified type.

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March 2012.</font></font></span></p>        <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:;color:"><font color="#008000" face="Consolas"></font></span><span style="font-family:"></span></p>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"><font face="Consolas"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 9.5pt">[</font></font><font style="font-size: 9.5pt"><span style="color:"><font color="#2b91af">CommandMethod</font></span><font color="#000000">(</font><span style="color:"><font color="#a31515">&quot;SubEntSelectBrep&quot;</font></span><font color="#000000">)]</font></font></font></span></p>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Consolas"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:;color:"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="font-size: 9.5pt">public</font></font></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"><font style="font-size: 9.5pt"><font color="#000000"> </font><span style="color:"><font color="#0000ff">void</font></span><font color="#000000"> SubEntSelectBrep()</font></font></span></font></p>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"><font face="Consolas"><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 9.5pt">{</font></font></span></p>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"><font face="Consolas"><span><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 9.5pt">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></font></span><font style="font-size: 9.5pt"><span style="color:"><font color="#2b91af">Document</font></span><font color="#000000"> doc = </font><span style="color:"><font color="#2b91af">Application</font></span><font color="#000000">.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;</font></font></font></span></p>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Consolas"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"><span><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 9.5pt">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></font></span></span><font style="font-size: 9.5pt"><span style="font-family:;color:"><font color="#2b91af">Database</font></span></font><span style="font-family:"><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 9.5pt"> db = doc.Database;</font></span></font></p>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"><font face="Consolas"><span><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 9.5pt">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></font></span><font style="font-size: 9.5pt"><span style="color:"><font color="#2b91af">Editor</font></span><font color="#000000"> ed = doc.Editor;</font></font></font></span></p>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"><font face="Consolas"><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 9.5pt">&#160;</font></font></span></p>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"><font face="Consolas"><span><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 9.5pt">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></font></span><font style="font-size: 9.5pt"><span style="color:"><font color="#2b91af">PromptKeywordOptions</font></span><font color="#000000"> pko = </font><span style="color:"><font color="#0000ff">new</font></span><font color="#000000"> </font><span style="color:"><font color="#2b91af">PromptKeywordOptions</font></span><font color="#000000">(</font></font></font></span></p>

        "\nSpecify sub-entity selection type:");

    pko.AllowNone = false;

    pko.Keywords.Add("Face");

    pko.Keywords.Add("Edge");

    pko.Keywords.Add("Vertex");

    pko.Keywords.Default = "Face";

 

    PromptResult pkr = ed.GetKeywords(pko);

 

    if (pkr.Status != PromptStatus.OK)

        return;

 

    SubentityType subentityType = SubentityType.Null;

 

    switch(pkr.StringResult)

    {

        case "Face":

            subentityType = SubentityType.Face;

            break;

        case "Edge":

            subentityType = SubentityType.Edge;

            break;

        case "Vertex":

            subentityType = SubentityType.Vertex;

            break;

        default:

            return;

    }

 

    PromptSelectionOptions pso = new PromptSelectionOptions();

    pso.MessageForAdding = "\nSelect solid " +

        pkr.StringResult + ": ";

    pso.SingleOnly = true;

    pso.SinglePickInSpace = true;

    pso.ForceSubSelections = true;

         

    PromptSelectionResult psr = ed.GetSelection(pso);

 

    if (psr.Status != PromptStatus.OK)

        return;

 

    SelectionSet ss = psr.Value;

 

    SelectedObject so = ss[0];

 

    if (!so.ObjectId.ObjectClass.IsDerivedFrom(

        RXClass.GetClass(typeof(Solid3d))))

    {

        ed.WriteMessage(

            "\nYou didn't select a solid, please try again…");

        return;

    }

 

    using (Transaction Tx = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())

    {

        Solid3d solid = Tx.GetObject(so.ObjectId, OpenMode.ForRead)

            as Solid3d;

 

        SelectedSubObject[] sso = so.GetSubentities();

 

        //Checks that selected type matches keyword selection

        if (subentityType != sso[0].FullSubentityPath.SubentId.Type)

        {

            ed.WriteMessage("\nInvalid Subentity Type: " +

                sso[0].FullSubentityPath.SubentId.Type +

                ", please try again…");

            return;

        }

 

        SubentityId subentityId = sso[0].FullSubentityPath.SubentId;

              

        //Creates subentity path to use with GetSubentity

        FullSubentityPath subEntityPath = new FullSubentityPath(

            new ObjectId[] { solid.ObjectId },

            subentityId);

 

        //Returns a non-database resident entity

        //that represents the subentity

        using (Entity entity = solid.GetSubentity(subEntityPath))

        {

            ed.WriteMessage("\nSubentity Entity Type: "

                + entity.ToString());

        }

 

        //Creates entity path to generate Brep object from it

        FullSubentityPath entityPath = new FullSubentityPath(

            new ObjectId[] { solid.ObjectId },

            new SubentityId(SubentityType
.Null, IntPtr.Zero));

 

        using (Brep brep = new Brep(entityPath))

        {

            switch (subentityType)

            {

                case SubentityType.Face:

 

                    foreach (

                        Autodesk.AutoCAD.BoundaryRepresentation.Face 

                            face in brep.Faces)

                    {

                        if (subentityId ==

                            face.SubentityPath.SubentId)

                        {

                            ed.WriteMessage("\nSurface: "

                                + face.Surface.ToString());

 

                            break;

                        }

                    }

                    break;

 

                case SubentityType.Edge:

 

                    foreach (

                        Autodesk.AutoCAD.BoundaryRepresentation.Edge

                           edge

                        in brep.Edges)

                    {

                        if (subentityId ==

                            edge.SubentityPath.SubentId)

                        {

                            ed.WriteMessage("\nCurve: " +

                                edge.Curve.ToString());

 

                            break;

                        }

                    }

                    break;

 

                case SubentityType.Vertex:

 

                    foreach (

                       Autodesk.AutoCAD.BoundaryRepresentation.Vertex

                           vertex

                        in brep.Vertices)

                    {

                        if (subentityId ==

                            vertex.SubentityPath.SubentId)

                        {

                            ed.WriteMessage("\nPoint: " +

                                PointToStr(vertex.Point));

 

                            break;

                        }

                    }

                    break;

 

                default:

                    break;

            }

        }

               

        Tx.Commit();

    }

}

 

//Small utility function

private string PointToStr(Point3d point)

{

    return "[" +

        point.X.ToString("F2") + ", " +

        point.Y.ToString("F2") + ", " +

        point.Z.ToString("F2")

        + "]";

}

    <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><a href="http://adndevblog.typepad.com/.a/6a0167607c2431970b0168e89a885d970c-pi"><img alt="pic" border="0" height="565" src="http://blog.autodesk.io/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mt_imported_image_1759125847.jpg" style="background-image: none;border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;display: inline;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px" title="pic" width="508" /></a></p>  &#160;</p>  <p>Contributed by </p>  <p>Philippe Leefsma, Developer Consultant.</p>  <p>Autodesk Developer Network.

Comments

4 responses to “Selecting Solid3d sub-entities”

  1. Konstantin Avatar
    Konstantin

    is it possible to highlight the selected face or edge of the 3Dsolid ??

    Reply
  2. Philippe Leefsma Avatar
    Philippe Leefsma

    You can use “Entity.Highlight(FullSubentityPath, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U1)] bool)”
    To highlight a sub-entity. Please refer to the help files for more details.

    Reply
  3. Konstantin Avatar
    Konstantin

    Thanks Philippe,
    it already works !

    Reply
  4. Konstantin Avatar
    Konstantin

    Hi Phillipe,
    I have noticed that the command returns an error message if
    you try to select solid3d subentities on COMPOSITE SOLIDS (unioned, subtracted, intersected) CREATED with “Solid history ON”.
    —–Invalid Subentity Type: Class, please try again…
    For NON composite solid primitives (BOX, CONE etc) the command functions as expected, independently of the history settings !

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