I am making a C# Add-in, I need to create a plane from a selected face, I am using the following code, but I am getting stuck.
if (((mApp.ActiveDocument != null)))
{
if ((mApp.ActiveDocument.DocumentType == DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject))
{
PartComponentDefinition oPartCom = mApp.ActiveDocument as PartComponentDefinition;
PartDocument oDoc = mApp.ActiveDocument as PartDocument;
[code].......
I am working on a project were I need to select a face and create a workplane out of such face, see the figure attach. my language of choice is C#.
Here is what I think it should be done, my proble is that the oWork (the workplane I just created remains null) and the whole project crashes.
private Inventor.Application mApp = null;.....if (((mApp.ActiveDocument != null))){
if ((mApp.ActiveDocument.DocumentType == DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject)){
PartComponentDefinition oPartCom = mApp.ActiveDocument as PartComponentDefinition;
PartDocument oDoc = mApp.ActiveDocument as PartDocument;if ((oDoc.SelectSet[1]) is Face){
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("You just selected a surface", "Surface Evaluator");Face oFace = oDoc.SelectSet[1] as Face;
WorkPlane oWorkpl = oFace as WorkPlane;
PlanarSketch oSketch = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.Sketches.Add(oWorkpl, false);
//WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
}}}
In an assembly document, I try to add a MateConstraint between male and female side of an 45 degrees elbow. The male side is built on the XZ Plane and Y Axis And I try to create a workplane on the female face.
But a got an error with the last line of code. Here's my code (vb.net code) :
' Get application object
Dim app As Inventor.Application = GetObject(, "Inventor.Application")
Dim doc As Inventor.AssemblyDocument = app.ActiveDocument
[Code] .......
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Private WithEvents oInteraction As InteractionEvents
Private WithEvents oselect As SelectEvents
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Set oInteraction = ThisApplication.CommandManager.CreateInteractionEvents
Set oselect = oInteraction.SelectEvents
[code]...
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Autodesk Inventor 2013-64Bit Edition
Intel Xeon W3520 @ 2.67GHz
Win 7 Pro
6.7 System Rating
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
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Public Sub NewWorkPlaneCreate()
Dim oAssly As AssemblyDocument
Set oAssly = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
[Code].....
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Please see attached a small view on the browser where you can see the suppressed Planes.
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One plane like this:
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Here's my
Public Function IntersectionPoint(ByVal app As Inventor.Application,
ByVal wp As Inventor.WorkPlane) As Inventor.Point
Dim oTransGeom As Inventor.TransientGeometry = app.TransientGeometry
Dim startPoint As Inventor.Point = oTransGeom.CreatePoint(Me.StartVertex.X,
[Code] ......
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