Create surface finish symbol - journal

[rafl]

Hi
I have wrote a journal ( by editing some code I found) that creates surface finish symbol. The problem is it only selects drafting edges. Can some help me add also dimension selection.

Here's the code :

Option Strict Off
Imports System
Imports NXOpen
Imports NXOpen.UI
Imports NXOpen.UF
Imports NXOpen.Drawings

Module create_surface_finish_symbol

    Private theSession As Session = Session.GetSession()
    Private ufs As UFSession = UFSession.GetUFSession()
    Private theUI As UI = UI.GetUI()
    Private workPart As Part = theSession.Parts.Work
    Private displayPart As Part = theSession.Parts.Display
    Private lw As ListingWindow = theSession.ListingWindow

    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim edge1 As DisplayableObject = Nothing
        Dim view1 As DraftingView = Nothing
        Dim vwname As String = Nothing
        Dim cursor As Point3d = Nothing
        Dim obj_coords As Point3d = Nothing
        Dim cur_coords As Point3d = Nothing
        Dim nr As Integer = 1

        lw.Open()


        While select_a_curve_in_view("Select an edge in drafting view", edge1, cursor) = Selection.Response.Ok
            ufs.Ui.AskLastPickedView(vwname)
            view1 = CType(workPart.DraftingViews.FindObject(vwname), Drawings.DraftingView)
            obj_coords = get_position_on_object(edge1, view1, cursor)

            Dim screen_pos As Point3d
            If select_screen_pos(screen_pos) <> Selection.Response.Ok Then
                Return
            End If

            create_sf_symbol(edge1, obj_coords, screen_pos, view1)

        End While

    End Sub

    Function get_position_on_object(ByVal obj As DisplayableObject, ByVal aView As View, ByRef coords As Point3d)

        Dim guess1 As Double() = New Double(2) {}
        Dim pt1 As Double() = New Double(2) {}
        Dim pt2 As Double() = New Double(2) {}
        Dim min_dist As Double

        Dim loc_view As Point3d = MapAbs2View(aView, coords)

        Dim sp_view As New Point3d(loc_view.X, loc_view.Y, loc_view.Z + 1000)
        Dim ep_view As New Point3d(loc_view.X, loc_view.Y, loc_view.Z - 1000)
        Dim sp_abs As Point3d = MapView2Abs(aView, sp_view)
        Dim ep_abs As Point3d = MapView2Abs(aView, ep_view)

        Dim line1 As Line = theSession.Parts.Work.Curves.CreateLine(sp_abs, ep_abs)
        line1.SetVisibility(NXOpen.SmartObject.VisibilityOption.Visible)
        line1.RedisplayObject()

        ufs.Modl.AskMinimumDist(obj.Tag, line1.Tag, 0, guess1, 0, guess1, min_dist, pt1, pt2)

        Dim markId2 As Session.UndoMarkId = theSession.SetUndoMark(Session.MarkVisibility.Visible, "Delete")
        theSession.UpdateManager.AddToDeleteList(line1)
        theSession.UpdateManager.DoUpdate(markId2)

        get_position_on_object = New Point3d(pt1(0), pt1(1), pt1(2))
    End Function

    Function MapView2Abs(ByVal aView As View, ByVal coords As Point3d)
        Dim vmx As Matrix3x3 = aView.Matrix
        Dim vw() As Double = {0, 0, 0, vmx.Xx, vmx.Xy, vmx.Xz, vmx.Yx, vmx.Yy, vmx.Yz}
        Dim abs() As Double = {0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0}
        Dim mx(11) As Double
        Dim irc As Integer
        Dim c() As Double = {coords.X, coords.Y, coords.Z}

        ufs.Trns.CreateCsysMappingMatrix(vw, abs, mx, irc)
        ufs.Trns.MapPosition(c, mx)

        MapView2Abs = New Point3d(c(0), c(1), c(2))
    End Function

    Function MapAbs2View(ByVal aView As View, ByVal coords As Point3d)
        Dim vmx As Matrix3x3 = aView.Matrix
        Dim vw() As Double = {0, 0, 0, vmx.Xx, vmx.Xy, vmx.Xz, vmx.Yx, vmx.Yy, vmx.Yz}
        Dim abs() As Double = {0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0}
        Dim mx(11) As Double
        Dim irc As Integer
        Dim c() As Double = {coords.X, coords.Y, coords.Z}

        ufs.Trns.CreateCsysMappingMatrix(abs, vw, mx, irc)
        ufs.Trns.MapPosition(c, mx)

        MapAbs2View = New Point3d(c(0), c(1), c(2))
    End Function

    Function create_sf_symbol(ByVal edge1 As DisplayableObject, ByVal origin As Point3d, _
        ByVal screen_pos As Point3d, ByVal view1 As DraftingView)



        Dim nullAnDrafSF As Annotations.DraftingSurfaceFinish = Nothing
        Dim SurfFinish As Annotations.DraftingSurfaceFinishBuilder
        Dim LeaderData As Annotations.LeaderData = workPart.Annotations.CreateLeaderData()
        Dim nullView As View = Nothing
        Dim model_pt As Double() = {origin.X, origin.Y, origin.Z}
        Dim map_pt As Double() = New Double(1) {}
        ufs.View.MapModelToDrawing(view1.Tag, model_pt, map_pt)


        SurfFinish = workPart.Annotations.DraftingSurfaceFinishSymbols.CreateDraftingSurfaceFinishBuilder(nullAnDrafSF)

        SurfFinish.Finish = Annotations.DraftingSurfaceFinishBuilder.FinishType.ModifierMaterialRemovalRequired
        SurfFinish.Origin.SetInferRelativeToGeometry(True)
        SurfFinish.A2 = "0.32"
        SurfFinish.Style.LetteringStyle.GeneralTextSize = 2.5


        If map_pt(1) < screen_pos.Y Then

            SurfFinish.InvertText = False
            SurfFinish.InvertSymbol = False


        ElseIf map_pt(0) < screen_pos.X Then

            SurfFinish.InvertText = True
            SurfFinish.InvertSymbol = True



        ElseIf map_pt(1) > screen_pos.Y Then

            SurfFinish.InvertText = True
            SurfFinish.InvertSymbol = True


        ElseIf map_pt(0) > screen_pos.X Then

            SurfFinish.InvertText = False
            SurfFinish.InvertSymbol = False

        End If

        LeaderData.TerminatorType = Annotations.LeaderData.LeaderType.Flag
        LeaderData.Leader.SetValue(edge1, view1, origin)
        SurfFinish.Leader.Leaders.Append(LeaderData)
        SurfFinish.Origin.Origin.SetValue(Nothing, nullView, screen_pos)


        Dim nXObject1 As NXObject
        nXObject1 = SurfFinish.Commit()
        SurfFinish.Destroy()



    End Function

    Function select_a_curve_in_view(ByVal prompt As String, ByRef obj As DisplayableObject, ByRef cursor As Point3d)
        Dim mask(3) As Selection.MaskTriple
        With mask(0)
            .Type = UFConstants.UF_line_type
            .Subtype = 0
            .SolidBodySubtype = 0
        End With
        With mask(1)
            .Type = UFConstants.UF_section_edge_type
            .Subtype = 0
            .SolidBodySubtype = 0
        End With
        With mask(2)
            .Type = UFConstants.UF_solid_type
            .Subtype = 0
            .SolidBodySubtype = UFConstants.UF_UI_SEL_FEATURE_ANY_EDGE
        End With
        With mask(3)
            .Type = UFConstants.UF_solid_silhouette_type
            .Subtype = 0
            .SolidBodySubtype = 0
        End With
    
        'With mask(4)
        ' .Type = UFConstants.UF_conic_type
        '  .Subtype = 0
        '   .SolidBodySubtype = 0
        'End With
        'With mask(5)
        ' .Type = UFConstants.UF_spline_type
        '  .Subtype = 0
        '   .SolidBodySubtype = 0
        'End With

        ' With mask(6)
        '.Type = UFConstants.UF_circle_type
        '.Subtype = 0
        '.SolidBodySubtype = 0
        'End With

        Dim ufs As UFSession = UFSession.GetUFSession()
        ufs.Ui.SetCursorView(0)

        Dim resp As Selection.Response = _
        theUI.SelectionManager.SelectTaggedObject(prompt, prompt, _
            Selection.SelectionScope.AnyInAssembly, _
            Selection.SelectionAction.ClearAndEnableSpecific, _
            False, False, mask, obj, cursor)

        If resp = Selection.Response.ObjectSelected Or _
           resp = Selection.Response.ObjectSelectedByName Then
            Return Selection.Response.Ok
        Else
            Return Selection.Response.Cancel
        End If
    End Function

    Function select_screen_pos(ByRef loc As Point3d) As Selection.Response

        Dim resp As Selection.DialogResponse = Selection.DialogResponse.None
        Dim localView As View
        ufs.Ui.SetCursorView(1)

        resp = theUI.SelectionManager.SelectScreenPosition("Screen Position:", _
                                                             localView, loc)
        If resp <> Selection.DialogResponse.Back And _
           resp <> Selection.DialogResponse.Cancel Then
            Return Selection.Response.Ok
        Else
            Return Selection.Response.Cancel
        End If
    End Function

    Public Function GetUnloadOption(ByVal dummy As String) As Integer

        Return Session.LibraryUnloadOption.Immediately

    End Function

End Module

 

[cowski]

Modifying your "select_a_curve_in_view" function to add another selection mask will allow you to select dimensions.

With mask(4)
    .Type = UFConstants.UF_dimension_type
    .Subtype = UFConstants.UF_all_subtype
End With

However, other changes will need to be made to accommodate the new selection.

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[rafl]

Thanks, dimension selection works. What else do I need to change if I want to attach the symbol to selected dimension?

 

[cowski]

I see your code uses the .AskLastPickedView function and attempts to convert the view to a drafting view. Most dimensions are placed on the drawing sheet itself; the view for the sheet is NOT a drafting view, you might get an error when trying to convert the drawing sheet view to a drafting view. If this is the case, the code will need to be modified to handle both view types.

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