topic Re: Invoking a plugin through automation in Navisworks API Forum

Invoking a plugin through automation

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:26:24 GMT

The plugin(shown below) is running when i click the button in Add-ins tab of Navisworks application. But when I try to execute the plugin through automation its not working.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Text;

//Add two new namespaces
using Autodesk.Navisworks.Api;
using Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Plugins;
using Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Interop;
using Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Timeliner;
using Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Interop.Timeliner;

namespace BasicPlugIn
{
[PluginAttribute("BasicPlugIn.ABasicPlugin", //Plugin name
"ADSK", //4 character Developer ID or GUID
ToolTip = "BasicPlugIn.ABasicPlugin tool tip", //The tooltip for the item in the ribbon
DisplayName = "Simulation Play Plugin")] //Display name for the Plugin in the Ribbon

public class ABasicPlugin : AddInPlugin //Derives from AddInPlugin
{
public override int Execute(params string[] parameters)
{

LcTlSimulationHelper.Instance.Play();
return 0;
}
}
}
#endregion

I am trying to execute the above plugin using

string aString = "Hello";

Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Automation.NavisworksApplication navisworksApplication =
new Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Automation.NavisworksApplication();

navisworksApplication.ExecuteAddInPlugin("BasicPlugIn.ABasicPlugin.ADSK",aString);

But this does not help execute the plugin and start the timeliner simulation.

Re: Invoking a plugin through automation

xiaodong_liang — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:19:37 GMT

Hi,

Did you mean if LcTlSimulationHelper.Instance.Play(); cannot work when calling from an automation, or any code (like pop out a message box in the plugin)? If it is for LcTlSimulationHelper, sorry as I having said, this is NOT a public API we support now. We cannot guarantee all of its behaviors.

Re: Invoking a plugin through automation

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:10:23 GMT

Yes. LcTlSimulationHelper.Instance.Play() is not working when that plugin is called through automation. But it is working perfectly as a plugin in navisworks application.

Re: Invoking a plugin through automation

xiaodong_liang — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:53:10 GMT

Since this is not a public (unsupported) API, things could go wrong.. Sorry for not much helping at this moment.