topic Re: Use PowerShape API to Customize the feacture in PowerShape and PowerMill API Forum

Use PowerShape API to Customize the feacture

hx — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 08:28:50 GMT

Our customer want's to customize the PowerShape to do the operation below:

Import the model
Using the menu 'Object->Feature-Smart Feature recognition' to find the Hole/pocket'protrusion and boss features.

3. Each features which recoginize will group and give the group name.

Take the hole feature for example.

3.1 grouping the hole by hole type, and same diameter.

3.2 give the group name 'Plain hole Diameter xxx'

3.3 getting the hole informations, just like the diameter,depth ot is throught hole. write it out to an text file.

4. can use the Api to do the steps 1 to 3. or using the macro to do it?

refer the example model in attachment.

luke.edwards.autodesk — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 15:50:59 GMT

Unfortunately what you are asking for is not currently directly supported via the API. You can import the model:

powerShape.ActiveModel.Import(new Autodesk.FileSystem.File("...path to file..."));

However the rest would need to be done via macros. You can do this via:

powerShape.Execute("...macro command to call...");

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:51:39 GMT

Luke

Can you collect the hole count information via the API?

Thanks

Nathan

I'm a little rusty and could do with being pointed in the right direction.

luke.edwards.autodesk — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:05:34 GMT

I'm not sure if you can to be honest... Sorry.