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Trying to create a custom job to export a wire frame image of a part.

rpminnovationssd — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:00:10 GMT

I have code that uses the Inventor API to generate a wireframe image of a part. Below is a snippet of the code that uses the Inventor.Application object from a stand-alone application the uses the Inventor API.

Inventor.Application inventorApplication = null; Type inventorAppType = System.Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Inventor.Application"); inventorApplication = System.Activator.CreateInstance(inventorAppType) as Inventor.Application; inventorApplication.DisplayOptions.Show3DIndicator = false; inventorApplication.ColorSchemes["Presentation"].Activate(); inventorApplication.ColorSchemes.BackgroundType = BackgroundTypeEnum.kOneColorBackgroundType; ... Document document = inventorApplication.Documents.Open(inventorFile, true); ... View view = inventorApplication.ActiveView; int width = view.Width; int height = view.Height; if (width > height) view.Width = height; else if (height > width) view.Height = width; view.DisplayMode = DisplayModeEnum.kWireframeNoHiddenEdges; view.ShowGroundReflections = false; view.ShowGroundShadows = false; view.ShowAmbientShadows = false; view.ShowObjectShadows = false; view.RayTracingQuality = Inventor.RayTracingQualityEnum.kInteractiveRayTracingQuality; Camera camera = view.Camera; camera.Fit(); camera.Apply(); Thread.Sleep(1000); TransientObjects transientObject = inventorApplication.TransientObjects; Color top = transientObject.CreateColor(255, 255, 255); Color bottom = transientObject.CreateColor(255, 255, 255); view.SaveAsBitmap(outputFileName, 175, 175); document.Close(true); ...

Here is a sample image the above code produces.

I am trying to run this same logic in a custom job. The custom job uses the Inventor.InventorServer object rather than the Inventor.Application object. The InventorServer apparently does not have access to "Views".

I have an implementation that creates a thumbnail image. Without access to "View", I do not have access to "DisplayMode" and other properties needed to format the view for a wireframe image.

Here is a code snippet of the custom job processor without the wireframe formatting.

Inventor.InventorServer inventorServer = context.InventorObject as Inventor.InventorServer; Inventor.Document inventorDocument = inventorServer.Documents.Open(sourceDocumentPath); Inventor.PartDocument partDocument = (Inventor.PartDocument)inventorDocument; // Is there a way to apply these "View" settings to a PartDocument or to the Camera? // Inventor.View view = ... // view.DisplayMode = Inventor.DisplayModeEnum.kWireframeNoHiddenEdges; // view.ShowGroundReflections = false; // view.ShowGroundShadows = false; // view.ShowAmbientShadows = false; // view.ShowObjectShadows = false; // view.RayTracingQuality = Inventor.RayTracingQualityEnum.kInteractiveRayTracingQuality; Inventor.Camera camera = inventorServer.TransientObjects.CreateCamera(); camera.SceneObject = partDocument.ComponentDefinition; camera.ViewOrientationType = Inventor.ViewOrientationTypeEnum.kIsoTopRightViewOrientation; camera.Fit(); camera.ApplyWithoutTransition(); Inventor.Color bottomColor = inventorServer.TransientObjects.CreateColor(255, 255, 255, 1); //white camera.SaveAsBitmap(exportImageFileName, 175, 175, topColor, bottomColor); inventorDocument.Close(true);

Below is a sample image generated from the above snippet.

Does anyone know how to apply "DisplayMode"- and "RayTracingQuality"-type properties inside a custom job using the Inventor.InventorServer object?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Re: Trying to create a custom job to export a wire frame image of a part.

dbyrdJKJBQ — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 20:43:24 GMT

I believe that what you are looking for is in InventorServer.DisplayOptions

Re: Trying to create a custom job to export a wire frame image of a part.

rpminnovationssd — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:01:45 GMT

I tried these options ...

inventorServer.DisplayOptions.Show3DIndicator = false; inventorServer.DisplayOptions.NewWindowDisplayMode = Inventor.DisplayModeEnum.kWireframeNoHiddenEdges; inventorServer.DisplayOptions.RayTracingQuality = Inventor.RayTracingQualityEnum.kHighRayTracingQuality; inventorServer.DisplayOptions.NewWindowShowGroundReflections = false; inventorServer.DisplayOptions.NewWindowShowGroundShadows = false; inventorServer.DisplayOptions.NewWindowShowAmbientShadows = false; inventorServer.DisplayOptions.NewWindowShowObjectShadows = false; inventorServer.ColorSchemes["Presentation"].Activate(); inventorServer.ColorSchemes.BackgroundType = Inventor.BackgroundTypeEnum.kOneColorBackgroundType;

It appears something is still missing.

This is what it looks like with none of the above options.

Thanks for you help.

Re: Trying to create a custom job to export a wire frame image of a part.

rpminnovationssd — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:04:37 GMT

I also tried several variations of these properties with no success. They appear to have no effect.

inventorServer.DisplayOptions.UseRayTracingForRealisticDisplay = true; inventorServer.DisplayOptions.DisplaySilhouettes = true; inventorServer.DisplayOptions.AreTexturesOn = true; inventorServer.DisplayOptions.SolidLinesForHiddenEdges = true;

Re: Trying to create a custom job to export a wire frame image of a part.

Markus.Koechl — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:55:50 GMT

InventorServer does not allow any commands that interact with the user or the graphic display. Therefore, views and rendering options are not available in VaultInventorServer. Leverage a full Inventor application for jobs requiring access to full graphics.

Re: Trying to create a custom job to export a wire frame image of a part.

rpminnovationssd — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 20:17:10 GMT

Thanks for your concise answer. I suspected that might be the case.

I see from this post ...

Solved: Can the JobProcessor create an image of a part/assembly? - Autodesk Community - Vault

... that it is possible to launch a full Inventor application instance from the job processor. Is that the correct approach to take to implement in a job processor job?

Dan

Re: Trying to create a custom job to export a wire frame image of a part.

Markus.Koechl — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 07:49:00 GMT

It is; scroll down or jump to the solution. The code posted there is still valid (up to 2024).

Re: Trying to create a custom job to export a wire frame image of a part.

rpminnovationssd — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:25:55 GMT

Thank you very much.