Data Shortcut with API

[joantopo]

Hi.

I want to do this:

* I have a current drawing file, called such as "dwg1"

- Create a new database. (OK).

-Create a new TinSurface (surface2) in that database (OK)

-Add definitions in that surface: (with CoGO Points and a boundary)  (OK).

-Create a new drawing file, called "dwg2" (OK).-assign that database in that drawing file, dwg2. (OK) - create "data short cut" in dwg2.-Use in dwg1 the surface2 like external data using Data Short cut. Can I make this? Thanks in advance. 

[Jeff_M · Accepted solution]

Not at this time. Data Shortcuts/References have not been exposed in the API.

[joantopo]

Thanks.

I am going to make it in the current drawing then, although I have a great idea: instead of using CoGO points, I´m going to use "Point surface" so this way I avoid to create COGO points in the same drawing that it is I wanted.

[Anonymous]

This post is the latest I could find on this subject and it's 15 months old. Any new word concerning if/when Autodesk might be releasing shortcut functions to the API?

[ralstogj]

Guys

Just wanting to know if there has been any progress on this and if you can at least what references a specific dwg is using.

Regards

Justin

[ralstogj]

Guys

Just wanting to know if there has been any progress on this and if you can at least find what references a specific drawing is using.

Regards

Justin

[Jeff_M]

Nothing new that I am aware of.

[ralstogj]

Ok thanks Jeff.

Regards


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[drewj]

Hi Jeff,

Is this still the case?

I am looking to promote, I couldn't get the PROMOTEALLREFERENCES to work so I tried finding all the references, for example:

ObjectIdCollection SurfaceIds = CivDoc.GetSurfaceIds();
foreach (ObjectId surfaceId in SurfaceIds)
{
CivSurface oSurface = surfaceId.GetObject(OpenMode.ForRead) as CivSurface;
if(oSurface.IsReferenceObject == true)
{

//PROMOTE THEM HERE

}

}

I just cant figure out what to put in to do the promoting 🙂

Thanks for anything you know on this topic.

Regards,

Drew

[Civil3DReminders_com]

Create surface

Create(String, ObjectId)

then paste the surface you want "promoted" into the new surface. PasteSurface

CreateSnapshot

Delete "promoted" surface.

Rename the new surface to the name of the "promoted" surface. 

Not a direct promote via the API, but it should give you the same results as promoting a surface using the UI. 

[MehtaRajesh]

Hello,
Does Autodesk exposed Data Short Cuts API to developers. 
Appreciating the update from Autodesk.
It is worth if we have access of data short cuts to developers to join the broken reference using our functions.
Regards,

Rajesh

[Jeff_M]

@MehtaRajesh Yes, C3D 2020 exposed the DataShortcuts/Drefs in the .NET API.

[MehtaRajesh]

Thanks Jeff for your quickest reply.
I will check with your suggested way and try to fix broken links for data short cuts.
Regards,
Rajesh

[Jeff_M]

@MehtaRajesh There is also the DataShortcutManager in the AeccDataShortcutMgd assembly.

[treforfjones]

Hi Jeff,

Long time no speak.

Again many thanks for the assistance you provided

in cracking the basics of vb and c# .

Salient point choose C#  over vb

I took a year off from coding, (in computing terms

my hard drive was full and I wasn't sure about

the backup.

On reboot, just like an old pc you haven't used for years

it still works but boy does it creak.

With regards to message is this still the case

regards

Trefor

[ebikoba]

How do you go about geting the source drawing path of a data referenced object?

[Jeff_M]

@ebikoba In my response above (message #12) I show the method and properties needed to get the source drawing.

                            Entity ent = tr.GetObject(oId, OpenMode.ForRead, false) as Entity;
                            var civEnt = ent as CivDb.Entity;
                            if(civEnt.IsReferenceObject && civEnt.IsReferencedSourceExisting)
                            {
                                var refInfo = civEnt.GetReferenceInfo();
                                var sourceDwg = refInfo.SourceDrawing;
                            }

[BlackBox_]

Love it when two lines of code replace an Entity.GetReferencePath() extension method from 2018 that iterates XML files based on AssociateShortcutProjectId (UUID), to locate the DREF Source drawing's file path. Haha

https://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?157034-NET-API-functions-to-interrogated-Civil-3D-drawings-fo...

[csandersonGKMZ9]

Hi @Jeff_M, wondering if this is still the case? Trying to automate a couple things to accommodate changes with our company's file system


Sorry, please disregard, parsed through some of the above code a bit more and got my answer!