Update Ortho Views via API

[tom.povey]

Is it possible to update Ortho views via the Plant3D API?

I'm able to get all the views associated with an Ortho drawing, but i can't find any method related to updating or generating an ortho view.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom

[jabowabo]

I don't see anything. Depending on the context, you may can grab the view object ID(s) and use one of the various 'send command' methods: Editor.SendCommand, Document.SendStringToExecute, Editor.CommandAsync

[tom.povey]

Unfortunately the command doesn't take any arguments to specify which view you would like to update, so send command methods won't work. 

Do you know where i can find documentation for the COM API? I've only looked at dotnet. 

Cheers for looking

[jabowabo]

I don't know of any other documentation. This looks promising:

You could potentially iterate the views, test for type, and update each. I don't see how to check for which views are outdated but haven't looked real close.

[tom.povey]

Does look promising! Can't seem to find how to get the PlantOrthoView though, doesn't seem to inherit a View or Viewport. Maybe it's private?

[jabowabo]

maybe a try/catch to open every object id in paper space as an ortho view. Once you find it, you could reverse engineer from there.

[tom.povey]

No luck, can't even find anything that inherits PlantOrthoView. I've even iterated over every object in the drawing but no luck. Hopefully autodesk can get back to us with some more info!

[tom.povey]

Anyone have any ideas?

[mobworld]

Select the view with mouse and execute a command comtaining :

Autodesk.ProcessPower.PnP3dOrthoDrawingsUI.PlantOrthoView view = new Autodesk.ProcessPower.PnP3dOrthoDrawingsUI.PlantOrthoView(true, true);
view.updateOrthoView();

This will update the view selected.

Instead of select the view with mouse, do it using the API instead

[jomar_hipolito]

Have you ever inserted using CreateOrthos()?
Do you know to specify the insertion point of viewport using Plant 3D API C#.
Thank you.

[jabowabo]

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@jomar_hipolito wrote:

Have you ever inserted using CreateOrthos()?
Do you know to specify the insertion point of viewport using Plant 3D API C#.
Thank you.

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Sorry, I do not have any experience with this method.

[phantritech]

It for your idea @jomar_hipolito 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF57so1JJIQ

[jomar_hipolito]

thank you

[jomar_hipolito]

hello, do you know how to select the viewport and read the blockreference inside the viewport using plant 3D API .net? thank you

[jomar_hipolito]

Hello, do you know how to trigger mouse left button using AutoCAD API?
I am inserting viewport using CreateOrthos, but I need to manually click a point on the paper space to insert the viewport.

On this image I need to click using mouse to insert it, or type a number then enter to insert it.
Is there a code in Plant3D API so I can trigger the left click on mouse or connect to the text screen to insert a point.
I tried using sendCommand, but it will wait for me to click or insert the viewport manually before implementing the sendCommand