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!
