Nethook API for creating of a plane?

[Doug Rice]

Having a hard time finding an API equivalent to creating a Plane.  Any help and sample code would be appreciated.

[David Colin]

You need to use mcview class.

How do you want to create your plane (what data) ? 

[Doug Rice]

I  am creating a plane to execute a Roll and translate on a surface.  I am  performing the following when running mastercam.

1.       Planes-> Create New Plane -> Relative to WCS -> Top Z: r_v -152

2.       Planes -> set new plane to C/T (construction/Tool Plane)

[David Colin]

You mean you want a plane which is your actual wcs but rotated -152° on its y axis ? 

Could you post a file with your plane already created to be sure ? 

[byte]

I have a project somewhere,I'll need to dig a little

[Doug Rice]

I am trying to create a plane parallel to the existing plane with an offset.  

[David Colin]

@Doug Rice

I'm not sure what you meant with 'r_v -152 ' ?  A plane parallel to an existing plane is the same plane (same matrix) with just a new origin.

Here is a sample code

//Settings
		Point3D offset = new Point3D(10, 5, 3); // Origin offset value
		
		//Get original plane data from WCS selected
		MCView wcs = ViewManager.WorkCoordinateSystem; // Get WCS view
		Matrix3D matrixwcs = wcs.ViewMatrix; // Get WCS Matrix
		Point3D originwcs = wcs.ViewOrigin; // Get WCS Origin

		//Create a new plane with same matrix and origin offset
		MCView newPlane = new MCView();
		newPlane.ViewMatrix=wcs.ViewMatrix;
		newPlane.ViewOrigin = VectorManager.Add(originwcs,offset);
		newPlane.Commit();
		
		// Set C/T Plane
		ViewManager.CPlane=newPlane;
		ViewManager.TPlane=newPlane;
		ViewManager.RefreshPlanesManager();

CreatePlaneOffset.csx

[David Colin]

Just in case here is an example with any transform rotation + prompt to enter data.

	public void Run()
	{	//Ask for origin offsets
		String offsetStr = "";
		DialogManager.AskForString("Enter origin offsets values from selected WCS (x,y,z)", ref offsetStr);
		string[] offsetCoord  = offsetStr.Split(',');
		Point3D offset = ViewManager.ConvertToWorldCoordinates(new Point3D(Convert.ToDouble(offsetCoord[0]),Convert.ToDouble(offsetCoord[1]),Convert.ToDouble(offsetCoord[2])));		

		//Ask for angles transformation
		String anglesStr = "";
		DialogManager.AskForString("Enter angle values (u,v,w) (degrees)", ref anglesStr);
		string[] angles  = anglesStr.Split(',');
		Double angleX = VectorManager.DegreesToRadians(Convert.ToDouble(angles[0]));
		Double angleY = VectorManager.DegreesToRadians(Convert.ToDouble(angles[1]));
		Double angleZ = VectorManager.DegreesToRadians(Convert.ToDouble(angles[2]));
		
		//Get original plane data from WCS selected
		MCView wcs = ViewManager.WorkCoordinateSystem; // Get WCS view
		Matrix3D matrixwcs = wcs.ViewMatrix; // Get WCS Matrix
		Point3D originwcs = wcs.ViewOrigin; // Get WCS Origin
		
		//Create a new plane with same matrix and origin offset
		MCView newPlane = new MCView();
		newPlane.ViewMatrix = wcs.ViewMatrix;
		newPlane.ViewOrigin = VectorManager.Add(originwcs, offset);

		//Transform matrix about X
		Matrix3D rotatedMatrix = newPlane.ViewMatrix;
		rotatedMatrix.Row1 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row1, rotatedMatrix.Row1, angleX);
		rotatedMatrix.Row2 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row2, rotatedMatrix.Row1, angleX);
		rotatedMatrix.Row3 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row3, rotatedMatrix.Row1, angleX);
		
		//Transform matrix about Y
		rotatedMatrix.Row1 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row1, rotatedMatrix.Row2, angleY);
		rotatedMatrix.Row2 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row2, rotatedMatrix.Row2, angleY);
		rotatedMatrix.Row3 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row3, rotatedMatrix.Row2, angleY);
		
		//Transform matrix about Z
		rotatedMatrix.Row1 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row1, rotatedMatrix.Row3, angleZ);
		rotatedMatrix.Row2 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row2, rotatedMatrix.Row3, angleZ);
		rotatedMatrix.Row3 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row3, rotatedMatrix.Row3, angleZ);
		
		// Affect transformed matrix to view
		newPlane.ViewMatrix = rotatedMatrix;
		
		//Add plane to Mastercam database
		newPlane.Commit();
		
		// Set C/T Plane
		ViewManager.CPlane=newPlane;
		ViewManager.TPlane=newPlane;
		ViewManager.RefreshPlanesManager();
	}

CreatePlaneRotate.csx

[Doug Rice]

Thanks everyone.  That worked for me.

[Tariq Aslam]

is it possible to flip a tool by certain angle or degrees using NETHOOK. I am trying to access that in facing operation but there is no property to manipulate tool plane.

Best regards

Tariq

[David Colin]

You can directly modify your original plane in view manager (but it wil update all your toolpaths using that plane) or you can create a new tilted plane and affect it to your facing operation.

You can change operation toolplane with field ToolPlane from Operation class.

Here is an example reusing example i wrote above.

Script will reverse toolplane of selected operations. It will create a new plane rotated 180° on X-axis from original plane and will affect it to Construction/Tool plane operations.

public void Run()
	{	
		// settings
		bool used = true ;  // True will only modify selected toopath

		// Get all operations from toolpath manager
		Operation[] toolpaths = SearchManager.GetOperations(used);
		
		// Iterate operations
		foreach (Operation op in toolpaths)
				{
				try 
					{
					//Angles transformation
					Double angleX = VectorManager.DegreesToRadians(180); //Convert.ToDouble(angles[0]));
					Double angleY = VectorManager.DegreesToRadians(0);  //Convert.ToDouble(angles[1]));
					Double angleZ = VectorManager.DegreesToRadians(0); //Convert.ToDouble(angles[2]));

					// Get original toolplane view
					MCView Tplane = op.ToolPlane;					

					//Get original toolplane data 
					Matrix3D matrixTplane = Tplane.ViewMatrix; // Get Matrix
					Point3D originTplane = Tplane.ViewOrigin; // Get Origin
					
					//Create a new plane with same matrix and origin offset
					MCView newPlane = new MCView();
					newPlane.ViewMatrix = matrixTplane;
					newPlane.ViewOrigin = originTplane;
			
					//Transform matrix about X
					Matrix3D rotatedMatrix = newPlane.ViewMatrix;
					rotatedMatrix.Row1 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row1, rotatedMatrix.Row1, angleX);
					rotatedMatrix.Row2 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row2, rotatedMatrix.Row1, angleX);
					rotatedMatrix.Row3 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row3, rotatedMatrix.Row1, angleX);
					
					//Transform matrix about Y
					rotatedMatrix.Row1 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row1, rotatedMatrix.Row2, angleY);
					rotatedMatrix.Row2 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row2, rotatedMatrix.Row2, angleY);
					rotatedMatrix.Row3 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row3, rotatedMatrix.Row2, angleY);
					
					//Transform matrix about Z
					rotatedMatrix.Row1 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row1, rotatedMatrix.Row3, angleZ);
					rotatedMatrix.Row2 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row2, rotatedMatrix.Row3, angleZ);
					rotatedMatrix.Row3 = VectorManager.Rotate(rotatedMatrix.Row3, rotatedMatrix.Row3, angleZ);
					
					// Affect transformed matrix to view
					newPlane.ViewMatrix = rotatedMatrix;
					
					//Add plane to Mastercam database
					newPlane.Commit();
					
					// Set C/T Plane to operation
					op.ConstructionPlane = newPlane;						
					op.ToolPlane = newPlane;
					op.Commit(true);
					op.Regenerate();	
					}
				catch
					{
					}	
				}
	ViewManager.RefreshPlanesManager();
	}

ReverseToolpathToolplane.csx