Create Entities Groups C#

[eltklas]

I'm checking that this forum has little movement.

There are several unanswered questions of mine. I imagine the same thing would happen with this one, but just in case here's the question.

Is there a way to create groups or lists of entities (arcs, lines, points...) and be able to call them to use them when needed? in case I want to move or copy them.

Thank you all for the answers.

[byte]

4 hours ago, eltklas said:

I'm checking that this forum has little movement.

There are several unanswered questions of mine. I imagine the same thing would happen with this one, but just in case here's the question.

Is there a way to create groups or lists of entities (arcs, lines, points...) and be able to call them to use them when needed? in case I want to move or copy them.

Thank you all for the answers.

hi eltklas,

i don't visit this forum that often, usually i go on the mastercam official forum,

here is an example of adding an arc to a list and translating it

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Mastercam.Database;
using Mastercam.Curves;
using Mastercam.Math;
var topView = Mastercam.IO.ViewManager.GetAllViews(false)[0];

var point = new Point3D(0.0,0.0,1.0);//lets say we created a point at z 1.0
var radius = 0.5;
var arcs = ArcCreator.CreateArc(topView,point,radius);

var fromView = topView;//translate from top view
var toView = topView;//translate to top view (for simplicity)
var fromPoint = new Point3D(0.0,0.0,0.0);//translate from 0
var toPoint = new Point3D(1.0,0.0,0.0);//translate to 1
bool copy = false;//true to copy



//lets say you executed some code here


//...your code



//now lets select the geometry and commit it then translate
foreach(var myarc in arcs)
{
	
        myarc.Selected = true;//sel bit turn on

        // Commit the arc to select it
        myarc.Commit();//rewrite_ent
}
Mastercam.GeometryUtility.GeometryManipulationManager.TranslateGeometry(fromPoint,toPoint,fromView,toView,copy);
public class ArcCreator
{
    // Method to create an arc and return a list of created arcs
    public static List<ArcGeometry> CreateArc(MCView view, Point3D point, double radius)
    {
        // List to store created arcs
        var arcList = new List<ArcGeometry>();

        // Create a new arc with specified parameters
        var arc = new ArcGeometry
        {
            View = view,
            ViewNumber = view.ViewNumber,
            Data =
            {
                CenterPoint = point,
                Radius = radius,
                StartAngleDegrees = 0.0,
                EndAngleDegrees = 360.0
            },
            Selected = false,
            Color = 9
        };

        // Commit the arc and add to list
        arc.Commit();
        arcList.Add(arc);

        // Return the list of created arcs
        return arcList;
    }
}

 

[eltklas]

I have requested access to that forum, I am waiting for It.

Thanks for answer. Must the list have only arcs? Can I have more type of entities?

Thans again.

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On 4/22/2024 at 3:03 AM, eltklas said:

I have requested access to that forum, I am waiting for It.

Thanks for answer. Must the list have only arcs? Can I have more type of entities?

Thans again.

sure if you want to store multiple types in List<> the best way is to store the entity ids as long (or int for .NET ) 

to get the id you call GetEntityID(), then retrieve it using the Mastercam.Support.SearchManager function for retrieving the entity by id