Geometry Selection

[PMDc]

Ok, I've struggled way too long with this. All I'm trying to do is select 3 lines and a point among a bunch of other geometry on the screen and move the selected geometry to a Level. Mastercam X7 MU2 Sp1, NetHook3_0, VS2010Express

 

It doesn't like the AskForMultipleGeometry line. I know it's me asking it to do something it's not supposed to do but I'm too new at this I guess. This is my first attempt at interacting with Mastercam using a NETHook. Everything else I've done has been mostly "outside" of Mastercam's interface.

 

        private void ChgGdGeoLvl()
        {
            Mastercam.Database.Types.GeometryMask gdGeoMask = new Mastercam.Database.Types.GeometryMask(true);

            Mastercam.Database.Types.SelectionMask gdSelMask = new Mastercam.Database.Types.SelectionMask(true);
            gdSelMask.Selected = true;

            Mastercam.Database.Geometry[] gdGeom = SelectionManager.AskForMultipleGeometry("Select GD to be moved to Level 9004", Mastercam.Database.Types.GeometryMask gdSelMask);
            foreach (var item in gdGeom)
            {
                item.Level = 9004;
                item.Commit();  
            }
        }

        private void GdWcsLvl_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ChgGdGeoLvl();
        }

 

[Mick from CNC Software Inc.]

Mastercam.Database.Geometry[] gdGeom = SelectionManager.AskForMultipleGeometry("Select GD to be moved to Level 9004", gdGeoMask);

Taking a quick look at this, it appears that you need to pass in the Geometry Mask, not the Selection Mask to the method.

 

You can also restrict selection to points and lines thus:

var gdGeoMask = new Mastercam.Database.Types.GeometryMask()
                                {
                                    Lines = true, Points = true
                                };

Edited August 5, 2014 by Mick from CNC Software Inc.

[PMDc]

Thank you Mick!

 

That was all it was. I knew I was going about that all wrong. This is the kind of coding you get from a copy and paste learning style.

 

I appreciate the help!

 

-Pat