public override int Execute(params string[] parameters)
{
// current document
Document doc = Application.ActiveDocument;
// COM state object
InwOpState10 cdoc = ComApiBridge.State;
// current selected items
ModelItemCollection items = doc.CurrentSelection.SelectedItems;
// convert ModelItem to COM Path
InwOaPath citem = ComApiBridge.ToInwOaPath(items[0]);
// Get item's PropertyCategoryCollection object
InwGUIPropertyNode2 cpropcates = (InwGUIPropertyNode2)cdoc.GetGUIPropertyNode(citem, true);
// Get PropertyCategoryCollection data
InwGUIAttributesColl propCol = cpropcates.GUIAttributes();
// loop propertycategory
foreach (InwGUIAttribute2 i in propCol)
{
// if category's name match
if (i.UserDefined && i.ClassUserName == "Premier League")
{
// overwritten the existing propertycategory with
// newly created propertycategory(existing + new)
cpropcates.SetUserDefined(1, "Premier League", "PremierLeague_InternalName",
AddNewPropertyToExtgCategory(i));
}
}
return(0);
}
private static void SetValues(ModelItem m, string CategoryName, string PropertyName, string value)
{
state = ComApiBridge.State;
InwOaPath oPath = ComApiBridge.ToInwOaPath(m);
// get properties collection of the path
InwGUIPropertyNode2 propertyNode = state.GetGUIPropertyNode(oPath, true) as InwGUIPropertyNode2;
// creating tab (Category), property null variables as placeholders
InwGUIAttribute2 existingCategory = null;
//Index of userDefined Tab
int index = 1;
//Case 1: Look for an existing category with the same CategoryName
foreach (Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Interop.ComApi.InwGUIAttribute2 attribute in propertyNode.GUIAttributes())
{
if (attribute.UserDefined)
{
if (attribute.ClassUserName == CategoryName)
{
existingCategory = attribute;
NavisProperties properties = new NavisProperties(PropertyName, value, existingCategory);
setProperty(properties, index, propertyNode);
return;
}
index++;
}
}
//Case 2: Category doesn´t exist, create category and property
if (existingCategory == null)
{
NavisProperties properties = new NavisProperties(PropertyName, value, CategoryName);
setCategoryAndProperty(properties, propertyNode);
return;
}
}