/// <summary>
/// Create a new (or update an existing) section family in the model
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the section.
/// May be modified with a numerical suffix if the name already exists in
/// the model.</param>
/// <param name="exInfo">Optional. The execution information of the current action.
/// If an object has been created previously with matching execution information then
/// instead of creating a new item this previous one will be updated and returned instead.
/// This enables this method to be used parametrically.</param>
/// <returns>The created or updated </returns>
public SectionFamily SectionFamily(string name, ExecutionInfo exInfo = null)
{
SectionFamily result = new SectionFamily();
result = Model.History.Update(exInfo, result);
result.Name = Model.Families.NextAvailableName(name, result);
Model.Add(result);
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a new (or update an existing) linear element in the model.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="startPoint">The start of the element set-out line</param>
/// <param name="endPoint">The end of the element set-out line</param>
/// <param name="family">The section of the element</param>
/// <param name="exInfo">Optional. The execution information of the current action.
/// If an object has been created previously with matching execution information then
/// instead of creating a new item this previous one will be updated and returned instead.
/// This enables this method to be used parametrically.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public LinearElement LinearElement(Vector startPoint, Vector endPoint, SectionFamily family, ExecutionInfo exInfo = null)
{
var result = LinearElement(new Line(startPoint, endPoint), exInfo);
if (result != null)
{
result.Family = family;
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a new (or update an existing) section family in the model
/// </summary>
/// <param name="exInfo">Optional. The execution information of the current action.
/// If an object has been created previously with matching execution information then
/// instead of creating a new item this previous one will be updated and returned instead.
/// This enables this method to be used parametrically.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public SectionFamily SectionFamily(ExecutionInfo exInfo = null)
{
SectionFamily result = new SectionFamily();
result = Model.History.Update(exInfo, result);
if (result.Name == null)
{
result.Name = Model.Families.NextAvailableName("Section", result, true);
}
Model.Add(result);
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a new (or update an existing) linear element in the model.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="startPoint">The start of the element set-out line</param>
/// <param name="endPoint">The end of the element set-out line</param>
/// <param name="family">The section of the element</param>
/// <param name="exInfo">Optional. The execution information of the current action.
/// If an object has been created previously with matching execution information then
/// instead of creating a new item this previous one will be updated and returned instead.
/// This enables this method to be used parametrically.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public LinearElement LinearElement(Node startNode, Node endNode, SectionFamily family, ExecutionInfo exInfo = null)
{
var result = LinearElement(new Line(startNode, endNode), exInfo);
if (result != null)
{
result.StartNode = startNode;
result.EndNode = endNode;
result.Family = family;
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Initialise a set to contain all elements in the model to which it
/// belongs which are assigned the specified section.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="section"></param>
public LinearElementSet(SectionFamily section) : base(section)
{
}
