// add new property to existing category
public InwOaPropertyVec AddNewPropertyToExtgCategory(InwGUIAttribute2 propertyCategory)
{
// COM state (document)
InwOpState10 cdoc = ComApiBridge.State;
// a new propertycategory object
InwOaPropertyVec category = (InwOaPropertyVec)cdoc.ObjectFactory(
nwEObjectType.eObjectType_nwOaPropertyVec, null, null);
// retrieve existing propertydata (name & value) and add to category
foreach (InwOaProperty property in propertyCategory.Properties())
{
// create a new Property (PropertyData)
InwOaProperty extgProp = (InwOaProperty)cdoc.ObjectFactory(nwEObjectType.eObjectType_nwOaProperty,
null, null);
// set PropertyName
extgProp.name = property.name;
// set PropertyDisplayName
extgProp.UserName = property.UserName;
// set PropertyValue
extgProp.value = property.value;
// add to category
category.Properties().Add(extgProp);
}
// create a new PropertyData and add to category
InwOaProperty newProp = (InwOaProperty)cdoc.ObjectFactory(nwEObjectType.eObjectType_nwOaProperty,
null, null);
newProp.name = "2021Champions_Internal";
newProp.UserName = "******";
newProp.value = "Who Knows!!";
category.Properties().Add(newProp);
return(category);
}
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;
}
}
public NavisProperties(string name, string value, InwGUIAttribute2 existingCategory)
{
newP.name = name;
newP.value = value;
CategoryName = existingCategory.ClassUserName;
foreach (InwOaProperty item in existingCategory.Properties())
{
if (item.name != name)
{
//Cant be the same item? do i need to re create it everytime?
InwOaProperty existingProp = state.ObjectFactory(nwEObjectType.eObjectType_nwOaProperty) as InwOaProperty;
existingProp.name = item.name;
existingProp.value = item.value;
PropertyVec.Properties().Add(existingProp);
}
}
PropertyVec.Properties().Add(newP);
}