// ****************
// Public
#region Public Methods
/// <summary>
/// Initialize an Inventor and prepare variables
/// </summary>
public InventorAPI()
{
try
{
// Trying to seize control of the inventory application
InventorApplication = (Application)Marshal.
GetActiveObject("Inventor.Application");
}
catch (Exception)
{
try
{
// If the application could not be intercepted, it will
// be thrown out that there is no such application. Let's
// try to create an application manually
Type _inventorApplicationType = Type.
GetTypeFromProgID("Inventor.Application");
InventorApplication = (Application)Activator.
CreateInstance(_inventorApplicationType);
InventorApplication.Visible = true;
}
catch (Exception)
{
// If nothing happened, we’ll discard the message that
// the inventory is not installed, or for some reason
// did not manage to reach it.
PluginReporter.Instance().Add(
PluginReporter.TypeError.ErrorAPI,
"Failed to start Inventor.");
}
}
Initialization(InventorApplication);
}
/// <summary>
/// The method of initializing the assembly document
/// </summary>
/// <param name="InventorApplication"> Link to the application </param>
public void Initialization(Application InventorApplication)
{
if (InventorApplication == null)
{
PluginReporter.Instance().Add(
PluginReporter.TypeError.ErrorAPI,
"Failed to start Inventor");
return;
}
// In the open application, create a metric assembly
_partDoc = (PartDocument)InventorApplication.Documents.Add
(DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject,
InventorApplication.FileManager.
GetTemplateFile(DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject,
SystemOfMeasureEnum.kMetricSystemOfMeasure));
// Document description
_partDef = _partDoc.ComponentDefinition;
// Initialize the geometry method
_transGeometry = InventorApplication.TransientGeometry;
}