public ObjectId BlockDefinitionToNativeDB(BlockDefinition definition)
{
// get modified definition name with commit info
var blockName = RemoveInvalidAutocadChars($"{Doc.UserData["commit"]} - {definition.name}");
ObjectId blockId = ObjectId.Null;
// see if block record already exists and return if so
BlockTable blckTbl = Trans.GetObject(Doc.Database.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead) as BlockTable;
if (blckTbl.Has(blockName))
{
return(blckTbl[blockName]);
}
// create btr
using (BlockTableRecord btr = new BlockTableRecord())
{
btr.Name = blockName;
// base point
btr.Origin = PointToNative(definition.basePoint);
// add geometry
blckTbl.UpgradeOpen();
var bakedGeometry = new ObjectIdCollection(); // this is to contain block def geometry that is already added to doc space during conversion
foreach (var geo in definition.geometry)
{
if (CanConvertToNative(geo))
{
Entity converted = null;
switch (geo)
{
case BlockInstance o:
BlockInstanceToNativeDB(o, out BlockReference reference, false);
converted = reference;
break;
default:
converted = ConvertToNative(geo) as Entity;
break;
}
if (converted == null)
{
continue;
}
else if (!converted.IsNewObject && !(converted is BlockReference))
{
bakedGeometry.Add(converted.Id);
}
else
{
btr.AppendEntity(converted);
}
}
}
blockId = blckTbl.Add(btr);
btr.AssumeOwnershipOf(bakedGeometry); // add in baked geo
Trans.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(btr, true);
blckTbl.Dispose();
}
return(blockId);
}