//get specificaions regarding the dia and spacing
public static List <FEMS_Specs> GetFEMS_Specs(specificationData configFileData)
{
List <FEMS_Specs> specList = new List <FEMS_Specs>();
FEMS_Specs specs = new FEMS_Specs();
try
{
if (File.Exists(configFileData.specsFile))
{
//read all the contents of the file into a string array
string[] fileContents = File.ReadAllLines(configFileData.specsFile);
string[] splitLines = null;
for (int i = 0; i < fileContents.Count(); i++)
{
splitLines = fileContents[i].Split(' ');
if (splitLines[0] != "" && splitLines[1] != "")
{
specs.dia = double.Parse(splitLines[0].Trim());
specs.spacing = double.Parse(splitLines[1].Trim());
specList.Add(specs);
}
}
}
}
catch
{
return(null);
}
return(specList);
}
//method to make choice for placing family instances based on the pipe diameter
public static double GetSpacing(Element ele, List <FEMS_Specs> specList)
{
double dia = 0;
Curve pipeCurve = null;
FEMS_Specs diaAndSpacing = new FEMS_Specs();
try
{
diaAndSpacing.dia = 0.0;
diaAndSpacing.spacing = 0.0;
List <XYZ> points = new List <XYZ>();
if (Math.Round(((LocationCurve)ele.Location).Curve.GetEndPoint(0).Z, 5)
== Math.Round(((LocationCurve)ele.Location).Curve.GetEndPoint(1).Z, 5))
{
pipeCurve = ((LocationCurve)ele.Location).Curve;
//converting dia dn length into millimeters
dia = 304.8 * ele.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.RBS_PIPE_DIAMETER_PARAM).AsDouble();
foreach (FEMS_Specs specs in specList)
{
if (specs.dia == dia)
{
diaAndSpacing = specs;
break;
}
}
}
}
catch
{
return(-1);
}
return(diaAndSpacing.spacing);
}