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;
}
}
private static void setProperty(NavisProperties properties, int index, InwGUIPropertyNode2 propertyNode)
{
propertyNode.SetUserDefined(index, properties.CategoryName, properties.CategoryName, properties.PropertyVec);
}
private static void setCategoryAndProperty(NavisProperties properties, InwGUIPropertyNode2 propertyNode)
{
try { propertyNode.SetUserDefined(0, properties.CategoryName, properties.CategoryName, properties.PropertyVec); }
catch (Exception exception) { MessageBox.Show(exception.Message); }
}
