/// <summary>
/// Gets the value of a numeric parameter.
/// <code></code>VB sample:<code>Msgbox(GetParameterValue(oDoc, "ParameterName"))</code>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="document">Inventor.Document</param>
/// <param name="parameterName">Name of the parameter as a string.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string GetParameterValue(this Document document, string parameterName)
{
Parameter parameter = document.GetParameter(parameterName);
UnitsOfMeasure uom = document.UnitsOfMeasure;
if (!ParameterExists(parameter))
{
return(String.Empty);
}
var value = parameter.Value;
var unit = parameter.get_Units();
UnitsTypeEnum unitEnum;
unitEnum = uom.GetTypeFromString(unit);
switch (unitEnum)
{
case UnitsTypeEnum.kBooleanUnits:
return((string)parameter.Value);
case UnitsTypeEnum.kTextUnits:
return((string)parameter.Value);
default:
return(uom.GetStringFromValue((double)value, unitEnum));
}
}
public static string GetDocMassUnits(Document document)
{
UnitsOfMeasure unitsOfMeasure = document.UnitsOfMeasure;
string stringFromValue = unitsOfMeasure.GetStringFromValue(0.0, unitsOfMeasure.MassUnits);
return(stringFromValue.Split(new char[] { ' ' })[1]);
}
public static string GetDbVolumeUnits(Document document, bool appendSymbol = true)
{
UnitsOfMeasure unitsOfMeasure = document.UnitsOfMeasure;
string stringFromValue = unitsOfMeasure.GetStringFromValue(0.0, UnitsTypeEnum.kDatabaseLengthUnits);
string volUnit = stringFromValue.Split(new char[] { ' ' })[1];
return(appendSymbol ? volUnit + "^3" : volUnit + " " + volUnit + " " + volUnit);
}
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// Use: Returns Thread Pitch as string using default units.
//
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public static string GetThreadPitchStr(ThreadInfo threadInfo,
Document doc)
{
double pitch = ThreadWorker.GetThreadPitch(threadInfo);
UnitsOfMeasure uom = doc.UnitsOfMeasure;
return(uom.GetStringFromValue(pitch,
UnitsTypeEnum.kDefaultDisplayLengthUnits));
}
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// Use: Return string from API value
//
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public static string GetStringFromAPILength(double value)
{
try
{
UnitsOfMeasure uom = InvApplication.ActiveDocument.UnitsOfMeasure;
string strValue = uom.GetStringFromValue(value, UnitsTypeEnum.kDefaultDisplayLengthUnits);
return(strValue);
}
catch
{
return("*Error*");
}
}