/// <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));
}
}