private List <Grid> CreateAxes(Document doc, GridParameters p, Orientation orientation)
{
List <Grid> list = new List <Grid>();
Line line = default;
Grid gridLine = default;
double perpendicularSize = p.GetSize(p.GetPerpendicularOrientation(orientation));
double startPoint = p.GetStartPoint(orientation);
double endPoint = p.GetEndPoint(orientation);
int number = p.GetNumber(orientation);
double distance = p.GetDistance(orientation);
using (Transaction transaction = new Transaction(doc))
{
try
{
// Iteration start with one (1), not zero (0)!
for (int i = 1, n = number; i <= n; i++)
{
string name = default;
double offset = default;
if (distance > 0)
{
offset = (distance * i) - (perpendicularSize / 2);
}
double x0 = default;
double x1 = default;
double y0 = default;
double y1 = default;
switch (orientation)
{
case Orientation.Vertical:
x0 = x1 = offset;
y0 = startPoint;
y1 = endPoint;
name = "1";
break;
case Orientation.Horizontal:
x0 = startPoint;
x1 = endPoint;
y0 = y1 = offset;
name = "A";
break;
}
transaction.Start($"Create {orientation.ToString().ToLower()} axis");
line = Line.CreateBound(
new XYZ(x0, y0, 0),
new XYZ(x1, y1, 0));
gridLine = Grid.Create(doc, line);
// Initialize grid axes elevation
double indent = GetElevationIndent();
double elevation = GetHighestElevation(doc);
gridLine.SetVerticalExtents(0 - indent, indent + elevation);
// Set name for first axis in orientation
if (i == 1)
{
ElementCategoryFilter gridsFilter = new ElementCategoryFilter(BuiltInCategory.OST_Grids);
FilteredElementCollector existingGrids = new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.WherePasses(gridsFilter)
.WhereElementIsNotElementType();
List <string> existingGridsName = new List <string>();
foreach (Grid grid in existingGrids)
{
existingGridsName.Add(grid.Name);
}
if (existingGridsName.Contains(name))
{
string prefixName;
do
{
SetPrefixForm setPrefixForm = new SetPrefixForm(orientation.ToString());
setPrefixForm.ShowDialog();
if (setPrefixForm.DialogResult == DialogResult.Cancel)
{
throw new OperationCanceledException();
}
prefixName = $"{setPrefixForm.prefix} {name}";
}while (existingGridsName.Contains(prefixName));
gridLine.Name = prefixName;
}
else
{
gridLine.Name = name;
}
}
transaction.Commit();
list.Add(gridLine);
}
}
catch (ArgumentException)
{
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("The axes can't have same name");
}
}
return(list);
}
