/// <summary>
/// Adds a point cloud instance programmatically.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="doc">The document.</param>
/// <param name="engineType">The engine identifier string.</param>
/// <param name="identifier">The identifier for the particular point cloud.</param>
/// <param name="trf">The transform to apply to the new point cloud instance.</param>
public void AddInstance(Document doc, String engineType, String identifier, Transform trf)
{
Transaction t = new Transaction(doc, "Create PC instance");
t.Start();
PointCloudType type = PointCloudType.Create(doc, engineType, identifier);
PointCloudInstance.Create(doc, type.Id, trf);
t.Commit();
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a point cloud.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="document">The active document</param>
/// <param name="identifier">The name of the point cloud</param>
/// <param name="points">The points</param>
/// <param name="transform">The transform</param>
protected void CreatePointCloud(Document document, string identifier, CloudPoint[] points, Transform transform)
{
t_pending_points = points;
using (Transaction t = new Transaction(document, identifier))
{
t.Start();
PointCloudType type = PointCloudType.Create(document, m_identifier, identifier);
PointCloudInstance instance = PointCloudInstance.Create(document, type.Id, transform);
PointCloudBase new_pc = m_pointclouds.Last();
new_pc.ElementId = instance.Id;
new_pc.Document = document;
new_pc.Engine = this;
t.Commit();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the PointCloudInstance instance of the point cloud.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The instance of PointCloudInstance</returns>
private PointCloudInstance GetInstance()
{
FilteredElementCollector coll = new FilteredElementCollector(Document);
List <PointCloudInstance> instances = coll.OfClass(typeof(PointCloudInstance))
.ToElements().Cast <PointCloudInstance>().ToList();
foreach (PointCloudInstance instance in instances)
{
PointCloudType type = Document.GetElement(instance.GetTypeId()) as PointCloudType;
if (type.EngineIdentifier == m_engine.Identifier &&
type.Name == m_identifier)
{
return(instance);
}
}
return(null);
}
