/// <summary>
/// Creates an extruded solid from wireframe.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wireframe">The wireframe from which an extruded solid will be created.</param>
/// <param name="length">The length of the extruded solid.</param>
/// <param name="negLength">The negative length of the extruded solid.</param>
/// <returns>The created solid.</returns>
public PSSolidExtrusion CreateSolidExtrusionFromWireframe(PSWireframe wireframe, MM length, MM negLength)
{
// Add wireframe to selection
_powerSHAPE.ActiveModel.ClearCreatedItems();
wireframe.AddToSelection(true);
// Extrude to make solid
_powerSHAPE.DoCommand("CREATE SOLID EXTRUSION");
// Get created solid
PSSolidExtrusion createdSolid = null;
try
{
createdSolid = (PSSolidExtrusion)_powerSHAPE.ActiveModel.CreatedItems[0];
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new ApplicationException("Failed to create solid extrusion");
}
// Edit length/negative length to be as required
createdSolid.NegativeLength = negLength;
createdSolid.Length = length;
// Return created solid
Add(createdSolid);
return(createdSolid);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates an extruded surface from wireframe.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wireframe">The wireframe from which an extruded surface will be created.</param>
/// <param name="length">The length of the extruded surface.</param>
/// <param name="negLength">The negative length of the extruded surface.</param>
/// <returns>The new surface.</returns>
public PSSurface CreateExtrudedSurface(PSWireframe wireframe, Geometry.MM length, Geometry.MM negLength)
{
// Add wireframe to selection
_powerSHAPE.ActiveModel.ClearCreatedItems();
wireframe.AddToSelection(true);
// Extrude to make solid
_powerSHAPE.DoCommand("CREATE SURFACE EXTRUSION");
// Get created surface
PSSurface createdSurface = null;
try
{
createdSurface = (PSSurface)_powerSHAPE.ActiveModel.CreatedItems[0];
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new ApplicationException("Failed to create surface extrusion");
}
// Edit length/negative length to be as required. Set NEGLENGTH initially in case the desired LENGTH is 0, as can't have
// two lengths of 0 within the form
_powerSHAPE.DoCommand("MODIFY", "NEGLENGTH " + negLength.ToString(), "LENGTH " + length.ToString(), "ACCEPT");
// Return created solid
Add(createdSurface);
return(createdSurface);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a revolved surface from a list of wireframe.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rotationAxis">The axis around which to revolve the surface.</param>
/// <param name="angleOfRevolution">The angle round which to revolve.</param>
/// <param name="wireframe">The wireframe representing the profile of the surface.</param>
/// <returns>A revolved surface.</returns>
public PSSurfaceRevolution CreateRevolvedSurface(
Axes rotationAxis,
Geometry.Degree angleOfRevolution,
PSWireframe wireframe)
{
// Set the principal plane
_powerSHAPE.SetActivePlane(rotationAxis.AxisToPlane());
// Select the wireframe
wireframe.AddToSelection(true);
// Create revolved surface
_powerSHAPE.DoCommand("CREATE SURFACE REVOLUTION");
// Check that surface has been created
PSSurfaceRevolution createdSurface = null;
if (_powerSHAPE.ActiveModel.SelectedItems.Count == 0)
{
throw new ApplicationException("No surface was created from the revolution");
}
createdSurface = (PSSurfaceRevolution)_powerSHAPE.ActiveModel.SelectedItems[0];
// Change the revolution angle if required
if (angleOfRevolution != 360)
{
createdSurface.Angle = angleOfRevolution;
}
return(createdSurface);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new compcurve from Wireframe
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wireframe">The wireframe to turn into a CompCurve (arc, compcurve, curve or line)</param>
/// <returns>The CompCurve created from the wireframe</returns>
public PSCompCurve CreateCompCurveFromWireframe(PSWireframe[] wireframe)
{
// Loop through wireframe
List <PSWireframe> duplicatedWireframe = new List <PSWireframe>();
foreach (PSWireframe entity in wireframe)
{
// Duplicate the arc as it will delete the original
PSWireframe newWireframe = (PSWireframe)entity.Duplicate();
duplicatedWireframe.Add(newWireframe);
}
// Add all to wireframe selection
_powerSHAPE.ActiveModel.ClearSelectedItems();
foreach (PSWireframe entity in wireframe)
{
entity.AddToSelection(false);
}
_powerSHAPE.DoCommand("CONVERT COMPCURVE");
//Add the new CompCurve to the collection of CompCurves
PSCompCurve compCurve = null;
compCurve = (PSCompCurve)_powerSHAPE.ActiveModel.CreatedItems[0];
Add(compCurve);
// Delete the duplicate arc from any lists
foreach (PSWireframe entity in duplicatedWireframe)
{
entity.Delete();
}
return(compCurve);
}