/// <summary>
/// Create a new (or update an existing) panel element in the model
/// </summary>
/// <param name="geometry">The set-out geometry of the element</param>
/// <param name="exInfo">Optional. The execution information of the current action.
/// If an object has been created previously with matching execution information then
/// instead of creating a new item this previous one will be updated and returned instead.
/// This enables this method to be used parametrically.</param>
/// <returns>A new or previously created Panel elemet</returns>
public PanelElement PanelElement(Surface geometry, ExecutionInfo exInfo = null)
{
PanelElement result = new PanelElement();
result = Model.History.Update(exInfo, result);
result.ReplaceGeometry(geometry);
Model.Add(result);
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a new (or update an existing) panel element as a copy of another one
/// </summary>
/// <param name="element">The element to copy.</param>
/// <param name="newGeometry">Optional. The set-out geometry to be used for the new element.</param>
/// <param name="exInfo">Optional. The execution information of the current action.
/// If an object has been created previously with matching execution information then
/// instead of creating a new item this previous one will be updated and returned instead.
/// This enables this method to be used parametrically.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public PanelElement CopyOf(PanelElement element, Surface newGeometry = null, ExecutionInfo exInfo = null)
{
PanelElement result = element.Duplicate();
result = (PanelElement)Model.History.Update(exInfo, result);
if (newGeometry != null)
{
result.ReplaceGeometry(newGeometry);
}
Model.Add(result);
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a copy of an element from another model inside this one.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="element"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public PanelElement CopyFromAnotherModel(PanelElement element)
{
Model oldModel = element.Model;
ExecutionInfo exInfo = oldModel.History.ExecutionInfoFor(element);
PanelElement newElement = CopyOf(element, null, exInfo);
if (element.Family != null)
{
ExecutionInfo famExInfo = oldModel.History.ExecutionInfoFor(element.Family);
newElement.Family = CopyOf(element.Family, famExInfo);
}
//TODO: Copy other properties?
return(newElement);
}
public ICoordinateSystem GetCoordinateSystem(PanelElement element)
{
return(element.LocalCoordinateSystem());
}