public static Point3d[] AskPoints()
{
var selectionoptions = new UFUi.SelectionOption();
// Type Filter (right next to the 'Menu' dropdown menu in the NX GUI)
var selectionFilter = new UFUi.Mask();
selectionFilter.object_type = UFConstants.UF_point_type;
selectionFilter.object_subtype = UFConstants.UF_point_subtype;
selectionFilter.solid_type = 0;
selectionoptions.mask_triples = new[] { selectionFilter };
selectionoptions.num_mask_triples = 1;
// Only objects in workpart, not in an assembly or other components of an assembly
// aka. Selection Scope (right next the 'Type Filter in the NX GUI)
selectionoptions.scope = UFConstants.UF_UI_SEL_SCOPE_WORK_PART;
int response;
int pointCount;
Tag[] pointTags;
UfSession.Ui.SelectByClass("Select Points to export as CSV.", ref selectionoptions, out response, out pointCount, out pointTags);
Point3d[] pts = new Point3d[pointCount];
for (int i = 0; i < pointCount; i++)
{
// The dialog only returns the Tags (ID as unsigend integer) of the points. The object concrete object will be obtained via the global object manager
Point point = (Point)UfSession.GetObjectManager().GetTaggedObject(pointTags[i]);
pts[i] = point.Coordinates;
}
return(pts);
}
