public Result Execute(
ExternalCommandData commandData,
ref string message,
ElementSet elements)
{
UIApplication uiapp = commandData.Application;
UIDocument uidoc = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument;
Application app = uiapp.Application;
Document doc = uidoc.Document;
View activeView = doc.ActiveView;
using (var form = new FormAddActiveView("Enter Beam Identity Type Mark"))
{
using (Transaction t = new Transaction(doc))
{
Reference selectedBeam = uidoc.Selection.PickObject(ObjectType.Element, "Select a beam");
FamilyInstance beam = doc.GetElement(selectedBeam) as FamilyInstance;
string interrupt = "False";
while (interrupt == "False")
{
//use ShowDialog to show the form as a modal dialog box.
form.ShowDialog();
//if the user hits cancel just drop out of macro
if (form.DialogResult == forms.DialogResult.Cancel)
{
return(Result.Cancelled);
}
string identityTypeMark = form.TextString.ToUpper().ToString();
FilteredElementCollector beamTypesCollector = new FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_StructuralFraming).WhereElementIsElementType();
var wte = beamTypesCollector.FirstOrDefault((e) =>
{
if (string.Equals(e.LookupParameter("Identity_Type Mark").AsString(), identityTypeMark))
{
return(true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
});
ElementType et = wte as ElementType;
t.Start("Add view to sheet");
try
{
beam.ChangeTypeId(et.Id);
interrupt = "True";
t.Commit();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
if (identityTypeMark == "")
{
TaskDialog.Show("Warning", "Please enter an identity type mark");
t.RollBack();
// form.ShowDialog();
}
else if (identityTypeMark == null)
{
TaskDialog.Show("Warning", "This identity type mark not exist");
t.RollBack();
// form.ShowDialog();
}
else
{
TaskDialog.Show("Warning", ex.Message);
t.RollBack();
// form.ShowDialog();
}
} //close catch
} //close while
}
}
return(Result.Succeeded);
}