/// <summary>
/// Create a new sheet with some default views according to the format type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name for the sheet.</param>
/// <param name="units">The measurement system type for the sheet.</param>
/// <param name="formatType">The <see cref="formatType"/>.</param>
/// <remarks>
/// It builds the format block and it adds the created BlockReference to the Sheet and the block to the Drawings Blocks collection.
/// </remarks>
public void AddSheet(string name, linearUnitsType units, formatType formatType, bool addDefaultView = true)
{
Tuple <double, double> size = DrawingsPanel.GetFormatSize(units, formatType);
Sheet sheet = new Sheet(units, size.Item1, size.Item2, name);
Block block;
BlockReference br = drawingsPanel1.CreateFormatBlock(formatType, sheet, out block);
drawings1.Blocks.Add(block);
sheet.Entities.Add(br); // not possible adding the entity to Drawings because the control handle is not created yet. it will be added when this sheet will be set as the active one.
drawings1.Sheets.Add(sheet);
// adds a set of default views.
if (addDefaultView)
{
AddDefaultViews(sheet);
}
}
private void AddDefaultViews(Sheet sheet)
{
// this samples uses values in millimeters to add views and it uses this factor to get converted values.
double unitsConversionFactor = Utility.GetLinearUnitsConversionFactor(linearUnitsType.Millimeters, sheet.Units);
double scaleFactor = drawingsPanel1.GetScaleComboValue();
// adds Front vector view
sheet.Entities.Add(new VectorView(70 * unitsConversionFactor, 230 * unitsConversionFactor, viewType.Top, scaleFactor, DrawingsPanel.GetViewName(sheet, viewType.Top)));
// adds Trimetric raster view
sheet.Entities.Add(new RasterView(150 * unitsConversionFactor, 230 * unitsConversionFactor, viewType.Trimetric, scaleFactor, DrawingsPanel.GetViewName(sheet, viewType.Trimetric, true)));
// adds Top vector view
sheet.Entities.Add(new VectorView(70 * unitsConversionFactor, 130 * unitsConversionFactor, viewType.Front, scaleFactor, DrawingsPanel.GetViewName(sheet, viewType.Front)));
// adds Right vector view
sheet.Entities.Add(new VectorView(150 * unitsConversionFactor, 130 * unitsConversionFactor, viewType.Right, scaleFactor, DrawingsPanel.GetViewName(sheet, viewType.Right)));
}
