/// <summary>
/// Pushes changes made to panel properties in the UI to the panels
/// </summary>
private void updatePanelProperties(IEnumerable <Element3D> currentSelection)
{
foreach (Element3D geo in currentSelection)
{
// get the panel data model
cubeDataModel pdm = geo.DataContext as cubeDataModel;
// change the panel data model's properties
if (selectedPanelMaterial != projectMaterials.None)
{
pdm.material = selectedPanelMaterial;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// previews the material of a particular element.
/// used within the previewSelectionMaterial function
/// </summary>
private void previewElementMaterial(MeshGeometryModel3D element)
{
// get the mesh
MeshGeometryModel3D meshSel = element as MeshGeometryModel3D;
// get data context
if (element.DataContext.GetType() == typeof(cubeDataModel))
{
// get the pdm
cubeDataModel pdm = element.DataContext as cubeDataModel;
// assign the color
//pdm.panelMaterial = (selectedPanelMaterial != projectMaterials.None) ? selectedPanelMaterial : pdm.panelMaterial;
meshSel.Material = (selectedPanelMaterial != projectMaterials.None) ? projectMatToHelixMatConverter.Convert(selectedPanelMaterial) as Material : projectMatToHelixMatConverter.Convert(pdm.material) as Material;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Reverts any temporary material previews upon deselection
/// </summary>
private void revertMaterial(Element3D oldSelection)
{
// remove any temp preview colors
Type objectType = oldSelection?.GetType();
if (objectType == typeof(MeshGeometryModel3D))
{
MeshGeometryModel3D meshSel = oldSelection as MeshGeometryModel3D;
if (oldSelection.DataContext.GetType() == typeof(cubeDataModel))
{
// get the pdm
cubeDataModel pdm = oldSelection.DataContext as cubeDataModel;
// reset the color
meshSel.Material = projectMatToHelixMatConverter.Convert(pdm.material) as Material;
}
}
}