topic Re: Using AddOn in 3D in Archicad C++ API

Using AddOn in 3D

Dayiz — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:15:37 GMT

Hello everyone!

I'm currently trying to write an AddOn which selects all tilted Walls in a project.

I managed to get the functionality running, but i'm only able to use the AddOn in 2D view, but as soon as i go in 3D, (e.g.: 3D Generic Perspective), the AddOn is greyed out.

Is this the general behavior or is there something I'm missing? Our architects need it in 3D view.

Thanks for any help!

Kind Regards

Dayiz

Re: Using AddOn in 3D

DGSketcher — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:04:46 GMT

You do know you can use Find & Select for this?

Re: Using AddOn in 3D

BerndSchwarzenbacher — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 07:40:30 GMT

Hi Dayiz,

Are you talking about the menu item becoming gray?
Then I think you are looking for the menu control codes. For 3D views you can use "^E3" like in this example:

'STR#' 32500 "Menu string" {
/* [  1] */     "This would be enabled also in 3D views^E3"
}

You can find more details about it on this documentation page: https://archicadapi.Graphisoft.com/documentation/required-resources

Or in case you are creating a palette, you will need something like this

    GSErrCode err = ACAPI_RegisterModelessWindow (paletteRefId, PaletteAPIControlCallBack,
                                                  API_PalEnabled_FloorPlan + API_PalEnabled_3D
                                                   + API_PalEnabled_DocumentFrom3D,
                                                  GSGuid2APIGuid (paletteGuid));

(Details here: https://archicadapi.Graphisoft.com/documentation/acapi_registermodelesswindow)

Best,
Bernd

Re: Using AddOn in 3D

Dayiz — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:44:20 GMT

Thank you very much, this is what I was looking for 🙂

Re: Using AddOn in 3D

Dayiz — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:48:01 GMT

Honestly no, I didnt. But I'm not an architect, just a developer 😄

But I think that tool wouldn't suffice. We also want to check for all multiples of 90° or 45° and also have the option to enter a project offset. While you could manually put in all those values, it would be easier to solve this problem with an addon.

But thanks for your input 🙂