How to read parameters of placed GDL panel in Curtian Wall?

kuvbur — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 11:23:38 GMT

How to read the parameter value of curtain wall panels? Curtain wall panels are made by GDL objects. The usual way (ACAPI_Element_GetMemo(guid, &memo, APIMemoMask_AddPars) of reading parameters for objects does not work, because the panels do not have memo. Is there an alternative way to read panel parameters?

GSErrCode GetCWPanelsForCWall(const API_Guid& elemGuid, GS::Array<API_Guid>& panelGuid) { GSErrCode err = NoError; API_Elem_Head elementhead = {}; elementhead.guid = elemGuid; err = ACAPI_Element_GetHeader(&elementhead); if (err != NoError) return err; if (!elementhead.hasMemo) return err; API_ElementMemo memo; BNZeroMemory(&memo, sizeof(API_ElementMemo)); bool isDegenerate; err = ACAPI_Element_GetMemo(elemGuid, &memo, APIMemoMask_CWallPanels); if (err != NoError) { ACAPI_DisposeElemMemoHdls(&memo); return err; } GSSize nPanels = BMGetPtrSize(reinterpret_cast<GSPtr>(memo.cWallPanels)) / sizeof(API_CWPanelType); for (Int32 idx = 0; idx < nPanels; ++idx) { err = ACAPI_Database(APIDb_IsCWPanelDegenerateID, &memo.cWallPanels[idx].head.guid, &isDegenerate); if (!isDegenerate && memo.cWallPanels[idx].hasSymbol) { panelGuid.Push(memo.cWallPanels[idx].symbolID); API_Elem_Head panelhead = {}; panelhead.guid = memo.cWallPanels[idx].symbolID; err = ACAPI_Element_GetHeader(&panelhead); if (!panelhead.hasMemo) { ErrorBeep("ACAPI_Element_GetMemo", err); } } } ACAPI_DisposeElemMemoHdls(&memo); return err; }

Re: How to read parameters of placed GDL panel in Curtian Wall?

Tibor Lorantfy — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 08:05:59 GMT

If you have the GUID of the placed library part instance (= GDL based element = symbol), then you can get its parameters by using the APIAny_OpenParametersID, APIAny_GetActParametersID and APIAny_CloseParametersID methods. See the GetGDLParametersOfSymbol function below.

This works for CWPanels also.

API_Guid GetSymbolGuidOfCWPanel (const API_CWPanelType& cwPanel) { bool isDegenerate = false; ACAPI_Database (APIDb_IsCWPanelDegenerateID, (void*)(&cwPanel.head.guid), &isDegenerate); if (isDegenerate || !cwPanel.hasSymbol) { return APINULLGuid; } return cwPanel.symbolID; } GSErrCode GetSymbolGuidOfCWPanel (const API_Guid& cwPanelGuid, API_Guid& symbolGuid) { API_Element elem = {}; elem.header.guid = cwPanelGuid; const GSErrCode err = ACAPI_Element_Get (&elem); if (err != NoError) { return err; } symbolGuid = GetSymbolGuidOfCWPanel (elem.cwPanel); if (symbolGuid == APINULLGuid) { return APIERR_BADPARS; } return NoError; } GSErrCode GetCWPanelSymbolGuidsOfCW (const API_Guid& cwGuid, GS::Array<API_Guid>& panelSymbolGuids) { GSErrCode err = NoError; API_ElementMemo memo = {}; err = ACAPI_Element_GetMemo (cwGuid, &memo, APIMemoMask_CWallPanels); if (err != NoError) { ACAPI_DisposeElemMemoHdls (&memo); return err; } const GSSize nPanels = BMGetPtrSize (reinterpret_cast<GSPtr>(memo.cWallPanels)) / sizeof (API_CWPanelType); for (Int32 idx = 0; idx < nPanels; ++idx) { const API_Guid symbolGuid = GetSymbolGuidOfCWPanel (memo.cWallPanels[idx]); if (symbolGuid != APINULLGuid) { panelSymbolGuids.Push (std::move (symbolGuid)); } } ACAPI_DisposeElemMemoHdls (&memo); return err; } GSErrCode GetGDLParametersOfSymbol (const API_Guid& symbolGuid, API_AddParType**& params) { GSErrCode err = NoError; API_ParamOwnerType apiOwner = {}; API_GetParamsType apiParams = {}; apiOwner.guid = symbolGuid; apiOwner.typeID = API_ObjectID; err = ACAPI_Goodies (APIAny_OpenParametersID, &apiOwner); if (err != NoError) { return err; } err = ACAPI_Goodies (APIAny_GetActParametersID, &apiParams); if (err != NoError) { return err; } params = apiParams.params; err = ACAPI_Goodies (APIAny_CloseParametersID); return err; } GSErrCode HandleGDLParameters (API_AddParType** params) { Int32 addParNum = BMGetHandleSize ((GSHandle)params) / sizeof (API_AddParType); for (Int32 ii = 0; ii < addParNum; ++ii) { API_AddParType& actualParam = (*params)[ii]; // Do whatever you want with it UNUSED_VARIABLE (actualParam); } return NoError; } // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- void Do_CWPanelGDLParameters (void) { API_ElemTypeID typeID; API_Guid clickedElemGuid; if (!ClickAnElem ("Click a curtain wall or a cwpanel.", API_ZombieElemID, nullptr, &typeID, &clickedElemGuid)) { WriteReport_Alert ("No element was clicked."); return; } GSErrCode err = NoError; if (typeID == API_CurtainWallID) { GS::Array<API_Guid> cwPanelSymbolGuids; err = GetCWPanelSymbolGuidsOfCW (clickedElemGuid, cwPanelSymbolGuids); for (const API_Guid& symbolGuid : cwPanelSymbolGuids) { API_AddParType** params = {}; err = GetGDLParametersOfSymbol (symbolGuid, params); if (params == nullptr || err != NoError) { continue; } HandleGDLParameters (params); ACAPI_DisposeAddParHdl (&params); } } else if (typeID == API_CurtainWallPanelID) { API_Guid symbolGuid; err = GetSymbolGuidOfCWPanel (clickedElemGuid, symbolGuid); API_AddParType** params = {}; err = GetGDLParametersOfSymbol (symbolGuid, params); if (params == nullptr || err != NoError) { return; } HandleGDLParameters (params); ACAPI_DisposeAddParHdl (&params); } else { WriteReport_Alert ("The clicked element is not a curtain wall or a cwpanel."); return; } } // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Don't forget that the API_AddParType list returned by the APIAny_GetActParametersID method is just a copy! So if you modify it, then the parameters of the placed element won't be changed automatically. You have to call the ACAPI_Element_ChangeMemo explicitly to modify the parameters of the element:

API_ElementMemo elemMemo = {}; elemMemo.params = params; ACAPI_Element_ChangeMemo (symbolGuid, APIMemoMask_AddPars, &elemMemo);

Re: How to read parameters of placed GDL panel in Curtian Wall?

kuvbur — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:13:39 GMT

Works great, thanks!

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How to read parameters of placed GDL panel in Curtian Wall?

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