topic Re: How to get sightPtr in Archicad C++ API

How to get sightPtr

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:33:12 GMT

Hi guys.

I would like to export model from ARCHICAD. Different from ModelAccess_Test module which triggers the functions by "save", the requirement is to click the button on the menu. However, if I install menu handler, I could not get Modeler::SightPtr like Install_FileTypeHandler3D. I was wondering how to get Modeler::SightPtr in some other ways.

Thanks in advance.

Re: How to get sightPtr

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:41:06 GMT

I use ACAPI_3D_GetCurrentWindowSight but when the button is gray in 3D window...When I click it in the non-3D window, ACAPI_3D_GetCurrentWindow returns bad window.

Re: How to get sightPtr

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:41:42 GMT

Could anybody be so kind as to help me please?

Re: How to get sightPtr

Tibor Lorantfy — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:13:59 GMT

Hi scandi,

If you register a new menu item from an Add-On by default it will be enabled (not gray) only when a 2D view (floorplan) is active.
But you can enable your menu items under any other view types if you modify the resource string of your menu item in your GRC file. Simply add ^E3 (= Enable in 3D) after the string title of your menu item into the GRC and it won't be gray and you will be able to use ACAPI_3D_GetCurrentWindowSight:

'STR#' 32500 "My menu strings" {
/* [  1] */     "My Main Menu"
/* [  2] */         "My Menu^E3"
}

See more informations here: http://archicadapi.graphisoft.com/documentation/required-resources

Re: How to get sightPtr

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:29:29 GMT

Thank you Tibor! I got it.

Re: How to get sightPtr

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 09:53:37 GMT

Tibor wrote:
Hi scandi,

If you register a new menu item from an Add-On by default it will be enabled (not gray) only when a 2D view (floorplan) is active.
But you can enable your menu items under any other view types if you modify the resource string of your menu item in your GRC file. Simply add ^E3 (= Enable in 3D) after the string title of your menu item into the GRC and it won't be gray and you will be able to use ACAPI_3D_GetCurrentWindowSight:
'STR#' 32500 "My menu strings" {
/* [  1] */     "My Main Menu"
/* [  2] */         "My Menu^E3"
}
See more informations here: http://archicadapi.graphisoft.com/documentation/required-resources

Hi Tibor.

Could you please tell me how to enable the button only in 3D window please? Is there a disable-2D string?

Thanks in advance!

Re: How to get sightPtr

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 09:59:17 GMT

scandi wrote:
Tibor wrote:
Hi scandi,

If you register a new menu item from an Add-On by default it will be enabled (not gray) only when a 2D view (floorplan) is active.
But you can enable your menu items under any other view types if you modify the resource string of your menu item in your GRC file. Simply add ^E3 (= Enable in 3D) after the string title of your menu item into the GRC and it won't be gray and you will be able to use ACAPI_3D_GetCurrentWindowSight:
'STR#' 32500 "My menu strings" {
/* [  1] */     "My Main Menu"
/* [  2] */         "My Menu^E3"
}
See more informations here: http://archicadapi.graphisoft.com/documentation/required-resources
Hi Tibor.

Could you please tell me how to enable the button only in 3D window please? Is there a disable-2D string?

Thanks in advance!

I find it! "^D2" will work. Maybe D2 means "Disable in 2D".

Re: How to get sightPtr

Ralph Wessel — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:31:30 GMT

scandi wrote:
I find it! "^D2" will work. Maybe D2 means "Disable in 2D".

Follow the link Tibor gave you - it provides all the documentation for the menu resources: http://archicadapi.graphisoft.com/documentation/required-resources

Re: How to get sightPtr

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:54:43 GMT

Ralph wrote:

scandi wrote:
I find it! "^D2" will work. Maybe D2 means "Disable in 2D".
Follow the link Tibor gave you - it provides all the documentation for the menu resources: http://archicadapi.graphisoft.com/documentation/required-resources

Thank you. I didn't notice that link.