Using Do_SolidOperation_Create from Element_Test development kit.

roni — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:40:44 GMT

Hi Team,
I was trying out to create a opening in a wall in ArchiCAD. From the ArchiCAD UI I can create polygonal shaped openings, but it was not supported via C++ library functions (yet to expose).
Checking other possibilities, I found a way to do using Solid Element Operations, where I merge a Morph (Operator) into Wall(Target) and do Subtract operation which will create an opening. This can be done in ArchiCAD UI.
Now trying to automate using C++ code, we have a function named Do_SolidOperation_Create in Element_Test addon provided in development kit. Added the code below

void Do_SolidOperation_Create (void) { API_ElemTypeID typeID; API_Guid guid_Target, guid_Operator, guid_Operator2; GS::Array<API_Guid> guid_Results; if (!ClickAnElem ("Click on a solid operation target", API_MorphID, nullptr, &typeID, &guid_Target)) { WriteReport_Alert ("No element was clicked."); return; } if (!ClickAnElem ("Click on a solid operator element", API_MorphID, nullptr, &typeID, &guid_Operator)) { WriteReport_Alert ("No element was clicked."); return; } if (!ClickAnElem ("Click on a solid operator element", API_MorphID, nullptr, &typeID, &guid_Operator2)) { WriteReport_Alert ("No element was clicked."); return; } GSErrCode err = ACAPI_Element_SolidOperation_Create (guid_Target, guid_Operator, APISolid_Substract, &guid_Results); if (err != NoError) { if (err == APIERR_NO3D) WriteReport_Alert ("Solid operation targets and operators can be freeshape elements only."); else WriteReport_Alert ("ACAPI_Element_SolidOperation_Create failed: %d", err); } else { if (!guid_Results.IsEmpty ()) { err = ACAPI_Element_SolidOperation_Create (guid_Results[0], guid_Operator2, APISolid_Add); if (err != NoError) { if (err == APIERR_NO3D) WriteReport_Alert ("Solid operation targets and operators can be freeshape elements only."); else WriteReport_Alert ("ACAPI_Element_SolidOperation_Create failed: %d", err); } } } return; }

The ArchiCAD provided function ACAPI_Element_SolidOperation_Create only takes Morph object as target.
I want to know is there a way for us to pass a Wall ID to this function and create a opening in the target wall.

Re: Using Do_SolidOperation_Create from Element_Test development kit.

roni — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:00:30 GMT

This documentation shows https://graphisoft.github.io/archicad-api-devkit/group___element.html#ga1a5d9501241379e03fb90fd8137a5b5a
the operation can be done only between two morph elements.
Is there any other way to do Solid Element Operation between Wall and Morph?

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Using Do_SolidOperation_Create from Element_Test development kit.

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