Finding the right object

Creating Drawing Views
Method Introduced:
• pfcModel2D.Model2D.CreateView
The method pfcModel2D.Model2D.CreateView creates a new view in the drawing. Before calling this method, the drawing must be displayed in a window.
The pfcView2D.View2DCreateInstructions contains details on how to create the view. The types of drawing views supported for creation are:
• DRAWVIEW_GENERAL—General drawing views
• DRAWVIEW_PROJECTION—Projected drawing views

i hope this gives you a clue 

Hi Allan,

I had a similar issue with a drawing. There was an issue where the code was not working in drawing mode when the drawing was opened from  J-Link but it was working when the drawing was the current model.

In Toolkit we can solved the  when we play the mapkey "Windows activate -> Crtl-A" but in J-Link is this not possible because we do not have functionality corresponding to the Toolkit function ProMacroExecute() - which synchronize the mapkey executed Session.runMacro() will load only the mapkey in the Creo  Program stack and the mapkey will be executed first when the focus is back to UI. Ok there is the dirty solution that mapkey will call a button which continue the program but is not worth to discuss it here further.

So in my case I used some code like this:

public class TryBody

{
public TryBody(Session inSession) {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////
Drawing drw=null;
String LOG_FILE = "test_log.txt";
Logger l = new Logger( LOG_FILE );
String MOD_NAME="test_dawing.drw";
l.write("===============================================");
l.write("======== TEST LOGGER FILE Issue =======");
l.write("===============================================");
 
 	 try {

 inSession.GetCurrentWindow().Activate();
 ModelDescriptor proeModelDescriptor=pfcModel.ModelDescriptor_CreateFromFileName(MOD_NAME);
 
 proeModelDescriptor.SetPath(".\\data");

 	
 			 drw=(Drawing) inSession.GetCurrentModel();
 			 if(drw==null)
 {
					 Log.write("WARNING Error no current model:" );

 				 drw=(Drawing) inSession.RetrieveModelWithOpts(proeModelDescriptor,pfcSession.RetrieveModelOptions_Create());
 				 drw.Display();
					 //Make sure that the drawing is displayed...
 Thread.sleep(1000);
				 }
 if(drw !=null)
 {
 l.write("========testDrawingIssue will start ==================");

 testDrawingIssue((Model) drw,l);
 l.write("======= testDrawingIssue() finished ==================");
 					 }


 			 } catch (jxthrowable x)

 			 {
 			 // TODO Auto-generated catch block
 			 x.printStackTrace();
 			 
 			 } catch (Exception e)
 			 {
 			 // TODO Auto-generated catch block
 			 e.printStackTrace();
 			 
 		 }
 		 finally {
				 				 l.write("===============================================");
				 				 	 l.write("======== END =======");
				 				 	 l.write("===============================================");
				 try{inSession.GetCurrentWindow().SetURL (inSession.GetCurrentDirectory()+LOG_FILE);}
				 catch (Exception e1) {JOptionPane.showMessageDialog ( null,"<p> EXCEPTION in inSession.GetCurrentWindow(): "+e1+" <br>");}
				 }
 /////////////////////////////////
 }

So what I did try  here is that when the drawing model is not the current model (here is not relevant if drawing or an assembly) The important part is that we will use another function sequnece to display the model and will also wait for a second (sleep). In my case was this the solution. May be, this could help also in your case.

Another approach is  to create a new window . (this means a second windows to display model - later if you want you can close the old window)

com.ptc.pfc.pfcWindow.Window current_window = null;
 	 try {


 inSession.GetCurrentWindow().Activate();
 ModelDescriptor proeModelDescriptor=pfcModel.ModelDescriptor_CreateFromFileName(MOD_NAME);
 
 proeModelDescriptor.SetPath(".\\customer_data");

 				 
 			 current_model= inSession.GetCurrentModel();
 			 if(current_model==null)
 {
					 Log.write("WARNING Error no current model:" );
					 }
					 else
					 {
 				 new_model = inSession.RetrieveModelWithOpts(proeModelDescriptor,pfcSession.RetrieveModelOptions_Create());
 				 
 Thread.sleep(500);
				 }
 if(new_model !=null)
 {
 l.write("========TEST HERE THE CUSTOMERS ISSSUE ==================");

 com.ptc.pfc.pfcWindow.Window my_window=inSession.CreateModelWindow((Model) new_model);
 if(my_window != null)
 { my_window.Repaint();
							my_window.Refresh();
							my_window.Activate();
							current_window=my_window;
							 }
 l.write("======= OK customer Test =======================");
 					 }


 			 } catch (jxthrowable x)

....

After haven given up on it for a while, I was trying again.
I was trying with getting to use the "Standard Orientation" it look like it doesn't work, it works with view I have saved in the model.

Does any of you know how to get the Standard Oriantation?

Allan

Hi

I have come to this code.

I have a drawing open, and I will like to open the part associate to it, reorient the part. But it didn't rotate.

I think it is because I did not do it on the right object.

I tryed with another part insted of the drawing open, here the open part reorient and then open the new part.

The value of window.GetModel().GetFileName() is 15000000.prt

But the value of MySession.GetModel().GetFileName() is the part open from the biginning or the drawing, depent the test.

How can I get the new acitve?

Is there a way change that part I'm working on?

Window window = MySession.OpenFile(pfcModel.ModelDescriptor_CreateFromFileName("15000000.prt"));
window.Activate();

Model localModel = window.GetModel();

View view = localModel.RetrieveView("Default");

Allan