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KB_975380413-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
November 26, 2021
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How to set leader attachment position to surface

  • November 26, 2021
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Hello everyone,

 

I create leader note , for that I passed surface selection with view and pointed , but still It goes outside the view , please help me to resolve the issue.

I shared the code for your reference.

 

ProError ProTestDrawingNoteWithLeader(ProDrawing drawing,ProSolid solid, ProCharLine str, ProCharLine str1, ProView isoView, ProSurface surf, ProVector noteLocation)
{
ProError status;
ProDtlnotedata ndata;
ProDtlnoteline line;
ProDtlnoteline line1;
ProLine wstr;
ProLine wstr1;
ProDtlnotetext text;
ProDtlnotetext text1;
double height = 6;
ProDtlnote note;
ProDtlattach attach, leader;
ProBoolean isShown;

ProStringToWstring(wstr, str);
ProStringToWstring(wstr1, str1);

status = ProDtlnotedataAlloc(drawing, &ndata);
status = ProDtlnotetextAlloc(&text);
status = ProDtlnotetextHeightSet(text, height);
status = ProDtlnotetextWidthSet(text, 0.8);
status = ProDtlnotetextSlantSet(text, 0.0);
status = ProDtlnotetextThicknessSet(text, 0.0);

status = ProDtlnotetextAlloc(&text1);
status = ProDtlnotetextHeightSet(text1, height);
status = ProDtlnotetextWidthSet(text1, 0.8);
status = ProDtlnotetextSlantSet(text1, 0.0);
status = ProDtlnotetextThicknessSet(text1, 0.0);

status = ProDtlnotetextStringSet(text, wstr);
status = ProDtlnotetextStringSet(text1, wstr1);
status = ProDtlnotelineAlloc(&line);
status = ProDtlnotelineAlloc(&line1);
status = ProDtlnotelineTextAdd(line, text);
status = ProDtlnotelineTextAdd(line1, text1);
status = ProDtlnotedataLineAdd(ndata, line);
status = ProDtlnotedataLineAdd(ndata, line1);

ProModelitem modelItem;
status = ProSurfaceToGeomitem(solid, surf, (ProGeomitem*)&modelItem);

ProSelection surfSel;
status = ProSelectionAlloc(NULL, (ProModelitem*)&modelItem, &surfSel);

ProSelection p_sel;
status = ProSelectionAlloc(NULL, (ProModelitem*)&modelItem, &p_sel); //ProArrayAlloc(1, sizeof(ProSelection), 1, (ProArray*)&p_sel);
status = ProSelectionViewSet(isoView,&p_sel);

ProGeomitemdata *srfData;
status = ProSurfaceDataGet(surf, &srfData);

ProContour *surface_counter;
ProEdge *edges;

status = ProUtilCollectSurfaceContours(surf, &surface_counter);
status = ProUtilCollectContourEdges(surf, surface_counter[0], &edges);

ProVector start_point;
ProVector end_Point;
ProEnttype type;
ProVector deriv1;
ProVector deriv2;
ProVector direction;

status = ProEdgeXyzdataEval(edges[0], 0.0, start_point, deriv1, deriv2, direction);
status = ProSelectionPoint3dSet(start_point, &p_sel);

status = ProDtlattachAlloc(PRO_DTLATTACHTYPE_FREE, isoView, noteLocation, NULL, &attach);
status = ProDtlnotedataAttachmentSet(ndata, attach);

status = ProDtlattachAlloc(PRO_DTLATTACHTYPE_PARAMETRIC, NULL, NULL,p_sel, &leader);
status = ProDtlnotedataLeaderAdd(ndata, leader);

status = ProDtlnoteCreate(drawing, NULL, ndata, &note);
status = ProDtlnotedataDisplayedSet(ndata, PRO_B_TRUE);
status = ProDrawingViewRegenerate(drawing, isoView);
status = ProAnnotationIsShown((ProAnnotation*)&note, drawing, &isShown);

if (isShown == PRO_B_FALSE)
{
status = ProAnnotationShow((ProAnnotation*)&note, NULL, isoView);
}
status = ProDtlnotedataFree(ndata);
status = ProDtlnotetextFree(text);
status = ProDtlattachFree(attach);
status = ProDtlattachFree(leader);
return (status);
}

 

Best answer by FV_01

Most likely the same problem as in:

Solved: Creo ProToolkit API pfcSelection::SetPoint() is no... - PTC Community

 

when working with surfaces or edges there should be ProSelectionUvParametSet() call.

1 reply

RPN
RPN18-Opal
18-Opal
November 27, 2021

I’m not at my desk, but I guess you need to transform your point to screen coordinates. This implements a user action in a drawing, where the user picks the location in the drawing. This is not the same.

    K
    KB_975380413-AquamarineAuthor
    13-Aquamarine
    December 1, 2021

    Dear sir, 

    I transform the point to screen coordinate but still it goes outside the boundary ,I share the code for your reference.

     

    ProError ProTestDrawingNoteWithLeader(ProDrawing drawing, ProCharLine str, ProCharLine str1, ProView isoView, ProSurface surf, ProVector noteLocation)
    {
    ProError status;
    ProDtlnotedata ndata;
    ProDtlnoteline line;
    ProDtlnoteline line1;
    ProSolid solid;
    ProMatrix trf;

    ProLine wstr;
    ProLine wstr1;
    ProDtlnotetext text;
    ProDtlnotetext text1;

    double height = 0.1;
    ProDtlnote note;
    ProDtlattach attach, leader;
    ProBoolean isShown;

    ProStringToWstring(wstr, str);

    ProStringToWstring(wstr1, str1);

    status = ProDrawingViewSolidGet(drawing, isoView, &solid);

    status = ProDrawingViewTransformGet(drawing, isoView, PRO_B_TRUE, trf);

    status = ProDtlnotedataAlloc(drawing, &ndata);

    status = ProDtlnotetextAlloc(&text);

    status = ProDtlnotetextAlloc(&text1);

    status = ProDtlnotetextStringSet(text, wstr);

    status = ProDtlnotetextStringSet(text1, wstr1);

    status = ProDtlnotelineAlloc(&line);

    status = ProDtlnotelineAlloc(&line1);

    status = ProDtlnotelineTextAdd(line, text);

    status = ProDtlnotelineTextAdd(line1, text1);

    status = ProDtlnotedataLineAdd(ndata, line);

    status = ProDtlnotedataLineAdd(ndata, line1);

    ProModelitem reqSurfaceItem;
    ProContour *p_contour;
    ProEdge* p_edges;
    int p_contour_count;
    ProSelection *attatchment;
    ProVector start_point;
    ProEnttype type;
    ProVector deriv1;
    ProVector deriv2;
    ProVector direction;
    ProVector out_Point;
    ProSelection surfSel;

    status = ProSurfaceToGeomitem(solid, surf, (ProGeomitem*)&reqSurfaceItem);

    status = ProUtilCollectSurfaceContours(surf, &p_contour);

    status = ProUtilCollectContourEdges(surf, p_contour[0], &p_edges);

    status = ProEdgeXyzdataEval(p_edges[0], 1.0, start_point, deriv1, deriv2, direction);

    //=================== Evalue Point on Surface ============================//
    ProPoint3d p1 = { start_point[0],start_point[1],start_point[2] };

    ProPoint3d closed_Point;

    ProBoolean on_Surf;

    status = ProPoint3dOnsurfaceFind(p1, surf, &on_Surf, closed_Point);

    if (on_Surf == PRO_B_TRUE)
    {
    status = ProPntTrfEval(start_point, trf, out_Point);
    }
    else
    {
    status = ProPntTrfEval(closed_Point, trf, out_Point);
    }

    status = ProSelectionAlloc(NULL,(ProModelitem*)&reqSurfaceItem, &surfSel);

    status = ProArrayAlloc(1, sizeof(ProSelection), 1, (ProArray*)&attatchment);

    status = ProSelectionCopy(surfSel, &attatchment[0]);

    status = ProSelectionPoint3dSet(out_Point, &attatchment[0]);

    status = ProSelectionViewSet(isoView, &attatchment[0]);

    status = ProDtlattachAlloc(PRO_DTLATTACHTYPE_FREE, isoView, noteLocation, NULL, &attach);

    status = ProDtlnotedataAttachmentSet(ndata, attach);

    status = ProDtlattachAlloc(PRO_DTLATTACHTYPE_PARAMETRIC, NULL, NULL, attatchment[0], &leader);

    status = ProDtlnotedataLeaderAdd(ndata, leader);

    status = ProDtlnoteCreate(drawing, NULL, ndata, &note);

    status = ProDtlnotedataDisplayedSet(ndata, PRO_B_TRUE);

    status = ProDrawingViewRegenerate(drawing, isoView);

    status = ProAnnotationIsShown((ProAnnotation*)&note, drawing, &isShown);

    if (isShown == PRO_B_FALSE)
    {
    status = ProAnnotationShow((ProAnnotation*)&note, NULL, isoView);
    }

    status = ProDtlnotedataFree(ndata);

    status = ProDtlnotetextFree(text);

    status = ProDtlattachFree(attach);

    status = ProDtlattachFree(leader);

    return (status);
    }

    RPN
    RPN18-Opal
    18-Opal
    December 1, 2021

    You have two options:

    1. Create in Creo a point and extract the placement xy points
    2. Create with Toolkit a point 

    For both check the difference, I guess it's a transformation issue.

     

    ProDrawingViewTransformGet (

    ...

    ProBoolean view_to_drawing

    ..)

    For me this should be TRUE (You have true) because you want the transform from the Model View to Drawing Coords.

    Did you validate the given Drawing View?

    If you use 1.0 hard coded for the edge, are you sure this is valid and possible (I knew 0.0 - 1.0, but ...) ?

    Same here first figure out how to create just a point within the drawing at the requested position. You can measure this in your model and use this in your code for testing. 

     

     

    Is noteLocation correct?

     

    ProDtlattachAlloc(

    ...

    location - The attachment location. Use if
    the attachment type is set to PRO_DTLATTACHTYPE_FREE
    or PRO_DTLATTACHTYPE_OFFSET.
    For drawing objects and symbols and surface finish on
    flat-to-screen annotation planes, this should be in
    screen coordinates. For symbols and surface finish on
    3D model annotation planes, this should be in model
    coordinates.

    ...)

     

     

     

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