Converting OTK Objects to Pro/Tk

[mark_stallard]

Hi Everyone -

I've been working with the new Object Toolkit on Creo 2.0 these
past few weeks. Things have been OK so far, but I'm discovering
something that's much harder than it should be: Converting OTK
objects for use in Pro/Toolkit.

So far, the two standout cases are:

- Converting pfcModelItem_ptr to ProModelitem
- Converting pfcModel_ptr to ProMdl

Getting ProModelitem from pfcModelItem_ptr is especially bad
because ProModelitemInit (and its variants) require a ProMdl
argument. I can't find a pfcModelItem_ptr method to get the
parent pfcModel_ptr.

I think I see a path to convert pfcModel_ptr to ProMdl, but
it will probably be more complicated than I like.

Did I miss something in the OTK documentation?

If I can't get a reasonable solution to these problems, then
I'll won't be using Object Toolkit very much this year.

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Mark Stallard
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[FV]

Hi all,

Mark,

I think the trick is to get a converted pointer to ProModelitem.

Try this:

pfcModel_ptr pMdl = Session->GetCurrentModel();

if (pMdl != NULL)

{

const ProSolid solid = (ProSolid) wfcGetHandleFromObject( pfcObject::cast(pMdl));

}

pfcModelitem_ptr pMi;

....

const ProModelitem *p_mi = (ProModelitem*) wfcGetHandleFromObject( pfcObject::cast(pMi) );

Feliks.

In Reply to Mark Stallard:

Hi Everyone -

I've been working with the new Object Toolkit on Creo 2.0 these
past few weeks. Things have been OK so far, but I'm discovering
something that's much harder than it should be: Converting OTK
objects for use in Pro/Toolkit.

So far, the two standout cases are:

- Converting pfcModelItem_ptr to ProModelitem
- Converting pfcModel_ptr to ProMdl

Getting ProModelitem from pfcModelItem_ptr is especially bad
because ProModelitemInit (and its variants) require a ProMdl
argument. I can't find a pfcModelItem_ptr method to get the
parent pfcModel_ptr.

I think I see a path to convert pfcModel_ptr to ProMdl, but
it will probably be more complicated than I like.

Did I miss something in the OTK documentation?

If I can't get a reasonable solution to these problems, then
I'll won't be using Object Toolkit very much this year.

|+| M a r k |+|

Mark Stallard
Business Application Services
Global Business Services Information Technology
Raytheon Company




(business)
339-645-6423
(cell)
617-331-5443



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[mark_stallard]

Feliks -

Thank you for your reply to this.

> pfcModel_ptr pMdl = Session->GetCurrentModel();

This assumes that the current model will not change after I obtain the
pfcModelitem_ptr. I would prefer to use the pfcModelitem_ptr to obtain
its parent pfcModelitem_ptr. If I can't do that, then I'll have to
carry some additional overhead, such as storing both pfcModel_ptr and
pfcModelitem_ptr, or performing the Pro/Toolkit conversion immediately
whenever I get a pfcModelitem_ptr.

Frankly, the best thing PTC could do here is to provide us with utilities
and/or sample code to perform these conversions. It's unrealistic to
expect OTK to immediately replace Pro/Toolkit - think of how long it
took to replace Pro/Develop.

For now, I'll probably need to write my own conversion utilities.

Thanks again for your reply.

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Mark Stallard
Business Application Services
Global Business Services Information Technology
Raytheon Company




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339-645-6423
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[pwilliams-3]

I think this is a topic of concern that you should bring up during the face-to-face meetings in June.

Patrick Williams | Engineering Systems | c: 616.947.2110
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