Model Explorer
Model Explorer of DG Kernel components is a useful tool, which displays structure of
the model, allows quick finding of objects, manipulates view and performs some model
editing operations like movement of objects, Boolean Subtract and other
To open model explorer select Advanced > Model Explorer in the context menu
(right click)
The explorer handles multiple selection in the object tree. It follows the
normal Windows multiple selection rules: Hold control to click several objects.
Hold shift and click first and last to select a range of objects.
The "Position and Orientation" button displays and allows modification of
location and orientation of an object or a set of them. The window shows/modifies
the local frame of the object.
Model Explorer can be opened programmatically using
IGlobalAPI_DG.LaunchExplorer()
When requested, the component raises
DG Kernel event to
notify application about changes in item selection in the Model Explorer. Turn
ExplorerSelectionNotify property of
component context on to receive the notification.
In this case the eventType parameter of the KernelCADEvent(
long eventType, ...) callback method is the
eEventExplorerSelection (value 5)
member of EDIEvent Enumeration.
The actual type of the second parameter
param0 in KernelCADEvent(
...) is IList. This
is a list of entities currently selected in the
Model Explorer. Elements of the list have type
IItem. Query for
IEntity_DG from the
IItem yields a valid interface from which other related interfaces can be queried.
DG Kernel product includes C# source code for the Model Explorer. By
default it is installed into
C:/Projects/DGKernel_<version>/KC/Apps/Edit/EditorsNet folder. Open
EditorsNet\Explorer\Explorer.sln.
If it is needed to copy the project, make sure that the target dll from the
project is created in the Bin folder of the DG Kernel installation directory, where DG Kernel will be looking for it.
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