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IModel Interface

GetEntityCount

GetEntity

Save

Update

GetModelPath

GetItemCount

GetItem

See also IModel2, Interface List, Patch Programming Tutorial, MiniCAD Sample

Parameters

pnCount - [out] pointer to an integer variable which will receive the number of objects in the model.

Returns

S_OK in case of success.

Remarks:

The method returns number of top-level objects (entities) in the model.

HRESULT GetEntity(int index, ISection **ppIEntity)

Parameters

index - [in] zero-based index of the object.

ppIEntity - [out] returned pointer to the interface. 

Return Values

S_OK in case of success.

DISP_E_BADINDEX - if index is greater than or equal to the number of objects in the model

 

Remarks:

 

Returns pointer to ISection Interface of the index--th top-level object in the model. Each interface obtained with a call to this method must be released with a call to Release() method of the obtained interface, when it is no longer needed.

HRESULT Save(char* szFilePath)

Parameters

szFilePath -[in] path of the model file.

Return Values

S_OK in case of success. 

DISP_E_PARAMNOTOPTIONAL - if szFilePath is NULL. 

ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND - if there was a failure during saving the file.  

 

Remarks

 

Returns pointer to ISection Interface of the index-th object in the model. Call Release() on the obtained interface when you have finished to use it.

HRESULT Update()

Return Values

S_OK in case of success.

DI_E_INVALIDGEOMETRY - In case the most recent changes where not accepted because they make the geometry of the model invalid. definition of DI_E_INVALIDGEOMETRY can be found in file DIError.h of Samples\Include folder of the installation directory.

Remarks:

This method is equivalent to UpdateSurface of the DG Kernel control with the exception that it does not redraw the control's window automatically. To redraw the window, some method of the particular environment like System.Windows.Forms.Control.Update in .NET or CWnd::Invalidate() and CWnd::UpdateWindow() in MFC has to be called. See MiniCAD sample

The method recalculates the surface of the model after any changes to parameters of the model. This method or UpdateSurface above has to be called after a sequence or a single modification of the models parameters, which affect shape of the object. Most commonly it is done after  call(s)  to one of SetParam methods of IElement or IElem interface. In contrast, for example, object movements with I3DObject do not change internal geometry of the object, so the Update method does not have to be called.

A valid sequence of modifications should involve only one modification per parameter. Before making another modification to the same geometrical parameter Update or UpdateSurface has to be called. For example 

    iElemPoint.SetParam(0, 0.5);
    iElemPoint.SetParam(1, 0.9);
    iModel.Update();

is a valid sequence, but 

    iElemPoint.SetParam(0, 0.5);
    iElemPoint.SetParam(0, 0.9);
    iModel.Update();

is not.

Note that this method is costly in terms of computational load, so it is recommended to call it once per logically complete sequence of user input.

HRESULT GetModelPath(string *path)

Parameters

szFilePath - [in] path of the model file.

Return Values

Returns full resolved model path. This method is particularly useful when the ModelPath property of the DG Kernel component is either not full or has special prefixes

HRESULT GetItemCount(int* count)

Returns count of top-level non-geometric scene items, which are not entities, i.e. which implement IItem, but not ISection interface

HRESULT GetItem(int index, IItem** iItem)

Returns index-th top-level scene item.