ComApiBridge.ToInwOpSelection Method

Helper for using COM Api from .NET Api. Translates from ModelItemCollection to InwOpSelection. Makes a copy of the underlying selection.

Namespace: Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.ComApi
Assembly: Autodesk.Navisworks.ComApi (in Autodesk.Navisworks.ComApi.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Shared Function ToInwOpSelection ( _
	modelItemCollection As ModelItemCollection _
) As InwOpSelection
C#
public static InwOpSelection ToInwOpSelection(
	ModelItemCollection modelItemCollection
)
Visual C++
public:
static InwOpSelection^ ToInwOpSelection(
	ModelItemCollection^ modelItemCollection
)

Parameters

modelItemCollection
Type: Autodesk.Navisworks.Api..::..ModelItemCollection

Examples

CopyCOM API and .NET API conversions
ComApi.InwOpState10 comState = ComApiBridge.ComApiBridge.State;

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//Select all
Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.ActiveDocument.CurrentSelection.SelectAll();

//Create a collection
ModelItemCollection modelItemCollectionIn = new ModelItemCollection(Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.ActiveDocument.CurrentSelection.SelectedItems);

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Converting To InwOpSelection
ComApi.InwOpSelection comSelectionOut = 
   ComApiBridge.ComApiBridge.ToInwOpSelection(modelItemCollectionIn);

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Converting To ModelItemCollection
ModelItemCollection modelItemCollectionOut = 
   ComApiBridge.ComApiBridge.ToModelItemCollection(comSelectionOut);

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//get the first item in the collection
ModelItem modelItemIn = modelItemCollectionIn.First;

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Converting To InwOaPath
ComApi.InwOaPath comPathOut = ComApiBridge.ComApiBridge.ToInwOaPath(modelItemIn);

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Converting To ModelItem
ModelItem modelItemOut = ComApiBridge.ComApiBridge.ToModelItem(comPathOut);
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
System..::..ArgumentNullException The modelItemCollection cannot be null

See Also

M:Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.ComApi.ComApiBridge.ToInwOpSelection(Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.ModelItemCollection)