ComApiBridge.ToModelItemCollection Method

Helper for using COM Api from .NET Api. Translates from InwOpSelection to ModelItemCollection. 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 ToModelItemCollection ( _
	selection As InwOpSelection _
) As ModelItemCollection
C#
public static ModelItemCollection ToModelItemCollection(
	InwOpSelection selection
)
Visual C++
public:
static ModelItemCollection^ ToModelItemCollection(
	InwOpSelection^ selection
)

Parameters

selection
Type: InwOpSelection

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);

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

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

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

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

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

Exceptions

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

See Also

M:Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.ComApi.ComApiBridge.ToModelItemCollection(Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Interop.ComApi.InwOpSelection)