NavisworksApplication Class

Provides the same interface as Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.ApplicationParts.ApplicationAutomation but via Automation. Calls made via this class eventually call methods on Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.ApplicationParts.ApplicationAutomation.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Class NavisworksApplication _
	Implements IDisposable
C#
public class NavisworksApplication : IDisposable
Visual C++
public ref class NavisworksApplication : IDisposable

Remarks

This class provides the same interface as ApplicationAutomation but via Automation.

Calls made via this class eventually call methods on ApplicationAutomation.

Examples

CopyMerging Files into a Navisworks Document
Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Automation.NavisworksApplication automationApplication = null;
try
{
   //Get Current Working directory
   string workingDir = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory().TrimEnd('\\');

   //create NavisworksApplication automation object
   automationApplication =
      new Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Automation.NavisworksApplication();

   //disable progress whilst we do this procedure
   automationApplication.DisableProgress();

   //Open two AutoCAD files
   automationApplication.OpenFile(workingDir + "\\hello.dwg", workingDir + "\\world.dwg");

   //Save the combination into a Navisworks file
   automationApplication.SaveFile(workingDir + "\\hello_world.nwd");

   //Re-enable progress
   automationApplication.EnableProgress();
}
catch (Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Automation.AutomationException e)
{
   //An error occurred, display it to the user
   System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Error: " + e.Message);
}
catch (Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Automation.AutomationDocumentFileException e)
{
   //An error occurred, display it to the user
   System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Error: " + e.Message);
}
finally
{
   if (automationApplication != null)
   {
      automationApplication.Dispose();
      automationApplication = null;
   }
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::..Object
  Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Automation..::..NavisworksApplication

See Also

T:Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Automation.NavisworksApplication