Get DatumPlane object from the Block UI Styler

Submitted by Closius on Mon, 12/30/2013 - 11:56
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Journaling / NXOpen API

Hi all!

How to get DatumPlane object from the Specify Plane block (Blocks->Selection->Specify Plane) for using later ?

By default the Specify Plane block builds a object of Plane (TaggedObject) type.

ciao - Wed, 01/15/2014 - 04:01

As you say, the UI blocks (in both NX/Open and SNAP) don't return a Datum Plane. So, there are two options I can think of:

(1) Use the information returned by the UI block to build a Datum Plane. It's one line of code using SNAP, and only a bit harder using NX/Open functions.

(2) Use an object selection block, instead of the Specify Plane block, and ask the user to select an existing Datum Plane.

Closius - Mon, 03/03/2014 - 00:48

Thank you!

What do you mean by "Use the information returned by the UI block to build a Datum Plane. It's one line of code using SNAP, and only a bit harder using NX/Open functions." ?

Maybe you mean get the information from Specify Plane (selected Datum Plane in my workpart) and get it name for using this name in command like this:
"DatumPlane* datumPlane2(dynamic_cast(workPart->Datums()->FindObject("DATUM_PLANE(5)")));"

But I dont know how to get a name of the feature... Maybe you tell me how?

I'm using C++ and making snippet from Journal code.

Have a nice day)

Closius - Mon, 03/03/2014 - 00:53

By the way: your first option is not suitable for me, because I must to have the possibility of creating own Datum Plane by Block UI Styler tools (the Specify Plane block).

Have a nice day)

sastik2020 - Tue, 05/02/2017 - 07:45

I am using NX11 with C#, so I tried like TaggedObject[] seledObjs = pSpyPlane.GetSelectedObjects(); this but I am getting only one objects, but I selected 3 objects.
Please let me know how to get the selected objects and how to create plane using Specify Plane block. What are all the minimum input require if I am using Distance type plane creation.

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