Adding Angle Dimension Process

The process is an interactive one which allows adding a new 3D angle dimension to a model by selecting three points.

Common type of the process (TypeScript):

export type AddAngleDimensionProcess = {
    name: "AddAngleDimension"
    surfaceInterpretation?: boolean
    snap?: SnapOptions
    options: C3DViewDimensionOptions
    events: {
        onNew?: () => string
        onCreate?: (uuid: string) => C3DUserData
        onValue?: (value: number) => string
    }
}

The option snap allows to move the points indicated by the user’s mouse cursor to the nearest vertices of the triangle. More details in the section Snap option. This option is disabled by default.

Surface mode

The mode is available if the surfaceInterpretation property is set to true. The dimensions are constructed by 2 points specified by the user in this mode. Every point detects a geometry placement surface on which a point is placed. If placements are not parallel to each other, then a new angle dimension is added, otherwise the adding is canceled.

Options

The process uses the same options as the corresponding PMI object does. They are described here.

Callbacks

Available events.

onNew() is emitted before creating a new dimension. Returns a string which is used as a dimension label text instead of the default value.
onCreate(uuid) is emitted after creating a new dimension. It receives a UUID of a new object and allows to set custom dimension properties by returning them as an object.
onValue(value) is emitted when calculating an angle in degrees between two vectors, receives a calculated value and returns a string of a dimension label text.

Note

The default label text in the absence of options.text, events.New and events.onValue is just a digit of a calculated angle in degrees between two vectors.

Running

To run the process, you should call the command RunProcessCommand with the AddAngleDimension name of a process.

Example of running the process (TypeScript):

view.runCommand({
    name: "RunProcessCommand",
    process: {
        name: "AddAngleDimension", 
        options: {},
        events: {
            onValue: (value: number) => `${value.toFixed(2)}°`
        }
    }
})

Updating

Updating allows to change any options which are set when process is run.

Common type of the updating command (TypeScript):

type UpdateProcess = {
    name: "UpdateProcessCommand"
    options: {
        name: "AddAngleDimension"
        text?: string
        underlineText?: boolean
        font?: {
            family?: string,
            size?: number,
        }
        colors?: {
            text?: C3DViewRGB
            textBkg?: C3DViewRGB
            lines?: C3DViewRGB
        }
    }
}

Example of the command to update comment font size (TypeScript):

view.runCommand({
    name: "UpdateProcessCommand",
    options: {
        name: "AddAngleDimension",
        font: {
            size: 20
        }
    }
})