poISelectionSet GetDrawStyleList

Gets a list of valid draw styles for the current selection set.

Syntax

selectionSet_handle GetDrawStyleList

Application

HyperView Tcl Query

Description

This command returns a list of the valid draw styles on the current selection set. Valid draw styles are dependent on the 'type' of the selection set. For example, a 'Node' type selection set will have different draw styles than a 'Part' type selection set.

Example

To create selection sets of various types and also add items. In addition, this example will request the draw style list, change the draw style, and also change the visibility on the sets:

hwi OpenStack
hwi GetSessionHandle session_handle
session_handle GetProjectHandle project_handle
project_handle GetPageHandle page_handle [project_handle GetActivePage]
page_handle GetWindowHandle window_handle [page_handle GetActiveWindow]
window_handle GetClientHandle client_handle
client_handle GetModelHandle model_handle [client_handle GetActiveModel]

# create a selection set of type Element containing all visible elements
set element_set_id [model_handle AddSelectionSet element]
model_handle GetSelectionSetHandle element_set_handle $element_set_id
element_set_handle SetLabel "OurElementSelectionSet"
element_set_handle Add all
puts [element_set_handle GetDrawStyleList]
element_set_handle SetDrawStyle [lindex [element_set_handle GetDrawStyleList] 0]
element_set_handle SetVisibility true
# now please check the graphics area and move the model
element_set_handle SetVisibility false

# create a selection set of type Node containing all visible nodes
set node_set_id [model_handle AddSelectionSet node]
model_handle GetSelectionSetHandle node_set_handle $node_set_id
node_set_handle SetLabel "OurNodeSelectionSet"
node_set_handle Add all
puts [node_set_handle GetDrawStyleList]
node_set_handle SetDrawStyle [lindex [node_set_handle GetDrawStyleList] 0]
node_set_handle SetVisibility true
# check the graphics area and move the model
node_set_handle SetVisibility false

# create a selection set of type Part containing all visible Parts
set part_set_id [model_handle AddSelectionSet part]
model_handle GetSelectionSetHandle part_set_handle $part_set_id
part_set_handle SetLabel "OurPartSelectionSet"
part_set_handle Add all
puts [part_set_handle GetDrawStyleList]
part_set_handle SetDrawStyle [lindex [part_set_handle GetDrawStyleList] 0]
part_set_handle SetVisibility true
# check the graphics area and move the model
part_set_handle SetVisibility false

hwi CloseStack

Error

This command should not return any errors. In the case of previous errors, this command may return an empty list.