MicroStation CONNECT: DgnPlatformNet

MicroStation CONNECT DgnPlatformNet
Programming Examples
C#

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Development Tools

Development Tools: Visual Studio, BMake and Windows
Title	Article Location	Comments
Message Center for .NET Developers	Notification Manager	The Notification Manager composes messages for the MicroStation Message Center
Visual Studio and BMake	An overview of Microsoft Visual Studio and Bentley Make as build tools
Windows	Set up your Windows environment to build a MicroStation AddIn application

DgnPlatformNet Article Index

Enumeration

DgnPlatformNet C# Articles
Title	Article Location	Comments
Model Enumeration	Enumerating DGN models in a DGN file	Discusses model enumeration
File Enumeration	Enumerating DGN files	Discusses file enumeration
Scanning Overview	Programmer's overview of scanning	Discusses the background to scanning
Introduction to Element Scanning and Enumeration	Element Scanning and Enumeration	Demonstrates two simple techniques to get element information from a model
More Element Scanning	More Element Scanning	Demonstrates a more advanced scanning technique to filter elements from a model
Advanced Element Scanning	Scanning for Tag Elements	Demonstrates tag scanning and EC relationships

Harvesting DGN Data

DgnPlatformNet C# Articles
Title	Article Location	Comments
Introduction to Element Scanning and Enumeration	Element Scanning and Enumeration	Demonstrates two simple techniques to get element information from a model
Scanning Overview	Programmer's overview of scanning	Discusses the background to scanning
More Element Scanning	More Element Scanning	Demonstrates a more advanced scanning technique to filter elements from a model
Advanced Element Scanning	Scanning for Tag Elements	Demonstrates tag scanning and EC relationships
Harvesting DGNLibs	Harvesting Data from DGNLibs	Demonstrates how to obtain settings data from design libraries.
Harvesting Table Seeds	Harvesting Text Table seeds from DGNLibs	Demonstrates how to obtain Table seeds from design libraries.
Harvest Item Type Instance Data	Acquiring Item instance data	Demonstrates EC schema and EC query for harvesting Item instance data

Element Creation

DgnPlatformNet C# Articles
Title	Article Location	Comments
Place a Cell or Shared Cell Element	How to create a cell element	Demonstrates use of COM class via InterOp
Create an Element	How to create a shape element	Demonstrates use of .NET class DgnPrimitiveTool
CurveVector.CloneWithFillets	How to use CurveVector.CloneWithFillets	Demonstrates use of CurveVector to fillet the corners of a rectangle
Fillet between Lines	An interactive tool to construct a fillet between two lines	Demonstrates use of `DRay3d` and `TryCircularFilletBetweenRays`

Element Manipulation

DgnPlatformNet C# Articles
Title	Article Location	Comments
Rotate an Element	How to rotate an element interactively	Demonstrates use of .NET class DgnElementSetTool and rotation matrices
Highlight an Element	How to highlight an element	Demonstrates use of .NET classes ElementAgenda, ElementAgendaDisplayable
Focus on an Element	How to zoom to an element in a view	Demonstrates use of .NET class ViewGroup and others
Element Mensuration	How to measure element geometric properties	Demonstrates use of CurveVector to perform mensuration
Element Rewriter	How to rewrite an element correctly	Demonstrates use of `Element.ReplaceInModel()`

Forms and Dialogs

DgnPlatformNet C# Articles
Title	Article Location	Comments
.NET TopLevelForm	TopLevelForm Class	A base class that shows how to integrate your form design with MicroStation using Visual Studio

Miscellaneous

DgnPlatformNet C# Articles
Title	Article Location	Comments
Configuration Variables	`ConfigurationManager` class	How to get and set configuration variable values in your code
Assembly Locations	Assembly Locations and Configuration	Where to put your .NET assemblies and how to configure MicroStation to find them
Reference Example	`ReferenceManager` class	How to attach and detach references using C#
User Settings	`User Settings` class	How to get and save user settings for your AddIn
Is DGN File?	Determine whether a file is a DGN file	Can MicroStation open a file?
Message Center for .NET Developers	Notification Manager	The Notification Manager composes messages for the MicroStation Message Center