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The Id cannot be the same because, parameters passed o both APIs are different. 1. IShapes.GetFaceLoops( ElementItemId face ) 2. IShapes.GetLoopEdges( ElementId shape , int loopId) I have two loop IDs, now I am trying to get the edges of each loop. ie.- 4 separate edges. The exception is 'Invalid lo...

Ok. I understand why I have to give the shape Id. IShapes.GetFaceLoops(ElementItemId face) API gives me List<int> with count 2. Then, I am calling IShapes.GetLoopEdges(ElementId shape, loopId) where, loopId = integer Id returned by Ishapes.GetFaceLoops() API. The call is giving exception 'Invalid lo...

PFA the shape & selected face image.
It's a solid.

IShapes.GetFaceLoops() gives me 2 loop IDs.
But, IShapes.GetLoopEdges() API crashes. Also, I can't understand why this API requires shape ElementId as parameter instead of face elementItemId ?

How can I get the face loop edges?

Right. I thought of it....I tried to get only the outer loop on the face. But for some reason, the IShapes.GetLoopType() & IShapes.GetLoopEdges() APIs are throwing exception even if IShapes.GetFaceLoops() gives me 2 loops. I think I am missing something while using these APIs as they are crashin...

But, It would be best if I can actually get the face area from an API.

Right.

I think this should work for me.

Same here. :( My aim is to determine the face(Only ElementItemId) that has max area. It's okay if I am unable to calculate the exact area value. I can think of another way of doing this, I will process only Planar faces. I can get a planar face & its edges. Then I can get length of each edge. I ...

Just one shape.

GetallFaces of that shape.
Find area of each face.

ElementItemId

I want to find the ElementItemId of the face that has max area.

Hi Team,

I have a shape that has 6 faces.
I want to find the ElementId of the face with maximum area.
For this purpose, I need to be able to calculate area of each face.

I searched the API help but, couldn't find anything.
Does anybody know anything about it?

Regards,
Nikhil

Thanks gmanucci.
The code above will give me the Main document & the family names.
I want to access the sub-family documents. I can do that now.

Thanks. Case Closed.

Thanks for the reply Mark.
But I figured it out.

I was trying to access the family document. Now I am accessing the separate family specific documents from PDM directly.

Thanks anyway.

Hi Team, I have a TopSolid document that contains three families. The API IFamilies.IsFamily() returns true. The API IFamilies,GetCodes(DocumentId) return a List<string> which has 3 items containing the names of the 3 families. Each family contains one distinct shape visible only in its particular f...

Hi,

Thanks for looking into it.
I can get the bend operation from the part but can't get the sketch along which it was bent.

How can I proceed further?

I am a beginner. I am using TopSolid 7.9. I have a sheetmetal part that has a bend along a Line. My aim is to Unbend that part & extract the BendLine information like startPoint, endPoint etc. I have tried searching the API help, but couldn't find anything. (Technology: .Net C#) Can I get some g...