GraphicsDrawer Class

The GraphicsDrawer class draws temporary graphics in the currently active rendered view in Tekla Structures.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
Tekla.Structures.Model.UIGraphicsDrawer

Namespace: Tekla.Structures.Model.UI
Assembly: Tekla.Structures.Model (in Tekla.Structures.Model.dll) Version: 2025.0.0-alpha00045580+dc02c3918546f1e94eb2d3b13ea99057fb3313e0

Syntax

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[SerializableAttribute]
public sealed class GraphicsDrawer

<SerializableAttribute>
Public NotInheritable Class GraphicsDrawer

The GraphicsDrawer type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	GraphicsDrawer	Creates a new graphics drawer instance.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	DrawLineSegment(LineSegment, Color)	Draws a temporary line segment in the currently active rendered view.
	DrawLineSegment(Point, Point, Color)	Draws a temporary line segment in the currently active rendered view.
	DrawMeshLines	Draws the mesh lines as temporary graphics in the currently active Tekla Structures rendered view.
	DrawMeshSurface	Draws the mesh surface as temporary graphics in the currently active Tekla Structures rendered view. The counterclockwise sides of the mesh triangles are drawn.
	DrawPolyLine	Draw a temporary polyline into all open Tekla Structures views.
	DrawText	Draws a temporary text in the currently active rendered view.
	DrawTextToView	Draws a temporary text to the specified view. You can set the view Identifier.ID = 0 for current active view.
	RemoveTemporaryGraphicsObject	Remove a temporary graphic object from all views.
	RemoveTemporaryGraphicsObjects	Remove a list of temporary graphic objects from all views.

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Examples

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using Tekla.Structures.Model.UI;
using Tekla.Structures.Geometry3d;

public class Example
{
       public void Example1()
       {
           GraphicsDrawer drawer = new GraphicsDrawer();

           drawer.DrawText(new Point(0.0, 1000.0, 1000.0), "TEXT SAMPLE", new Color(1.0, 0.5, 0.0));
           drawer.DrawLineSegment(new Point(0.0, 0.0, 0.0), new Point(1000.0, 1000.0, 1000.0), new Color(1.0, 0.0, 0.0));

           Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
           mesh.AddPoint(new Point(   0.0,    0.0, 0.0));
           mesh.AddPoint(new Point(1000.0,    0.0, 0.0));
           mesh.AddPoint(new Point(1000.0, 1000.0, 0.0));
           mesh.AddPoint(new Point(   0.0, 1000.0, 0.0));
           mesh.AddTriangle(0,1,2);
           mesh.AddTriangle(0,2,3);
           mesh.AddLine(0,1); mesh.AddLine(1,2); mesh.AddLine(2,3); mesh.AddLine(3,1);

           drawer.DrawMeshSurface(mesh, new Color(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5));
           drawer.DrawMeshLines(mesh, new Color(0.0, 0.0, 1.0));
       }
}

Reference

Tekla.Structures.Model.UI Namespace