API Reference

Detailed and full API reference helps you master Tekla development

  1. Tekla Structures
  2. Tekla Open API 2022 Reference
  3. Picker.PickObjectAndPoint Method

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PickerPickObjectAndPoint Method

Requests the user to pick one object. Returns the picked drawing object, the view in which the pick occurred and picked point in the view coordinates.

Namespace:  Tekla.Structures.Drawing.UI
Assembly:  Tekla.Structures.Drawing (in Tekla.Structures.Drawing.dll) Version: 2022.0.13611
Syntax
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public Tuple<DrawingObject, ViewBase, Point> PickObjectAndPoint(
	string prompt
)

Parameters

prompt
Type: SystemString
The prompt shown in the status bar before the pick. See the class remarks for more information about prompts.

Return Value

Type: TupleDrawingObject, ViewBase, Point

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Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
InvalidPluginPickerInputException Thrown when the picker is being used through a plug-in which has invalid PluginPickerInputs defined.
PickerInterruptedException Thrown when the user interrupts the picker before anything has been picked.
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