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Hideable Class

Accesses the information if this object is hidden or not or if it should be.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
Tekla.Structures.DrawingHideable

Namespace: Tekla.Structures.Drawing
Assembly: Tekla.Structures.Drawing (in Tekla.Structures.Drawing.dll) Version: 2023.0.1

Syntax

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[SerializableAttribute]
public class Hideable

<SerializableAttribute>
Public Class Hideable

The Hideable type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Hideable	Initializes a new instance of the Hideable class

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Properties

	Name	Description
	IsHidden	Retrieves the information if this object is hidden or not.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	HideFromDrawing	Hides this object from the whole drawing. Calling Modify on the object is required to hide the object.
	HideFromDrawingView	Hides this object from the drawing view. Calling Modify on the object is required to hide the object.
	ShowInDrawing	Shows this object in the whole drawing. Calling Modify on the object is required to show the object.
	ShowInDrawingView	Shows this object in the drawing view. Calling Modify on the object is required to show the object.

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Examples

This example opens the first available drawing and hides all ModelObject's from the view.

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namespace Hideable
{
    using Tekla.Structures.Drawing;

    public static class Example
    {
        public static void Example1()
        {
            DrawingHandler drawingHandler = new DrawingHandler();
            DrawingEnumerator drawingList = drawingHandler.GetDrawings();
            if(drawingList.MoveNext())
            {
                Drawing currentDrawing = drawingList.Current;
                drawingHandler.SetActiveDrawing(currentDrawing);

                DrawingObjectEnumerator objectList = currentDrawing.GetSheet().GetAllObjects(typeof(ModelObject));
                while(objectList.MoveNext())
                {
                    ModelObject currentObject = objectList.Current as ModelObject;

                    if(currentObject != null)
                    {
                        if(!currentObject.Hideable.IsHidden) // The object is not yet hidden
                        {
                            currentObject.Hideable.HideFromDrawingView();
                            currentObject.Modify();
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Reference

Tekla.Structures.Drawing Namespace

API Reference

Hideable Class

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