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DrawingPluginBase Class

The DrawingPluginBase class is an abstract base class for drawing plug-ins.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
SystemMarshalByRefObject
Tekla.Structures.PluginsDrawingPluginBase

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

Syntax

public abstract class DrawingPluginBase : MarshalByRefObject

Public MustInherit Class DrawingPluginBase
	Inherits MarshalByRefObject

The DrawingPluginBase type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	DefineInput	The method Tekla Structures calls for the plug-in to query the input. The plug-in must then return an array list of input definition instances. The plug-in will be dependent on the items it returns. Dependent means that if any of these items change, for example the user moves the points, the plug-in will be re-run with new input. DefineInput is not called during the re-run, and thus all the actual implementation should be in the Run() method. The Run() method is always called in view coordinates.
	InitializeLifetimeService	Initializes the lifetime service. (Overrides MarshalByRefObjectInitializeLifetimeService.)
	IsDefaultValue(Double)	Returns true if the given value is set to the default value for this type.
	IsDefaultValue(Int32)	Returns true if the given value is set to the default value for this type.
	IsDefaultValue(String)	Returns true if the given value is set to the default value (empty string).
	Run	The main method of the plug-in. It is called after the input has been defined with DefineInput(). This is the "main" method of the plug-in and should contain all the actual implementation.

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