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SelectByRay Method (IEModelViewControl)

Selects the first component intersected by a ray that starts at the specified point in the specified direction vector.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Sub SelectByRay( _
   ByVal StartX As System.Single, _
   ByVal StartY As System.Single, _
   ByVal StartZ As System.Single, _
   ByVal DirectionX As System.Single, _
   ByVal DirectionY As System.Single, _
   ByVal DirectionZ As System.Single _
)
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IEModelViewControl
Dim StartX As System.Single
Dim StartY As System.Single
Dim StartZ As System.Single
Dim DirectionX As System.Single
Dim DirectionY As System.Single
Dim DirectionZ As System.Single
 
instance.SelectByRay(StartX, StartY, StartZ, DirectionX, DirectionY, DirectionZ)
C# 
void SelectByRay( 
   System.float StartX,
   System.float StartY,
   System.float StartZ,
   System.float DirectionX,
   System.float DirectionY,
   System.float DirectionZ
)
C++/CLI 
void SelectByRay( 
&   System.float StartX,
&   System.float StartY,
&   System.float StartZ,
&   System.float DirectionX,
&   System.float DirectionY,
&   System.float DirectionZ
)

Parameters

StartX
x coordinate of start point
StartY
y coordinate of start point
StartZ
z coordinate of start point
DirectionX
x coordinate of direction vector
DirectionY
y coordinate of direction vector
DirectionZ
y coordinate of direction vector

Remarks

Call this method before calling IEModelViewControl::GetSelectedComponentName.
 

See Also

Availability

eDrawings API 2014 SP0


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