As simple demo here is the code to create a line. Following is a button event to create a layer and use the method to add the new line on this layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the end is a method to check the tool definition in PCB-Investigator and create a new tool if the searched tool dos not exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is the example code in C Sharp and VB:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As simple demo here is the code to create a line. Following is a button event to create a layer and use the method to add the new line on this layer. At the end is a method to check the tool definition in PCB-Investigator and create a new tool if the searched tool dos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":246,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211\/revisions\/212"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\/\/\/ <summary>\n \/\/\/ This methode creates a line in PCB-Investigator.\n \/\/\/ <\/summary>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"pcbiFilter\">The object creating class of PCB-I.<\/param>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"matrix\">The job matrix in PCB-I (IPCBIWindow.GetMatrix()).<\/param>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"parentLayer\">The layer on which the object should be created.<\/param>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"lineStart\">The start point of the line.<\/param>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"lineEnd\">The end point of the line.<\/param>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"thickness\">The diameter of the line.<\/param>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"NetName\">The netname if you want to use it.<\/param>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"step\">The current step in PCB-I (e.g. IPCBIWindow.GetCurrentStep())<\/param>\n internal void CreateLine(IFilter pcbiFilter, IMatrix matrix, IODBLayer parentLayer, PointF lineStart, PointF lineEnd, float thickness, String NetName, IStep step)\n {\n IODBObject line = pcbiFilter.CreateLine(parentLayer); \/\/create a new line object\n ILineSpecifics specLine = (ILineSpecifics)line.GetSpecifics(); \/\/the specifics of the object to fill the informations\n specLine.Start = lineStart;\n specLine.End = lineEnd;\n specLine.ShapeIndex = CheckShapeIndexRound(pcbiFilter, parentLayer, thickness); \/\/In PCB-Investigator all objects have a shape index for drawing.\n specLine.Diameter = thickness;\n specLine.Positive = true;\n specLine.Type = PCBI.Symbol_Type.r; \/\/definition of the line ends, most lines are rounds(r)\n line.SetSpecifics(specLine, specLine.ShapeIndex); \/\/activate the setting!\n }\n \nIPCBIWindow window;\nIStep step; \/\/e.g. window.GetCurrentStep();\n \nprivate void buttonAddLineAndLayerToExistingStep_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)\n {\nPCBI.Automation.IFilter filter = new PCBI.Automation.IFilter(window);\n \nIODBLayer layer = filter.CreateEmptyODBLayer(\"layer1\", step.Name);\n \nCreateLine(filter, matrix, layer, new PointF(10, 10), new PointF(150, 10), 10, \"\", step);\n \n}\n \n\/\/\/ <summary>\n \/\/\/ Example to create or load a round tool.\n \/\/\/ <\/summary>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"pcbiFilter\">To check the known tools<\/param>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"parentLayer\">Each layer needs his own tool definitions.<\/param>\n \/\/\/ <param name=\"diameter\">The thickness of the round tool.<\/param>\n \/\/\/ <returns>The shape Index for later use.<\/returns>\n internal static int CheckShapeIndexRound(IFilter pcbiFilter, IODBLayer parentLayer, float diameter)\n {\n int shapeIndex = -1;\n Dictionary<int, PCBI.Automation.IFilter.ToolDefinition> symbolList = pcbiFilter.GetUsedSymbolList(parentLayer);\n \n foreach (KeyValuePair<int, PCBI.Automation.IFilter.ToolDefinition> symbs in symbolList)\n {\n if (symbs.Value.Diameter == diameter\n && symbs.Value.Type == PCBI.Symbol_Type.r)\n return symbs.Key; \/\/If the tool is allready known, we do not create a second one!\n }\n \n shapeIndex = IFilter.AddToolDefinitionRound(parentLayer, diameter, 1);\n \n return shapeIndex;\n }<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"