Tekla Open API - Demonstrates a hello world example of how to get bolt information from a part

tekla-api-how-to-get-bolt-information-from-a-part.md

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Tekla.Structures.Geometry3d;
using Tekla.Structures.Model;

namespace RopesProject
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Model model = new Model();
            if (model.GetConnectionStatus())
            {
                    // let's get some beams
                    // we have to do this rigormarole because the Tekla Open API is not very good
                List<ModelObject> modelObjects = getModelObjects(model);                    
                List<Beam> beams = modelObjects.Select(obj => obj as Beam).Where(beam => beam != null).ToList();

                // there are various ways you can get beams / objects:
                // (i) programatically, as above, or perhaps
                // (ii) by user selection
                // this can be done from the model, or from drawings

                if (beams.Count > 0)
                {
                    Beam beam = beams.First(); // the first one

                    ModelObjectEnumerator bolts = beam.GetBolts();

                    while (bolts.MoveNext())
                    {
                        BoltGroup boltGroup = bolts.Current as BoltGroup;

                        if (boltGroup != null)
                        {
                            // now we want the bolt information some examples:                            
                            Console.WriteLine(boltGroup.BoltSize);
                            Console.WriteLine(boltGroup.BoltStandard);                            
                            Console.WriteLine(boltGroup.BoltPositions.Count);
                            Console.WriteLine(boltGroup.Length);
                        }
                    }
                }                

                model.CommitChanges();
            }            
        }

        private static List<ModelObject> getModelObjects(Model model)
        {
            ModelObjectEnumerator enumerator = model.GetModelObjectSelector().GetAllObjects();

            List<ModelObject> modelObjects = new List<ModelObject>();

            while (enumerator.MoveNext())
            {
                ModelObject modelObject = enumerator.Current as ModelObject;
                if (modelObject != null)
                {
                    modelObjects.Add(modelObject);
                }
            }

            return modelObjects;
        }
    }
}

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