Top plane reference dialog

The value dialog TopPlaneReferences is used to create a button that allows to open the dialog for a top plane reference selection.

Clicking the button opens the height dialog for the plane selection and the offset input like

After closing the dialog, the selected level dependency is displayed in the button and the absolute height is displayed in the edit field. The data from the dialog are assigned to the parameter.

Syntax

<Parameter>

<Name>TopPlane</Name>

<Text>Top plane</Text>

<Value></Value>

<ValueType>PlaneReferences</ValueType>

<ValueDialog>TopPlaneReferences</ValueDialog>

</Parameter>

Optional tags

If the PythonPart should be localized, the following tag must be added

<TextId>1001</TextId>

Sometimes it’s useful to disable or hide the button depending on the value of another parameter. This is achieved by adding additional tags to the parameter or by defining functions in the py-file. See Enable and visible options

The persistent state of the parameter can be changed by adding

<Persistent>…</Persistent>

Example

The implementation of the TopPlaneReferences value dialog is described in the example AllControls located in

..\etc\Examples\PythonParts\PaletteExamples\AllControls.pyp

..\etc\PythonPartsExampleScripts\PaletteExamples\AllControls.py