Contents

About This Guide

Purpose

Audience

Contents

Prerequisites

Documentation

Conventions

Software Product Concerns and Documentation Comments

Setting Up J-Link

Setting Up Your Machine

Downloading Java Development Kit and Packages

Setting Up Pro/ENGINEER

Path and CLASSPATH Variables

Setting Up a Synchronous J-Link Program

Environment Variables

Standalone Applications

Setting Up a Model Program

Start and Stop Methods

Overview of J-Link

Class Types

Pro/ENGINEER-Related Classes

Compact Data Classes

Unions

Sequences

Arrays

Enumeration Classes

Action Listeners

Utilities

Creating Applications

Importing Packages

Exception Handling

The J-Link Online Browser

Introduction

The Browser Interface

Navigating the Tree

Navigation Frame

Action Frame

Information Frame

Button Frame

Java Programming Considerations

Use of the JDK in J-Link Applications

Java Overview

Java Keywords

Java Data Types

Event Handling

Comments

J-Link Programming Considerations

Thread Restrictions

Optional Arguments to J-Link Methods

Optional Returns for J-Link Methods

Parent-Child Relationships Between J-Link Objects

Run-Time Identification in J-Link

Session Objects

Overview of Session Objects

Getting the Session Object

Directories

Configuration Options

Macros

Colors and Line Styles

Accessing the Pro/ENGINEER Interface

The Text Message File

Accessing the Menu Bar

Example Code: Adding a Menu Button

Accessing the Message Window

Example Code: Writing a Message

Displaying Feature Parameters

Selection

Interactive Selection

Accessing Selection Data

Controlling Selection Display

Example Code: Using Interactive Selection

Programmable Selection

Models

Overview of Model Objects

Getting a Model Object

Model Descriptors

Retrieving Models

Example Code: Retrieving a Model

Model Information

Model Operations

Solid

Getting a Solid Object

Solid Information

Mass Properties

Example Code: Retrieving a Mass Property Object

Solid Operations

Feature Operations

Part Methods

Assembly Methods

Structure of Assemblies and Assembly Objects

Creating a Component Path

Component Path Information

Windows and Views

Windows

Getting a Window Object

Window Operations

Views

Getting a View Object

View Operations

Coordinate Systems and Transformations

Coordinate Systems

Transformations

Example Code - Normalizing a Coordinate Transformation Matrix

ModelItem

Solid Geometry Traversal

Getting ModelItem Objects

ModelItem Information

Layer Objects

Getting Layer Objects

Layer Operations

Feature

Access to Features

Feature Information

Feature Groups and Patterns

Changes to Feature Groups

Component Features

Example Code: Replacing Instances

User Defined Feature

Read Access to Groups and User Defined Features

Creating Features from UDFs

Geometry Evaluation

Geometry Traversal

Geometry Terms

Traversing the Geometry of a Solid Block

Curves and Edges

The t Parameter

Edge Types

Evaluation of Edges

Solid Edge Geometry

Evaluation of Contours

Surfaces

UV Parameterization

Surface Types

Evaluation of Surfaces

Axes, Coordinate Systems, and Points

Evaluation of ModelItems

Interference

Analyzing Interference Information

Analyzing InterferenceVolume

Example Code

Dimensions and Parameters

Overview

The ParamValue Object

Accessing a ParamValue Object

Accessing the ParamValue Value

Parameter Objects

Getting and Creating Parameters

Parameter Information

Example Code: Updating Model Parameters

Dimension Objects

Getting Dimensions

Dimension Information

Dimension Tolerances

Example Code: Setting Tolerences to a Specified Range

Family Tables

Working with Family Tables

Accessing Instances

Accessing Columns

Accessing Cell Information

Creating Family Table Instances

Creating Family Table Columns

Example Code: Adding Dimensions to a Family Table

Action Listeners

J-Link Action Listeners

Creating an ActionListener Implementation

Action Sources

Types of Action Listeners

Session Level Action Listeners

UI Command Action Listeners

Model Level Action listeners

Solid Level Action Listeners

Feature Level Action Listeners

Interface

Exporting Files

Export Instructions

Importing Files

Example Code

VRML Representation

Plotting Files

Instructions for objects used to plot drawings.

Solid Operations

Window Operations

Simplified Representations

Overview

Retrieving Simplified Representations

Creating and Deleting Simplified Representations

Extracting Information About Simplified Representations

Example Code: Working with Simplified Representation

Modifying Simplified Representations

Adding Items to and Deleting Items from a Simplified Representation

Simplified Representation Utilities

Asynchronous Mode

Overview

Setting up an Asynchronous J-Link Application

Starting and Stopping Pro/ENGINEER

Connecting to a Pro/ENGINEER Process

Machine-Specific Information

Supported Platforms

JDK Requirements

Advanced Options for J-Link Java Applications

Geometry Traversal

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Example 5

Geometry Representations

Surface Parameterization

Plane

Cylinder

Cone

Torus

General Surface of Revolution

Ruled Surface

Tabulated Cylinder

Coons Patch

Fillet Surface

Spline Surface

NURBS Surface

Cylindrical Spline Surface

Edge and Curve Parameterization

Line

Arc

Spline

NURBS

J-Link Classes

List of J-Link Classes

Index