What are the C++ API requirements

[trvsm]

Hey Cadwork team,
I have experimented with the Python API, accessed through .../userprofil_30/API.x64/ without additional configuration when scripts are setup correctly.

I am looking for additional functionality, particularly with regard to setting values on endtypes programatically. The designers I work with have specified functions from element_controller such as cut_double_tennon() do not provide the same quality of cuts as those defined on endtypes. While endtype_controller has options to create a new endtype I was not successful in getting parameters from an existing endtype to copy as a base for the new endtype. Thus I am looking into the C++ API.

Can you clarify requirements for running C++ plugins?

I have tried to setup the https://github.com/cwapi3d/cwapi3dCppExample; have properly configured CMake and Compilers; the cmake commands run and exit without errors. I am unsure of next steps. How to I get cadwork to recognize cwapi3dcpp as a library and use it to load a C++ plugin.

Thanks for taking some time to clarify!

[Brunner246]

Hi @trvsm

Sorry for the late reply, i did not get a notification about the issue report.

The C++ API provides the same scope as the Python API.
https://github.com/cwapi3d/cwapi3dcpp/blob/main/include/cwapi3d/ICwAPI3DEndtypeController.h

If you want to change the parameters of the end types, you must do this via the GUI. This is not possible via the API.