gripe.cs

// Ok here's the challenge.
// The Tekla API is full of quirks that make absolutely no sense.
// This is one of them.
// Challenge: to everyday, write in just one CLASS attribute which corresponds to an enumeration.
// Hopefully this will be of use to someone. It will save you from remembering and/or looking up the relevant enumeration.
// there are a billion more quirks in the API.
// So I wonder in 100 days whether I will have smashed this out? Only time will tell.
// Wish me luck!
// Mr Dale Nichols suggested the code so I must attribute it.
// I hope to build it up.

public static class ReportPropertyExtensions
{
    public enum Variables
    {
        CLASS_ATTR,
        FINISH
    }

    public static string GetReportProperty(this TSM.Part part, Variables variable)
    {
        string value = "";
        part.GetReportProperty(variable.ToString(), ref value);
        return value;
    }
}

// usage...
private void demo()
{
    ModelObjectEnumerator modelObjectEnum = modelObjectSelector.GetSelectedObjects();
    while (modelObjectEnum.MoveNext())
    {
        if (modelObjectEnum.Current is TSM.Part)
        {
            TSM.Part part = (TSM.Part)modelObjectEnum.Current;
            Console.WriteLine(part.GetReportProperty(Extensions.Variables.CLASS_ATTR));
        }
    }
}