Macros and Graphics in C#

RobotStudio
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Hi All!

I am working with VSTA programming a macro that makes an object disappear by becoming more and more transparent, and then a new object appears becoming less transparent in the same place :slight_smile:

I have a problem because I have to repeat this procedure in different phases with different objects, and it is getting complicated.

I am using TemporaryGraphics because it is the only way I found to draw and object with transparency, but they have lots of limitations, for example I cannot remove only one, so I cannot make it disappear…

Is there a better way to do this? Can I add transparency to one part?

Thank you very much in advance for your ideas and help!:smile:

Best regards,

Anna

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Hi Anna!

Have you tried to remove a temporary graphics objects like this?

Station s; Part p;

TemporaryGraphic tempGfx = s.TemporaryGraphics.DrawPart(Matrix4.Identity, p);

s.TemporaryGraphics.Remove(tempGfx);

Best Regards

Niklas Skoglund

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Hi Niklas!:wink:

Thank you very much for your help, I think I can see the problem now, but I don’t know how to solve it yet! :+1:

I was working with GraphicComponents because I cannot create/declare a TemporaryGraphic as you do in your example, it is not a reserved word (it does not appear in the list and it does not turn blue) maybe I have to use another reference? :frowning:

Anna

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Ok I’ve got it!

I had to add:

using ABB.Robotics.RobotStudio.Stations.Forms;

I used the object browser to see where the TemporaryGraphics were, I’d had never thought that I was missing something, because I was using already the TemporaryGraphics…

Thanks again Niklas!

Best regards,

Anna