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Clear Spots

Removes the Coordinate Spotter markers from the view and starts the numbering again at P1.

Status

The public ask

No public source is on record for this tool.

Installs with

Clear Spots sits in a stack, so installing it also installs:

• Coordinate Spotter

Events it listens to

None. It runs only when you click it.

Files

Paths are relative to the Playground.extension folder.

• Views.tab/Navigate.panel/Spotter.stack/Clear_Spots.pushbutton/bundle.yaml
• Views.tab/Navigate.panel/Spotter.stack/Clear_Spots.pushbutton/icon.dark.png
• Views.tab/Navigate.panel/Spotter.stack/Clear_Spots.pushbutton/icon.png
• Views.tab/Navigate.panel/Spotter.stack/Clear_Spots.pushbutton/icon.small.dark.png
• Views.tab/Navigate.panel/Spotter.stack/Clear_Spots.pushbutton/icon.small.png
• Views.tab/Navigate.panel/Spotter.stack/Clear_Spots.pushbutton/script.py

Install

1. Only this tool. In Navisworks, click pyNavis > Playground, search for Clear Spots, tick it and click Install.
2. The whole extension. Download Playground.extension.zip, unzip it, put the Playground.extension folder in %APPDATA%\pyNavis\extensions\, and click pyNavis > Reload. Clear Spots is on the Views tab, Navigate panel.

You need pyNavis 1.3.0 or later.

Source

The tool's own files, word for word as published in pynavis/Playground. Paths are relative to the Playground.extension folder.

script.py

The script that runs on a click.

"""Removes the Coordinate Spotter markers from the view and starts the numbering again."""
from namo import spotter, vp_common
from pynavis import toast

count = spotter.clear()
if count:
    toast.success('Cleared %s' % vp_common.plural(count, 'spot'))
else:
    toast.info('No spots to clear', 'Coordinate Spotter drops them where you click.')

Library modules this tool uses

From the shared namo library, which installs with every tool. Each name opens the module on GitHub.

• namo.spotterCoordinate Spotter: numbered coordinate markers dropped by clicking, a table of them, and Clear Spots.
• namo.vp_commonShared helpers for the Views tools (Viewpoints, Capture and Navigate panels).

bundle.yaml

The bundle contract: the keys pyNavis reads for this tool.

title: Clear Spots
tooltip: Removes the Coordinate Spotter markers from the view and starts the numbering again at P1.