Introduction To Application Development

Contents

• 4.1 Introduction to this volume
• 4.2 Overview
• 4.3 Some assumptions

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4.1 Introduction to this volume

This volume offers a quick-start guide that will get you working with Parasolid as simply and efficiently as possible. It provides information on how to integrate Parasolid into your application, build and run the example applications for Windows, call Parasolid functions from your application, track modelling operations and obtain additional information on a operation. It also provides information on the Microsoft .Net binding DLL for Parasolid.

This volume contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 4, “Introduction To Application Development” provides a brief introduction on how to integrate Parasolid with your application
• Chapter 5, “Application Design And Architecture” describes the code you need to supply for integration with Parasolid
• Chapter 6, “Supplying A Frustrum” describes the frustrum functions that work with Parasolid
• Chapter 7, “Further Implementation Decisions”, describes some Parasolid functionality you may need to consider when integrating Parasolid into your application
• Chapter 8, “Parasolid Source Code Collateral” describes how to build and run the C++ and C# example applications
• Chapter 9, “PK Interface Programming Concepts” describes the programming concepts of the PK interface
• Chapter 10, “Tracking And Labelling” describes how to track your modeling operation in Parasolid
• Chapter 11, “Using Reports” describes how to use the report structure to obtain additional information on an operation
• Chapter 12, “Calling Parasolid From .NET Code” describes the Microsoft .NET binding DLL for Parasolid.

Figure 4-1 Bending in the C++ Example Application

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4.2 Overview

When you begin working with a system as advanced as Parasolid, it can be difficult finding out what your first steps should be. This is equally true if you are developing a Parasolid-powered application from scratch, or if you are integrating Parasolid into an existing application. This volume shows you just what those first steps should be, and points you to code examples supplied on the Parasolid Jumpstart DVD so that you can get started as quickly as possible.

Please remember that this volume is only intended as an introduction to integrating Parasolid into your application. It tells you the minimum you need to know, in order to get up and running. It does not mention everything you might like to know about, and it may not cover all the issues that are relevant to your particular application. You should refer to the full Parasolid documentation set if you need more information.

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4.3 Some assumptions

The frustrum code described in this guide addresses issues that are most relevant if you are developing applications for use on Microsoft Windows. If your application runs on a different platform, you can find source code for a platform-independent frustrum on the Parasolid Jumpstart Kit. See the Parasolid Installation Notes for more details.

The concepts discussed in this volume assume that you are developing an application that does not need to deal with facet geometry, as described in Volume ,Convergent Modeling. However, the example applications described in Chapter 8, “Parasolid Source Code Collateral” are supplied with several code examples that illustrate how you can implement aspects of Convergent Modeling in your application.

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