The general architecture and main components used a non-MicroStation application to consume an i-model and store the information in its repository/format is depicted in the diagram below.
Using the SDK, the 3rd-party application plug-in would perform the following tasks:
- Obtain a connection to a MicroStation based engine capable of consuming i-models (i.e. MicroStation or i-model Composer) using Bentley::IPC::ConnectionManager::GetManagerObj
- Get the list of available engines and choose one to work with, if there are engines, the application will need to choose which one will correctly publish the information
- Get the engine and Connect using ConnectionManager::GetEngine and ConnectionManager::Connect
- Optional set a callback to handle messaging back from the MicroStation App using the IModelEngine::SetCallback method
- Load the MicroStation App in the engine using the IModelEngine::LoadApp method
- Send Commands to the MicroStation App using the IModelEngine::StartApp method.
- Optional wait for messages back from the client
Using the SDK, the MicroStation App would perform the same tasks as described in Consuming i-models From a MicroStation Based Application.
The libraries required for this use case are:
- Bentley.XmlInstanceNative.lib
- Bentley.imodelconnection.lib
The classes required for this use case are:
- namespace Bentley::IPC
The header file required for this use case is: