Scans the system for running host processes (Autodesk, Rhino, PyNET for Tekla/Presto) with an active PyNet IPC pipe.

Handshake ping to verify the plugin listener is responsive.

Direct script execution in the PyNet engine (Target PID, Script Name, Content).

Executes a script file directly by path in the PyNet engine, without sending content inline.

Checks if the output window is currently available/visible.

Toggles the visibility of the PyNet log/output window.

Fetches the full UI structure (ButtonsModules and ScriptButtons).

Creates a new custom Tab (ButtonsModule) in the Ribbon.

Permanently deletes a module and all its contents.

Lists all script buttons for a specific module ID.

Installs a new ScriptButton into a specific module (Name, Script, Icon, Tooltip).

Updates metadata for an existing ScriptButton or moves it to another module.

Permanently removes a ScriptButton from a module by Id.

Reports whether a PyNet BIM Viewer is open in VS Code (port, package, data dir).

Reads the loaded package's clashes.json — the data source, NOT the viewer/IFC.

Returns each clash with the pnt_id identifiers needed to highlight it.

Loads a .pnt into the open viewer and returns a summary read from clashes.json.

Highlights a clash (element(s) A red, element(s) B green) and isolates the rest away.

Usually one pnt_id per side (a single clash pair), but either side accepts a list — e.g. one element (A) against every counterpart it clashes with (B), all shown at once.

Fits the camera to all models in the open viewer.

Clears highlights and ghosting in the open viewer.

Highlights a set of elements in the open viewer by pnt_id, in neutral colours (yellow / blue) with nothing else hidden — a plain "look at these" pointer.

Pass a list of pnt_ids in pnt_ids (group A). Optionally pass a second list in pnt_ids_b to highlight a second group in a distinct colour. Replaces any previous selection. Use viewer_list_clashes / viewer_get_properties to obtain pnt_ids. For a clash pair (red/green, with the rest of the model isolated away), use viewer_highlight_clash instead.

Isolates (hides everything except) the given pnt_ids in the open viewer.

Shows only the given model(s)/discipline(s) (by exact name, e.g. "Snowdon Towers Sample HVAC"), hiding every other loaded model. Cheaper than viewer_isolate for "just show me this discipline" requests — no need to resolve every element's pnt_id first. Get the exact model names from viewer_get_state's "models" list. Undo with viewer_clear.

Reads the viewer's last reported state: loaded models and the pnt_id of whatever the user currently has selected (click in the 3D view or the tree panel — null if nothing is selected). Use the returned pnt_id with viewer_get_properties for its details, or feed it into a clashes.json lookup to find what it clashes with.

Reads element properties (name, model, psets) from the loaded package's properties.json.

Pass one or more pnt_ids to get their full properties (including psets) directly.

Called with no pnt_ids, returns a paginated lightweight index (pnt_id, name, model) instead of every element — narrow it with model (exact model/discipline name, e.g. "Snowdon Towers Sample HVAC") and/or search (case-insensitive substring of the element name), and page through with limit/offset (default 200 per page, capped at 500). On a federated model the unfiltered index can have tens of thousands of entries — always pass model or search when you can, and use offset to page through the rest.

The data source is the .pnt's properties.json, NOT the viewer or IFC.