PlaneBuilder Class

class NXOpen.Annotations.PlaneBuilder

Bases: NXOpen.TaggedObject, NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.IComponentBuilder

Represents a NXOpen.Annotations.PlaneBuilder object.

This object stored information about the plane in which an annotation lies.

This is a sub-builder class and cannot be directly instantiated

New in version NX6.0.0.

Properties

Property Description
PlaneMethod Returns or sets the plane method
Tag Returns the Tag for this object.
UserDefinedPlane Returns or sets the user-defined plane used by the operation

Methods

Method Description
Validate Validate whether the inputs to the component are sufficient for commit to be called.

Enumerations

PlaneBuilderPlaneMethodType Enumeration method used to compute the annotation plane

Property Detail

PlaneMethod

PlaneBuilder.PlaneMethod

Returns or sets the plane method

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Getter Method

Signature PlaneMethod

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.Annotations.PlaneBuilderPlaneMethodType

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature PlaneMethod

Parameters:planeMethod (NXOpen.Annotations.PlaneBuilderPlaneMethodType) –

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

UserDefinedPlane

PlaneBuilder.UserDefinedPlane

Returns or sets the user-defined plane used by the operation

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Getter Method

Signature UserDefinedPlane

Returns:user defined plane
Return type:NXOpen.Xform

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature UserDefinedPlane

Parameters:userDefinedPlane (NXOpen.Xform) – user defined plane

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

Method Detail

Validate

PlaneBuilder.Validate

Validate whether the inputs to the component are sufficient for commit to be called.

If the component is not in a state to commit then an exception is thrown. For example, if the component requires you to set some property, this method will throw an exception if you haven’t set it. This method throws a not-yet-implemented NXException for some components.

Signature Validate()

Returns:Was self validation successful
Return type:bool

New in version NX3.0.1.

License requirements: None.