ChangeShellThicknessBuilder Class

class NXOpen.Features.ChangeShellThicknessBuilder

Bases: NXOpen.Features.FeatureBuilder

Represents a NXOpen.Features.ChangeShellThickness builder

To create a new instance of this class, use NXOpen.Features.FeatureCollection.CreateChangeShellThicknessBuilder()

Default values.

Property Value
FacesToChangeThickness.CoaxialEnabled 0
FacesToChangeThickness.CoplanarAxesEnabled 0
FacesToChangeThickness.CoplanarEnabled 0
FacesToChangeThickness.EqualDiameterEnabled 0
FacesToChangeThickness.OffsetEnabled 0
FacesToChangeThickness.ParallelEnabled 0
FacesToChangeThickness.PerpendicularEnabled 0
FacesToChangeThickness.SymmetricEnabled 0
FacesToChangeThickness.TangentEnabled 0
FacesToChangeThickness.ThicknessChainEnabled 0
FacesToChangeThickness.UseFaceBrowse 1
NeighborsEnabled True
WallThickness.Value 5.0 (millimeters part), 0.5 (inches part)

New in version NX6.0.0.

Properties

Property Description
FacesToChangeThickness Returns the faces to be selected to change thickness
NeighborsEnabled Returns or sets the flag to select neighbor faces that have the same wall thickness value as the face selected.
ParentFeatureInternal Returns or sets whether or not the latest timestamped parent feature of this feature should be made internal
PatchSolutionFlag Returns or sets the patch solution flag
PatchSurfaceFilename Returns or sets the patch surface filename
SurroundingPatchSurfaceFilename Returns or sets the surrounding patch surface filename
Tag Returns the Tag for this object.
WallThickness Returns the wall thickness

Methods

Method Description
AddEntities Adds entities which have same wall thickness value as the selected face
Commit Commits any edits that have been applied to the builder.
CommitFeature Commits the feature parameters and creates the feature
Destroy Deletes the builder, and cleans up any objects created by the builder.
GetCommittedObjects For builders that create more than one object, this method returns the objects that are created by commit.
GetFeature Returns the feature currently being edited by this builder.
GetObject Returns the object currently being edited by this builder.
HideInternalParentFeatureAfterEdit Re-suppress an internal parent feature (a slave feature) after it has been edited.
RemoveEntities Removes entities
SetParentFeatureInternal Set the parent features which would be internal or slaves to the feature being created or commited
ShowInternalParentFeatureForEdit Unsuppress an internal parent feature (a slave feature) so it can be edited.
ShowResults Updates the model to reflect the result of an edit to the model for all builders that support showing results.
UnsetParentFeatureInternal Set the internal parent feature of the feature being edited to external
Validate Validate whether the inputs to the component are sufficient for commit to be called.

Property Detail

FacesToChangeThickness

ChangeShellThicknessBuilder.FacesToChangeThickness

Returns the faces to be selected to change thickness

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Getter Method

Signature FacesToChangeThickness

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.Features.FaceRecognitionBuilder

New in version NX7.0.0.

License requirements: None.

NeighborsEnabled

ChangeShellThicknessBuilder.NeighborsEnabled

Returns or sets the flag to select neighbor faces that have the same wall thickness value as the face selected.

If true, neighbor faces with same wall thickness value as the face selected will be included automatically.

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Getter Method

Signature NeighborsEnabled

Returns:
Return type:bool

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature NeighborsEnabled

Parameters:selectNeighbors (bool) –

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”) OR cam_base (“CAM BASE”) OR insp_programming (“INSPECTION PROGRAMMING”)

WallThickness

ChangeShellThicknessBuilder.WallThickness

Returns the wall thickness

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Getter Method

Signature WallThickness

Returns:the thickness expression
Return type:NXOpen.Expression

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

Method Detail

AddEntities

ChangeShellThicknessBuilder.AddEntities

Adds entities which have same wall thickness value as the selected face

Signature AddEntities(entities)

Parameters:entities (list of NXOpen.NXObject) – Objects to add

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

RemoveEntities

ChangeShellThicknessBuilder.RemoveEntities

Removes entities

Signature RemoveEntities(entities)

Parameters:entities (list of NXOpen.NXObject) – Objects to remove

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

Validate

ChangeShellThicknessBuilder.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.