CopyPasteBuilder Class

class NXOpen.Features.CopyPasteBuilder

Bases: NXOpen.Builder

Represents a NXOpen.Features.CopyPasteBuilder

To create a new instance of this class, use NXOpen.Features.FeatureCollection.CreateCopyPasteBuilder2()

New in version NX6.0.0.

Properties

Property	Description
Associative	Returns or sets the associative toggle
CopyResolveGeometry	Returns or sets the copy resolving geometry toggle
ExpressionOption	Returns or sets the expression option
ParentOption	Returns or sets the parent option
SelectOption	Returns or sets the parent select option.
Tag	Returns the Tag for this object.

Methods

Method	Description
Commit	Commits any edits that have been applied to the builder.
Destroy	Deletes the builder, and cleans up any objects created by the builder.
GetBuilderVersion	The builder version getting function
GetCommittedObjects	For builders that create more than one object, this method returns the objects that are created by commit.
GetFeatureReferences	Returns the feature references builder
GetObject	Returns the object currently being edited by this builder.
SetBuilderVersion	The builder version setting function.
ShowResults	Updates the model to reflect the result of an edit to the model for all builders that support showing results.
UpdateBuilder	The update builder function, needs to be called after parent select option is reset
Validate	Validate whether the inputs to the component are sufficient for commit to be called.

Enumerations

CopyPasteBuilderBuilderVersion Enumeration	Types of version number
CopyPasteBuilderExpressionTransferOption Enumeration	Types of expression transfer mode
CopyPasteBuilderParentSelectOption Enumeration	Types of parent select option; Specifying smart object or selecting input for original parent
CopyPasteBuilderParentTransferOption Enumeration	Types of parent transfer mode

Property Detail

Associative

CopyPasteBuilder.Associative

Returns or sets the associative toggle

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Getter Method

Signature Associative

Returns: Return type:bool

New in version NX8.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature Associative

Parameters:associative (bool) –

New in version NX8.0.0.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”)

CopyResolveGeometry

CopyPasteBuilder.CopyResolveGeometry

Returns or sets the copy resolving geometry toggle

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Getter Method

Signature CopyResolveGeometry

Returns: Return type:bool

New in version NX8.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature CopyResolveGeometry

Parameters:copyResolveGeometry (bool) –

New in version NX8.0.0.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”)

ExpressionOption

CopyPasteBuilder.ExpressionOption

Returns or sets the expression option

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Getter Method

Signature ExpressionOption

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.Features.CopyPasteBuilderExpressionTransferOption

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature ExpressionOption

Parameters:expressionOption (NXOpen.Features.CopyPasteBuilderExpressionTransferOption) –

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”)

ParentOption

CopyPasteBuilder.ParentOption

Returns or sets the parent option

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Getter Method

Signature ParentOption

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.Features.CopyPasteBuilderParentTransferOption

New in version NX6.0.0.

Deprecated since version NX8.0.0: This functionality is no longer supported.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature ParentOption

Parameters:parentOption (NXOpen.Features.CopyPasteBuilderParentTransferOption) –

New in version NX6.0.0.

Deprecated since version NX8.0.0: This functionality is no longer supported.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”)

SelectOption

CopyPasteBuilder.SelectOption

Returns or sets the parent select option.

This option allows the user to control if the input smart objects for the copied feature should have all the input smart object creation methods available from the parent feature or only use the smart object creation method selected on the original parent

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Getter Method

Signature SelectOption

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.Features.CopyPasteBuilderParentSelectOption

New in version NX8.5.1.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature SelectOption

Parameters:selectionOption (NXOpen.Features.CopyPasteBuilderParentSelectOption) –

New in version NX8.5.1.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”)

Method Detail

GetBuilderVersion

CopyPasteBuilder.GetBuilderVersion

The builder version getting function

Signature GetBuilderVersion()

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.Features.CopyPasteBuilderBuilderVersion

New in version NX8.5.0.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”)

GetFeatureReferences

CopyPasteBuilder.GetFeatureReferences

Returns the feature references builder

Signature GetFeatureReferences()

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.Features.FeatureReferencesBuilder

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

SetBuilderVersion

CopyPasteBuilder.SetBuilderVersion

The builder version setting function.

This function sets builder version number with value which is treated as bit field. It still uses the enumeration defined in previous releases. In order to set the builder version number to the correct value, the version number could be calculated by a bitwise or operation on previous releases versions number, or by an addition of previous releases versions number.

Signature SetBuilderVersion(version)

Parameters:version (NXOpen.Features.CopyPasteBuilderBuilderVersion) –

New in version NX8.5.0.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”)

UpdateBuilder

CopyPasteBuilder.UpdateBuilder

The update builder function, needs to be called after parent select option is reset

Signature UpdateBuilder()

New in version NX8.0.0.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”)

Validate

CopyPasteBuilder.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.