ThicknessDirectionBuilder Class

class NXOpen.Features.ShipDesign.ThicknessDirectionBuilder

Bases: NXOpen.Builder

This class allows you to define the thickness direction for plate system features in Ship Basic Design and and for grid planes in Ship Concept Design.

This class is sub-object of another builder, and cannot be directly instantiated.

Default values.

Property Value
ThicknessDirection FwdPortInUp
ThicknessDirectionOnReference FwdPortInUp

New in version NX8.0.0.

Properties

Property Description
Tag Returns the Tag for this object.
ThicknessDirection Returns or sets the direction in which to apply the thickness.
ThicknessDirectionOnReference Returns or sets the direction in which to apply the thickness when the mold face or grid plane is located on a midship reference.

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.
GetCommittedObjects For builders that create more than one object, this method returns the objects that are created by commit.
GetObject Returns the object currently being edited by this builder.
ShowResults Updates the model to reflect the result of an edit to the model for all builders that support showing results.
Validate Validate whether the inputs to the component are sufficient for commit to be called.

Enumerations

ThicknessDirectionBuilderThicknessDirectionType Enumeration Settings used to indicate the direction of thickness from the mold face or grid plane.

Property Detail

ThicknessDirection

ThicknessDirectionBuilder.ThicknessDirection

Returns or sets the direction in which to apply the thickness.

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Getter Method

Signature ThicknessDirection

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.Features.ShipDesign.ThicknessDirectionBuilderThicknessDirectionType

New in version NX8.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature ThicknessDirection

Parameters:thicknessDirection (NXOpen.Features.ShipDesign.ThicknessDirectionBuilderThicknessDirectionType) –

New in version NX8.0.0.

License requirements: nx_ship_concept (“Ship Concept”) OR nx_ship_basic (“Ship Basic Design”) OR nx_ship_detail (“Ship Detail Design”)

ThicknessDirectionOnReference

ThicknessDirectionBuilder.ThicknessDirectionOnReference

Returns or sets the direction in which to apply the thickness when the mold face or grid plane is located on a midship reference.

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Getter Method

Signature ThicknessDirectionOnReference

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.Features.ShipDesign.ThicknessDirectionBuilderThicknessDirectionType

New in version NX8.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature ThicknessDirectionOnReference

Parameters:thicknessDirectionOnReference (NXOpen.Features.ShipDesign.ThicknessDirectionBuilderThicknessDirectionType) –

New in version NX8.0.0.

License requirements: nx_ship_concept (“Ship Concept”) OR nx_ship_basic (“Ship Basic Design”) OR nx_ship_detail (“Ship Detail Design”)

Method Detail

Validate

ThicknessDirectionBuilder.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.