VirtualCurveBuilder Class

class NXOpen.Features.VirtualCurveBuilder

Bases: NXOpen.Features.FeatureBuilder

Represents a NXOpen.Features.VirtualCurve builder

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

Default values.

Property Value
Associative True
Type RotationAxis

New in version NX7.5.0.

Properties

Property Description
Associative Returns or sets the associative
BlendFace Returns the blend face.
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
RevolvedFace Returns the revolved face.
SurroundingPatchSurfaceFilename Returns or sets the surrounding patch surface filename
Tag Returns the Tag for this object.
Type Returns or sets the type

Methods

Method Description
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.
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.

Enumerations

VirtualCurveBuilderTypes Enumeration the type of virtual curve

Property Detail

Associative

VirtualCurveBuilder.Associative

Returns or sets the associative

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Getter Method

Signature Associative

Returns:
Return type:bool

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature Associative

Parameters:associative (bool) –

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”)

BlendFace

VirtualCurveBuilder.BlendFace

Returns the blend face.

This is only used if the NXOpen.Features.VirtualCurveBuilderTypes.BlendCenterline or NXOpen.Features.VirtualCurveBuilderTypes.VirtualIntersection is set.

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Getter Method

Signature BlendFace

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.ScCollector

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: None.

RevolvedFace

VirtualCurveBuilder.RevolvedFace

Returns the revolved face.

This is only used if the NXOpen.Features.VirtualCurveBuilderTypes.RotationAxis is set.

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Getter Method

Signature RevolvedFace

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.ScCollector

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: None.

Type

VirtualCurveBuilder.Type

Returns or sets the type

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Getter Method

Signature Type

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.Features.VirtualCurveBuilderTypes

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature Type

Parameters:type (NXOpen.Features.VirtualCurveBuilderTypes) –

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: solid_modeling (“SOLIDS MODELING”)

Method Detail

Validate

VirtualCurveBuilder.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.