AngularPatternSpacing Class

class NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.AngularPatternSpacing

Bases: NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.PatternSpacing

defines the various ways pattern instances can be spaced within the pattern, particularly in the context of the PatternDefinition class.

New in version NX7.5.0.

Properties

Property Description
NCopies Returns the number of copies the pattern will generated in this direction
PitchAngle Returns the angle for the spacing of the pattern from one instance to the next.
PitchDistance Returns the circumfrential distance for the spacing of the pattern from one instance to the next.
SpaceType Returns or sets the type of spacing to be used by the pattern
SpacingsList Returns the list of spacings (Expression or OnPathDimBuilder) to be used in this direction
SpanAngle Returns the angle for the spacing of the pattern for the entire pattern.
Tag Returns the Tag for this object.
UsePitchOption Returns or sets the switch to use Pitch Distance or Pitch Angle.

Methods

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

Enumerations

AngularPatternSpacingUsePitchOptions Enumeration This defines Use Pitch As options

Property Detail

PitchAngle

AngularPatternSpacing.PitchAngle

Returns the angle for the spacing of the pattern from one instance to the next.

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Getter Method

Signature PitchAngle

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.Expression

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: None.

PitchDistance

AngularPatternSpacing.PitchDistance

Returns the circumfrential distance for the spacing of the pattern from one instance to the next.

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Getter Method

Signature PitchDistance

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.Expression

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: None.

SpanAngle

AngularPatternSpacing.SpanAngle

Returns the angle for the spacing of the pattern for the entire pattern.

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Getter Method

Signature SpanAngle

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.Expression

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: None.

UsePitchOption

AngularPatternSpacing.UsePitchOption

Returns or sets the switch to use Pitch Distance or Pitch Angle.

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Getter Method

Signature UsePitchOption

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.AngularPatternSpacingUsePitchOptions

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature UsePitchOption

Parameters:usePitchOption (NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.AngularPatternSpacingUsePitchOptions) –

New in version NX7.5.0.

License requirements: None.

Method Detail

Validate

AngularPatternSpacing.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.