EntityUsageInfo Class

class NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.EntityUsageInfo

Bases: NXOpen.TaggedObject, NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.IComponentBuilder

Represents a NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.EntityUsageInfo.

An object of this class provides the dependency information for a single reparentable entity (edge or face). The creation of NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.EntityUsageInfo is restricted for internal use (see NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.ReplAsstBuilder).

New in version NX6.0.0.

Properties

Property	Description
Entity	Returns the important entity.
Tag	Returns the Tag for this object.
UsageStatus	Returns the usage status of the corresponding entity

Methods

Method	Description
GetDependentFeatures	Query the dependent features of this entity.
GetOtherDependents	Query other dependents of this entity.
Validate	Validate whether the inputs to the component are sufficient for commit to be called.

Enumerations

EntityUsageInfoStatus Enumeration

enum for usage status

Property Detail

Entity

EntityUsageInfo.Entity

Returns the important entity.

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Getter Method

Signature Entity

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.DisplayableObject

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

UsageStatus

EntityUsageInfo.UsageStatus

Returns the usage status of the corresponding entity

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Getter Method

Signature UsageStatus

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.EntityUsageInfoStatus

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

Method Detail

GetDependentFeatures

EntityUsageInfo.GetDependentFeatures

Query the dependent features of this entity.

Use ‘typeOfUsage’ to restrict the query to intra-part features or to include interpart features too.

Signature GetDependentFeatures(typeOfUsage)

Parameters:typeOfUsage (NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.EntityUsageInfoStatus) – desired level of usage information Returns:a tuple Return type:A tuple consisting of (dependentFeatures, detailedUsageInfo). dependentFeatures is a list of NXOpen.Features.Feature. dependent features detailedUsageInfo is a list of str. detailed usage information for each dependent feature

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

GetOtherDependents

EntityUsageInfo.GetOtherDependents

Query other dependents of this entity.

Use ‘typeOfUsage’ to restrict the query to intra-part dependents or to include interpart usage too.

Signature GetOtherDependents(typeOfUsage)

Parameters:typeOfUsage (NXOpen.GeometricUtilities.EntityUsageInfoStatus) – desired level of usage information Returns:a tuple Return type:A tuple consisting of (otherDependents, detailedUsageInfo). otherDependents is a list of NXOpen.NXObject. dependent objects detailedUsageInfo is a list of str. detailed usage information for each dependent object

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

Validate

EntityUsageInfo.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.