MachineKitBuilder Class

class NXOpen.SIM.MachineKitBuilder

Bases: NXOpen.Builder

This class is used for the Machine Kit Create Dialog.

Calling Builder.Commit() on this builder will start the machine kit creation process and return None.

Use the Part class to create a MachineKitBuilder object.

New in version NX10.0.2.

Properties

Property Description
Name Returns or sets the machine kit name.
OutputDirectory Returns or sets the machine kit output directory.
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.
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.

Property Detail

Name

MachineKitBuilder.Name

Returns or sets the machine kit name.

The name is used for the database entry and the name of the folder.

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Getter Method

Signature Name

Returns:machine kit name
Return type:str

New in version NX10.0.2.

License requirements: ug_isv_full (“Full functionality for Integrated Simulation and Verification”) OR nx_isv_mtb (“Machine Tool Builder”)

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Setter Method

Signature Name

Parameters:kitName (str) – machine kit name

New in version NX10.0.2.

License requirements: ug_isv_full (“Full functionality for Integrated Simulation and Verification”) OR nx_isv_mtb (“Machine Tool Builder”)

OutputDirectory

MachineKitBuilder.OutputDirectory

Returns or sets the machine kit output directory.

This is the location of the machine folder.

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Getter Method

Signature OutputDirectory

Returns:machine kit output directory
Return type:str

New in version NX10.0.2.

License requirements: ug_isv_full (“Full functionality for Integrated Simulation and Verification”) OR nx_isv_mtb (“Machine Tool Builder”)

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Setter Method

Signature OutputDirectory

Parameters:outputDirectory (str) – machine kit output directory

New in version NX10.0.2.

License requirements: ug_isv_full (“Full functionality for Integrated Simulation and Verification”) OR nx_isv_mtb (“Machine Tool Builder”)

Method Detail

Validate

MachineKitBuilder.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.