AddTangentToCylinderOrConeAtKeyPoint Method

Description

This method adds a reference plane tangent to a cylinder or cone at a specified key point.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function AddTangentToCylinderOrConeAtKeyPoint( _ ByVal Face As Object, _ ByVal ParentPlane As Object, _ ByVal KeyPoint As Object, _ ByVal KeyPointTypeConstant As KeyPointType, _ ByVal XAxisAngle As Double, _ ByVal ExtentSide As FeaturePropertyConstants, _ ByVal normalOrientation As ReferenceElementConstants, _ Optional ByVal Local As Variant _ ) As RefPlane

Visual Basic

Public Function AddTangentToCylinderOrConeAtKeyPoint( _
   ByVal Face As Object, _
   ByVal ParentPlane As Object, _
   ByVal KeyPoint As Object, _
   ByVal KeyPointTypeConstant As KeyPointType, _
   ByVal XAxisAngle As Double, _
   ByVal ExtentSide As FeaturePropertyConstants, _
   ByVal normalOrientation As ReferenceElementConstants, _
   Optional ByVal Local As Variant _
) As RefPlane

Parameters

Face

Specifies the selected face tangent to which the reference will be created.

ParentPlane

Specifies the intersection plane defining the reference orientation (0 degrees) from which the angular offset is measured.

KeyPoint

Specifies the key point parent that defines the plane location.

KeyPointTypeConstant

Value	Description
igKeyPointCallback	Keypoint Type - Callback
igKeyPointCenter	Keypoint Type - Center
igKeyPointEnd	Keypoint Type - End
igKeyPointHorizontalSilhouette	Keypoint Type - Horizontal Silhouette
igKeyPointInteriorNode	Keypoint Type - Interior Node
igKeyPointInteriorPole	Keypoint Type - Interior Pole
igKeyPointMajorAxis	Keypoint Type - Major Axis
igKeyPointMiddle	Keypoint Type - Middle
igKeyPointMinorAxis	Keypoint Type - Minor Axis
igKeyPointNonDefining	Keypoint Type - Non-defining
igKeyPointPointOnly	Keypoint Type - Point Only
igKeyPointStart	Keypoint Type - Start
igKeyPointVerticalSilhouette	Keypoint Type - Vertical Silhouette

Specifies the constant indicating the desired type of key point if the key point is an edge or curve.

XAxisAngle

Specifies the angle to rotate the reference plane about its Z axis.

ExtentSide

Value	Description
igAddRound
igAll
igAlongAnAxis
igAngularDummy
igAsConstruction
igBend
igBendAndFaceCornerRelief
igBendOnlyCornerRelief
igBoth	Feature Properties - Both
igChainedCornerRelief
igChamfer2Setbacks
igChamfer45degSetback
igChamferAngleSetback
igCircular
igCloseCornerCircleCutout
igCloseCornerClosed
igCloseCornerNone
igCloseCornerOpen
igClosed
igCloseFaces
igConcave
igConstantRadiusArc
igConstRadiusRound
igContinuous
igConvex
igCopy
igCornerRound
igCounterboreHole
igCounterboreProfileIsAtBottom
igCounterboreProfileIsAtTop
igCounterdrillHole
igCountersinkHole
igCurvatureContinuous
igCurvatureContinuousInterior
igCurveSetSeperator
igDeleteFaceHeal
igDelSMFaceBoth
igDelSMFaceNone
igDelSystemRelief
igDelZeroBendRadius
igDevelopableSurface
igEdgeBasedCrossSection
igEdgesByLoop
igEdgesByVertex
igEnd
igEndCaps
igEqualOffset
igEquationType
igExtend	Feature Properties - Extend
igExtendBendRelief
igFacesTouchingCurvesOnly
igFilletBendRelief
igFinite
igFlangeCenterOfEdge
igFlangeEndFromEndEdge
igFlangeEndOnEndEdge
igFlangeFromBothEndsOfEdge
igFlangeFromDefinedStartPoint
igFlangeFullEdge
igFlangeMatchFace
igFlangeOffset
igFlangeStartFromEndEdge
igFlangeStartOnEndEdge
igFlatten
igFormedEnd
igFromNonReferenceEnd
igFromReferenceEnd
igFromTo
igFull
igGroove
igHemTypeCenteredLoop
igHemTypeClosed
igHemTypeClosedLoop
igHemTypeCurl
igHemTypeOpen
igHemTypeOpenLoop
igHemTypeSFlange
igIgnoreBlends
igInside	Feature Properties - Remove/Add Material Inside
igInsideDimension
igIntersect
igLancedEnd
igLeft	Feature Properties - Project to Left
igLinear
igLinearCurvatureContinuousExtension
igLinearTangentExtension
igLip
igLouverFormedEndType
igLouverLancedEndType
igLouverRound
igLouverRoundNone
igMitreByAngle
igMitreByDist
igMitreManufacturingCut
igMitreNormalToThickness
igMitreParallelToThickness
igMitreRegularCut
igMove
igMultipleEdges
igNatural
igNeutralFactorFromExcel
igNFType
igNoCornerRound
igNoExtend	Feature Properties - Do Not Extend
igNone
igNonSymmetric
igNormal
igNormalSideDummy	Feature Properties - Normal Side
igNoRound
igNullConstant
igOffset
igOutside	Feature Properties - Remove/Add Material Outside
igOutsideDimension
igOverlapFaces
igParallelDummy
igParallelToPlane
igPartingFromCurve
igPartingFromEdge
igPartingFromPlane
igPartingFromSurface
igPatternAlongCurve
igPatternByTable
igPatternCircular
igPatternFillRegion
igPatternMirror
igPatternMountingBoss
igPatternRectangular
igPatternUserDefined
igPeriodic
igProfileBasedCrossSection
igProjectOptionProject
igProjectOptionWrap
igPunchedEnd
igRadial
igRaisedCounterboreSlot
igRecessedCounterboreSlot
igRecreateBlends
igRectangularBendRelief
igReflective
igRegularHole
igRegularSlot
igRegularThread
igRemoveBoundaries
igRemoveExternalBoundaries
igRemoveInternalBoundaries
igReverseNormal
igReverseNormalSideDummy	Feature Properties - Reverse Normal Side
igRight	Feature Properties - Project to Right
igRipBendRelief
igRipCornerRelief
igRndCapAcrossSharpEdges
igRndMiterAtCorner
igRndPreserveTopologyOff
igRndPreserveTopologyOn
igRndRollAcrossSharpEdges
igRndRollAcrossTangentEdgesOff
igRndRollAcrossTangentEdgesOn
igRndRollAlongBlendEdgesOff
igRndRollAlongBlendEdgesOn
igRndRollAroundCorner
igRoundAllVertexSetback
igRoundEndVertexEdgeSetback
igRoundSetbackIsAbsolute
igRoundSetbackIsRelative
igRoundSingleVertexSetback
igRoundStartVertexEdgeSetback
igRoundVertexEdgeSetback
igShowBoundaries
igSideInfoSetSeperator
igSingleEdge
igSMClearanceCutout
igSMFaceCutout
igSMMidPlaneCutout
igSplit
igSplitAngle1Left
igSplitAngle1Right
igSplitDraft
igStart
igStepDraft
igStepDraftPerpendicular
igStraightPipeThread
igSubtract
igSweepAlignArcLength
igSweepAlignNormal
igSweepAlignParallel
igSweepAlignParametrically
igSweepC1Continuity
igSweepC2Continuity
igSweepMergeAll
igSweepMergeAlongPath
igSweepMergeNone
igSweepScaleNone
igSweepScaleStartAndEnd
igSweepTwistNone
igSweepTwistStartAndEnd
igSweepTwistTurns
igSweepTwistTurnsPerUnitLength
igSymmetric	Feature Properties - Symmetric Extent
igTangent
igTangentInterior
igTaperByAngle
igTaperByRatio
igTaperByRLRatio
igTaperDimAtBottom
igTaperDimAtTop
igTaperedEnd
igTaperedHole
igTaperedPipeThread
igTaperedToPlane
igTappedHole
igThickness
igThkInProfilePlane
igThkNormalToProfilePlane
igThreeHundredAndSixty
igThroughAll
igThroughAxis
igToEndOfEdge
igToggleToConstruction	Toggle from Design to Construction
igToggleToDesign	Toggle from Construction to Design
igToKeyPoint
igToNext
igTreatmentCircleCutout
igTreatmentCrown
igTreatmentDraft
igTreatmentFormedFeatureDisplayAsCenterMark
igTreatmentFormedFeatureDisplayAsModeled
igTreatmentFormedFeatureDisplayAsSketch
igTreatmentFormedFeatureDisplayAsSketchAndCenterMark
igTreatmentIntersect
igTreatmentMiterRelief
igTreatmentOff
igTreatmentRectangularCutout
igTreatmentUCutout
igTreatmentVCutout
igUnequalOffset
igUnite
igUShaped
igVarRadiusRound
igVBottomDimToFlat
igVBottomDimToV
igVShaped
igWeldGrooveCapProject
igWeldGrooveCapSameAsTop
igWeldGrooveCapSurface

Specifies the constant indicating the direction the rotation is measured.

normalOrientation

Value	Description
ig3PointPlane
igAngular
igAtAngleToSurfaceAtKeypoint
igCurveEnd
igCurveStart
igFlipNormal
igNormalSide
igNormalToCurve
igNormalToCurveAtArcLengthRatio
igNormalToCurveAtDistance
igNormalToCurveAtDistanceAlongCurve
igNormalToCurveAtKeyPoint
igParallel
igParallelThroughPoint	Unsupported Internal type.
igPivotEnd
igPivotStart
igPlaneAlignX
igPlaneAlignY
igPlaneByMirror
igPlaneFlipHorizontal
igPlaneFlipVertical
igPlaneRotateLeft
igPlaneRotateRight
igRefEleInit
igReverseNormalSide
igTangentToFace
igTangentToSurfaceAtAngle
igTangentToSurfaceAtKeypoint

Specifies the constant indicating the plane normal should be reversed.

Local

Specifies where the reference plane is local or global and returns the resulting reference plane. The reference plane is local if not specified.