AddCustomProperty Method

Description

Adds the custom property for input material.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Sub AddCustomProperty( _ ByVal bstrMatName As String, _ ByVal bstrMatLibName As String, _ ByVal bstrPropName As String, _ ByVal ePropUnitType As UnitTypeConstants, _ ByVal varPropValue As Variant _ )

Visual Basic

Public Sub AddCustomProperty( _
   ByVal bstrMatName As String, _
   ByVal bstrMatLibName As String, _
   ByVal bstrPropName As String, _
   ByVal ePropUnitType As UnitTypeConstants, _
   ByVal varPropValue As Variant _
)

Parameters

bstrMatName

Specify material name as string.

bstrMatLibName

Specify material library name as string.

bstrPropName

Specify NEW property name as string.

ePropUnitType

Value	Description
igUnitAmountOfSubstance	Unit Type - Amount of Substance
igUnitAngle	Unit Type - Angle
igUnitAngularAcceleration	Unit Type - Angular Acceleration
igUnitAngularMomentum	Unit Type - Angular Momentum
igUnitAngularVelocity	Unit Type - Angular Velocity
igUnitArea	Unit Type - Area
igUnitBodyForce	Unit Type - Body Force
igUnitCoefficientOfThermalExpansion	Unit Type - Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
igUnitDensity	Unit Type - Density
igUnitDistance	Unit Type - Distance
igUnitDynamicViscosity	Unit Type - Dynamic Viscosity
igUnitElectricalCapacitance	Unit Type - Electrical Capacitance
igUnitElectricalConductance	Unit Type - Electrical Conductance
igUnitElectricalFieldStrength	Unit Type - Electrical Fieldf Strength
igUnitElectricalInductance	Unit Type - Electrical Inductance
igUnitElectricalPotential	Unit Type - Electrical Potential
igUnitElectricalResistance	Unit Type - Electrical Resistance
igUnitElectricCharge	Unit Type - Electrical Charge
igUnitEnergy	Unit Type - Energy
igUnitEnergyDensity	Unit Type - EnergyDensity
igUnitEntropy	Unit Type - Entropy
igUnitFilmCoefficient	Unit Type - Film Coefficient
igUnitForce	Unit Type - Force
igUnitForcePerArea	Unit Type - Force Per Area
igUnitForcePerDistance	Unit Type - Force Per Distance
igUnitFrequency	Unit Type - Frequency
igUnitHeatCapacity	Unit Type - Heat Capacity
igUnitHeatFluxPerArea	Unit Type - Heat Flux Per Area
igUnitHeatFluxPerDistance	Unit Type - Heat Flux Per Distance
igUnitHeatGeneration	Unit Type - Heat Generation
igUnitHeatSource	Unit Type - Heat Source
igUnitIlluminance	Unit Type - Illuminance
igUnitKinematicViscosity	Unit Type - Kinematic Viscosity
igUnitLinearAcceleration	Unit Type - Linear Acceleration
igUnitLinearPerAngular	Unit Type - Linear Per Angular
igUnitLinearVelocity	Unit Type - Linear Velocity
igUnitLuminousFlux	Unit Type - Luminous Flux
igUnitLuminousIntensity	Unit Type - Luminous Intensity
igUnitMagneticFieldStrength	Unit Type - Magnetic Field Strength
igUnitMagneticFlux	Unit Type - Magnetic Flux
igUnitMagneticFluxDensity	Unit Type - Magnetic Flux Density
igUnitMass	Unit Type - Mass
igUnitMassFlowRate	Unit Type - Mass Flow Rate
igUnitMassMomentOfInertia	Unit Type - Mass Moment of Inertia
igUnitMassPerArea	Unit Type - Mass Per Area
igUnitMassPerLength	Unit Type - Mass Per Length
igUnitMomentum	Unit Type - Momentum
igUnitPerDistance	Unit Type - Per Distance
igUnitPower	Unit Type - Power
igUnitPressure	Unit Type - Pressure
igUnitQuantityOfElectricity	Unit Type - Quantity of Electricity
igUnitRadiantIntensity	Unit Type - Radiant Intensity
igUnitRotationalStiffness	Unit Type - Rotation Stiffness
igUnitScalar	Unit Type - Scalar
igUnitSecondMomentOfArea	Unit Type - Second Moment of Area
igUnitSolidAngle	Unit Type - Solid Angle
igUnitTemperature	Unit Type - Temperature
igUnitTemperatureGradient	Unit Type - Temperature Gradient
igUnitThermalConductivity	Unit Type - Thermal Conductivity
igUnitTime	Unit Type - Time
igUnitTorque	Unit Type - Torque
igUnitVolume	Unit Type - Volume
igUnitVolumeFlowRate	Unit Type - Volume Flow Rate

Specify property type for NEW property.

varPropValue

Specify value for NEW property.

Example

Example (VB.NET)
Example (C#)

Imports System
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Namespace Examples
    Friend Class Program
        <STAThread>
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Dim application As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing
            Dim materialTable As SolidEdgeFramework.MatTable = Nothing

            Try
                ' See "Handling 'Application is Busy' and 'Call was Rejected By Callee' errors" topic.
                OleMessageFilter.Register()

                ' Attempt to connect to a running instance of Solid Edge.
                application = DirectCast(Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application"), SolidEdgeFramework.Application)
                materialTable = application.GetMaterialTable()

                Dim materialName = "Steel"
                Dim libraryName = "Materials"
                materialTable.AddCustomProperty(materialName, libraryName, "My custom property", SolidEdgeFramework.UnitTypeConstants.igUnitDistance, 152.66)
            Catch ex As System.Exception
                Console.WriteLine(ex)
            Finally
                OleMessageFilter.Unregister()
            End Try
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Examples
{
    class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SolidEdgeFramework.Application application = null;
            SolidEdgeFramework.MatTable materialTable = null;

            try
            {
                // See "Handling 'Application is Busy' and 'Call was Rejected By Callee' errors" topic.
                OleMessageFilter.Register();

                // Attempt to connect to a running instance of Solid Edge.
                application = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application)Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application");
                materialTable = application.GetMaterialTable();

                var materialName = "Steel";
                var libraryName = "Materials";
                materialTable.AddCustomProperty(materialName, libraryName, "My custom property", SolidEdgeFramework.UnitTypeConstants.igUnitDistance, 152.66);
            }
            catch (System.Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex);
            }
            finally
            {
                OleMessageFilter.Unregister();
            }
        }
    }
}