Class: GeometryImport

Defines a GeometryImport.

Methods

Name Description
Activate() Activate the current object.
AddComment() Creates a new child Comment.
AddFigure() Creates a new child Figure.
AddImage(String) Creates a new child Image. If a filePath is provided, the image will be loaded from that file, if not, the image will be a screen capture of the Geometry window.
CopyTo(DataModelObject) Copies all visible properties from this object to another.
CreateParameter(String) Creates a new parameter for a Property.
Duplicate() Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.
GetFormat() Gets the format of the geometry file/data for the most recent import.
GetGeometryURI() Gets the Geometry URI for the most recent import. The Universal Resource Identifier, which on disk would be "file://..."
GetParameter(String) Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.
GetPath() Gets the path of the object.
GetPreferences() Gets the preferences for most recent import operations with the geometry file/data.
GroupAllSimilarChildren() Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.
GroupSimilarObjects() Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.
Import(String, Format, GeometryImportPreferences) Import/reload geometry from the CAD file using the provided preferences. *** If no preference argument is provided, i.e., null is used (also the default argument), then default values from Mechanical preferences will be used (Mechanical: File -> Options: Import; this will need to be implemented). Previously used preferences are always purged during an import operation. *** The parts will be read into the Geometry.
PropertyByAPIName(String) Get a property by its API name. If multiple properties have the same API Name, only the first property with that name will be returned.
PropertyByName(String) Get a property by its unique name.
RemoveParameter(String) Removes the parameter from the parameter set corresponding to the given property.

Properties

Name Description
Comments Gets the list of associated comments.
DataModelObjectCategory Gets the name of the current DataModelObject's category.
Figures Gets the list of associated figures.
Images Gets the list of associated images.
InternalObject Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.
Name Gets the name of the object.
ObjectId Gets the internal id of the object.
ObjectTags Gets an IEnumerable object of the tags that 'this' is a part of.
Parent Gets the parent object.
Parts List of parts created by the most recent import operation.
Properties Gets the list of properties for this object.
VisibleProperties Gets the list of properties that are visible for this object.