StrObjectFactory (Object)

Represents the factory object for all the structure objects.
The factory is retrieved using the method of the product.
Example:
The following example retrieves the structure factory object from the oProduct Product. 
 Dim oFactory as AnyObject
 Set oFactory = oProduct.GetTechnologicalObject("StructureObjectFactory")

Methods


Func AddDefExtFromCoordinates( iCoord, iOffset) As
Creates a member extremity definition object from coordinates and an offset value.
Parameters:
iCoord
The coordinates of the extremity
iOffset
The offset on this extremity
Func AddDefExtFromReference( iReference, iOffset) As
Creates a member extremity definition object from an existing object in the model and an offset value.
Parameters:
iReference
The reference object defining the extremity
iOffset
The offset on this extremity
Func AddDefExtOnMember( iMember, iSide, iDistance, iOffset) As
Creates a member extremity definition object from another member object, its side, a distance on it and an offset.
Parameters:
iMember
The member used to define the extremity
iSide
The side of the previous member used to define the distance along the member
iDistance
The distance along the selected member
iOffset
The offset on the extremity
Func AddDimMember( iSection, iAnchorName, iAngle, iDefExtr1, iMathDirection, iLength, iType) As
Creates a dimension member object from a point and a mathematical definition of a direction.
Parameters:
iSection
The section object defining the profile for the member
iAnchorName
The name of the anchor point
iAngle
The orientation of the section on its support
iDefExtr1
The extremity object defining the start limit of the member
iMathDirection
The mathematical definition of the direction
iLength
The length of the member
iType
The type of the member. This type is user defined.
Func AddDimMemberOnPlane( iSection, iAnchorName, iAngle, iDefExtr1, iDefExtr2, iDirection, iMode, iLength, iType) As
Creates a dimension member object on a plane following a mathematical definition of a plane.
Parameters:
iSection
The section object defining the profile for the member
iAnchorName
The name of the anchor point
iAngle
The orientation of the section on its support
iDefExtr1
The extremity object defining the start limit of the member
iDefExtr2
The extremity object defining the end limit of the member
iDirection
The direction object. It can be a line or a plane
iMode
The way the member is created with respect to the direction plane. Useless if if the direction is not a plane.
iOrientation
The orientation of the member
iLength
The length of the member
iType
The type of the member. This type is user defined.
Func AddDimMemberPtPt( iSection, iAnchorName, iAngle, iDefExtr1, iDefExtr2, iLength, iType) As
Creates a dimension member object from two given points.
Parameters:
iSection
The section object defining the profile for the member
iAnchorName
The name of the anchor point
iAngle
The orientation of the section on its support
iDefExtr1
The extremity object defining the start limit of the member
iDefExtr2
The extremity object defining the end limit of the member
iLength
The length of the member
iType
The type of the member. This type is user defined.
Func AddDimMemberWithSupport( iSection, iAnchorName, iAngle, iDefExtr1, iDefExtr2, iDirection, iMode, iOrientation, iLength, iType) As
Creates a dimension member object using a support object.
Parameters:
iSection
The section object defining the profile for the member
iAnchorName
The name of the anchor point
iAngle
The orientation of the section on its support
iDefExtr1
The extremity object defining the start limit of the member
iDefExtr2
The extremity object defining the end limit of the member. In case of line for a support, this parameter is not taking into account.
iDirection
The direction object. It can be a line or a plane
iMode
The way the member is created with respect to the direction plane. Useless if if the direction is not a plane.
iOrientation
The orientation of the member
iLength
The length of the member
iType
The type of the member
Func AddMember( iSection, iAnchorName, iAngle, iDefExtr1, iDefExtr2, iType) As
Creates a member object.
Parameters:
iSection
The section object defining the profile for the member
iAnchorName
The name of the anchor point
iAngle
The orientation of the section on its support
iDefExtr1
The extremity object defining the start limit of the member
iDefExtr2
The extremity object defining the end limit of the member
iType
The type of the member. This type is user defined.
Func AddMemberFromDir( iSection, iAnchorName, iAngle, iDefExtr1, iDefExtr2, iDirection, iMode, iType) As
Creates a member object using a direction object as a line or a plane.
Parameters:
iSection
The section object defining the profile for the member
iAnchorName
The name of the anchor point
iAngle
The orientation of the section on its support
iDefExtr1
The extremity object defining the start limit of the member
iDefExtr2
The extremity object defining the end limit of the member
iDirection
The direction object used to orientate the support. The direction object can be a plane or a line.
iMode
The way the member is created with respect to the direction plane. Useless if if the direction is not a plane.
iType
The type of the member. This type is user defined.
Func AddMemberFromMathDir( iSection, iAnchorName, iAngle, iDefExtr1, iDefExtr2, iDirection, iType) As
Creates a member object using a mathematical definition of the direction.
Parameters:
iSection
The section object defining the profile for the member
iAnchorName
The name of the anchor point
iAngle
The orientation of the section on its support
iDefExtr1
The extremity object defining the start limit of the member
iDefExtr2
The extremity object defining the end limit of the member
iDirection
The mathematical definition of the direction
iType
The type of the member. This type is user defined.
Func AddMemberFromMathPlane( iSection, iAnchorName, iAngle, iDefExtr1, iDefExtr2, iPlane, iPlaneMode, iType) As
Creates a member object from a mathematical definition of a plane.
Parameters:
iSection
The section object defining the profile for the member
iAnchorName
The name of the anchor point
iAngle
The orientation of the section on its support
iDefExtr1
The extremity object defining the start limit of the member
iDefExtr2
The extremity object defining the end limit of the member
iDirection
The mathematical definition of a plane
iPlaneMode
The way the member is created with respect to the direction plane. Useless if if the direction is not a plane.
iType
The type of the member. This type is user defined.
Func AddMemberOnSupport( iSection, iAnchorName, iAngle, iSupport, iDefExtr1, iDefExtr2, iType) As
Creates a member object on a given support.
Parameters:
iSection
The section object defining the profile for the member
iAnchorName
The name of the anchor point
iAngle
The orientation of the section on its support
iSupport
The support for the member. The support can be a line or a curve
iDefExtr1
The extremity object defining the start limit of the member. It can be NULL.
iDefExtr2
The extremity object defining the end limit of the member. It can be NULL.
iType
The type of the member. This type is user defined.
Func AddMemberOnSupportWithRef( iSection, iAnchorName, iSurfRef, iAngle, iSupport, iDefExtr1, iDefExtr2, iType) As
Creates a member object on a given support object and a surface used to define the orientation of the section. The surface reference defines the relative orientation on which you add an angle.
Parameters:
iSection
The section object defining the profile for the member
iAnchorName
The name of the anchor point
iReference
The reference to define the zero orientation of the section. The section follows this guide line along the support of the member.
iAngle
The orientation of the section on its support
iSupport
The support for the member. The support can be a line or a curve
iDefExtr1
The extremity object defining the start limit of the member. It can be NULL.
iDefExtr2
The extremity object defining the end limit of the member. It can be NULL.
iType
The type of the member. This type is user defined.
Func AddPlate( iSupport, iThickness, iOrientation, iContour, iOffset, iType) As
Creates a plate from a contour defined by coordinates.
Parameters:
iSupport
The plane defining the support of the plate
iThickness
The standard thickness of the plate. The thickness follows the standard orientation of the support
iOrientation
The material orientation of the plate
iContour
The array containing all objects defining the contour of the plate
iOffset
The offset applies to the support of the plate
iType
The type of the plate. This information is user defined. It is added as an attribute on the plate.
Func AddPlateOnSurface( iThickness, iOrientation, iSurface, iOffset, iType) As
Creates a plate from a surface.
Parameters:
iThickness
The standard thickness of the plate. The thickness follows the standard orientation of the support
iOrientation
The material orientation of the plate
iSurface
The surface on which plate is to be created. If Surface path is NULL then method will return E_INVALID_ARG
iOffset
The offset applies to the support of the plate
iType
The type of the plate. This information is user defined. It is added as an attribute on the plate.
Func AddRectangularEndPlate( iMember, iSide, iThickness, iHeight, iWidth, iOrientation, iType) As
Creates a rectangular end plate on an extremity of a given member.
Parameters:
iMember
The member on which the end-plate will be created
iSide
The side of the selected member
iThickness
The standard thickness of the plate. The thickness follows the standard orientation of the support
iHeight
The height of the plate
iWidth
The width of the plate
iOrientation
The material orientation of the plate
iType
The type of the plate. This information is user defined. It is added as an attribute on the plate.
Func AddSection( iPart) As
Creates a section object from part document. This part must aggregate a sketch object defining the contour of the section. The contour of the section have to be closed and may contain several domains.
Parameters:
iPart
The part document where the sketch of the section is defined
Func AddSectionFromCatalog( iPart, iCatalogName, iFamilyName, iSectionName) As
Creates a section object from part document. This part must aggregate a sketch object defining the contour of the section. This service gives you to define where the resolved part comes from to allow a replace mechanism. The contour of the section have to be closed and may contain several domains.
Parameters:
iCatalogName
The catalog name where the document comes from
iFamilyName
The family name where the document comes from
iSectionName
The section name where the document comes from
iPart
The part document where the sketch of the section is defined
Func ExtendProductAsFoundation( iClass) As
Extend an assembly as a structure foundation assembly.
Parameters:
iClass
the name of the user class