DerivedPartDefinition Object

Description

The DerivedPartDefinition object is used to describe which entities within a part will be used during the creation of the DerivedPartComponent. It is also used when querying and editing an existing derived part.

Methods

Name Description
ExcludeAll Method that causes all entities within the derived part component to be set to kDerivedExcludeAll. Description This method should exclude all solids, surfaces, sketches, 3d sketches, sketch blocks, sketch block definitions, workfeatures, parameters and iMate definitions.
IncludeAll Method that causes all entities within the derived part component to be set to kDerivedIncludeAll.

Properties

Name Description
ActiveDesignViewRepresentation Read-write property that gets and sets the name of the active Design View Representation for the derived part. Setting the property to a null string o.
Application Returns the top-level parent application object. When used the context of Inventor, an Application object is returned. When used in the context of Apprentice, an ApprenticeServer object is returned.
DeriveStyle Gets and sets how bodies are derived. Valid options are kDeriveAsSingleBodyWithSeams, kDeriveAsSingleBodyNoSeams, kDeriveAsMultipleBodies and kDeriveAsWorkSurface.
iMateDefinitions Property that gets the collection of iMates available in the selected part along with the inclusion option for each iMate.
IncludeAlliMateDefinitions Gets and sets whether all iMates are included in the derived part.
IncludeAllParameters Property that defines whether exported parameters are included in the derived part. This property is initialized to True when the DerivedPartDefinition object is created.
IncludeAllSolids Gets and sets whether all solids are included in the derived part. Valid input for this property is kDerivedIncludeAll, kDerivedExcludeAll, and kDerivedIndividualDefined.
IncludeAllSurfaces Property that defines whether all surfaces are included in the derived part. Valid input for this property is kDerivedIncludeAll, kDerivedExcludeAll, and kDerivedIndividualDefined.
Parameters Property that gets the collection of parameters available in the selected part along with the inclusion option for each parameter.
ReducedMemoryMode Read-write property that gets and sets the Reduced Memory Mode.
Solids Property that gets the collection of solids available in the selected part along with the inclusion option for each solid.
Surfaces Property that gets the collection of surfaces available in the selected part along with the inclusion option for each surface.
Type Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.
UseColorOverridesFromSource Read-write property that gets and sets whether to use body, feature and face color overrides from the source components.

Accessed From

DerivedPartComponent.Definition, DerivedPartComponentProxy.Definition

Derived Classes

DerivedPartCoordinateSystemDef, DerivedPartTransformDef, DerivedPartUniformScaleDef

Version

Introduced in version 5.3