BIMComponentDescription Object


Description

BIMComponentDescription object.

Methods

Name Description
SetCustomThumbnail Method that lets you set the custom thumbnail by providing the filename of an image file. The file should be a bmp, jpg, or png format and should be 256x256 pixels.

Properties

Name Description
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.
ComponentPropertySets Read-only property that returns the collection object containing the property sets for a BIM component.
ComponentType
FamilyType
ModelProperties
OrientationType
Thumbnail
Type Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.
UserCoordinateSystemOrientation
ViewCubeOrientationOrigin

Accessed From

BIMComponent.ComponentDescription

Version

Introduced in version 2011