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. An empty string indicates the Master design view is used. The IsAssociativeDesignView property indicates if an associate link to the design view is created or not.
ActiveModelState
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
iMateDefinitions Property that gets the collection of iMates available in the selected part along with the inclusion option for each iMate.
IncludeAlliMateDefinitions
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
IncludeAllSurfaces Property that defines whether all surfaces are included in the derived part. Valid input for this property is kDerivedIncludeAll, kDerivedExcludeAll, and kDerivedIndividualDefined.
IsAssociativeDesignView
Parameters Property that gets the collection of parameters available in the selected part along with the inclusion option for each parameter.
ReducedMemoryMode
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

Accessed From

DerivedPartComponent.Definition, DerivedPartComponentProxy.Definition

Derived Classes

DerivedPartCoordinateSystemDef, DerivedPartTransformDef, DerivedPartUniformScaleDef

Version

Introduced in version 5.3