ShellDefinition Object


Description

The ShellDefinition object is used to define all of the input required for fillet features. It is also used to query and edit existing shell features.

Methods

Name Description
AddThicknessFaceSet Method that creates a new thickness face set. The new ShellThicknessFaceSet is returned.
Copy Method that returns a copy of the ShellDefinition object.

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.
ApproximationOptimized
ApproximationTolerance
ApproximationType
Direction
FaceSetCount Property that specifies the number of face sets currently defined in the defintion.
FaceSetItem Method that returns the specified ShellThicknessFaceSet object from the collection.
InputFaces
Parent Property that returns the parent object from whom this object can logically be reached.
Thickness Property that returns the parameter that controls the thickness of the shell. This property will return Nothing if the shell feature has not been created yet.
Type Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.

Accessed From

ShellDefinition.Copy, ShellFeature.Definition, ShellFeatureProxy.Definition, ShellFeatures.CreateShellDefinition

Version

Introduced in version 9