FeatureControlFrameStyle Object

Derived from: Style Object

Description

The FeatureControlFrameStyle object represents a feature control frame style in a drawing. The properties and methods listed below are in addition to those supported by the Style object.

Methods

Name	Description
ConvertToLocal	Method that creates a local cached copy of a global style and returns the local style.
Copy	Method that creates a new local Style object. The newly created style is returned.
Delete	Method that deletes the Style/Layer/UnfoldMethod.
GetAvailableAdditionalSymbols	Gets the array of FeatureControlFrameAdditionalSymbolsEnum indicating the additional symbols to be made available in the feature control frame creation and edit dialog.
GetReferenceKey	Method that generates and returns the reference key for this entity.
SaveToGlobal	Method that saves this style to the global repository. If a style with the same name is found in the repository, that style is updated.
SetAvailableAdditionalSymbols	Sets the array of FeatureControlFrameAdditionalSymbolsEnum to specify additional symbols to be made available in the feature control frame creation and edit dialog.
UpdateFromGlobal	Method that updates this style from the global repository.

Properties

Name	Description
AlignCellsVertically	Property that gets and sets whether to add spaces to short cells so that pairs of cells align vertically.
AllowTolerance2	Property that gets and sets whether to provide the ability to add a second tolerance in the feature control frame dialog.
AlternateDecimalMarkerType	Property that gets and sets the character to use as a decimal marker for alternate units. Valid values are kPeriodDecimalMarker and kCommaDecimalMarker. This property is used only when the AlternateUnitsDisplay property is set to true.
AlternateDisplayUnitType	Property that gets and sets the arrangement of the alternate units display with respect to the primary units. The primary unit always precedes the alternate unit. This property is used only when the AlternateUnitsDisplay property is set to true.
AlternateLeadingZeroDisplay	Property that gets and sets whether to display the leading zeroes for alternate units. This property is used only when the AlternateUnitsDisplay property is set to true.
AlternateLinearPrecision	Property that gets and sets the precision for linear alternate units. This property is used only when the AlternateUnitsDisplay property is set to true.
AlternateLinearUnits	Property that gets and sets the units of length measure used for alternate units. This property is used only when the AlternateUnitsDisplay property is set to true.
AlternateTrailingZeroDisplay	Property that gets and sets whether to display the trailing zeroes for alternate units. This property is used only when the AlternateUnitsDisplay property is set to true.
AlternateUnitsDisplay	Property that gets and sets whether to display alternate units.
AlternateUnitsDisplayType	Property that gets and sets the arrangement of the alternate units display with respect to the primary units. The primary unit always precedes the alternate unit. This property is used only when the AlternateUnitsDisplay property is set to true.
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.
AttachLeaderToCorner	Property that gets and sets whether the leader terminates on the corner of the frame or at the midpoint of a vertical leg of the frame.
AvailableGeometricCharacteristics	Property that gets and sets the geometric characteristics to be made available in the feature control frame creation and edit dialog. A combination of enum values can be provided.
AvailableModifiers	Property that gets and sets the material removal modifiers to be made available in the feature control frame creation and edit dialog. A combination of enum values can be provided.
Comments	Gets and sets comments associated with the style.
DecimalMarkerType	Property that gets and sets the character to use as a decimal marker for primary units. Valid values are kPeriodDecimalMarker and kCommaDecimalMarker.
DisplayUnitType	Property that gets and sets whether to display units string for primary units.
EnableAuxiliaryFeatureIndicators	Gets and sets whether the auxiliary feature indicators is enabled or not.
EnableInlineNotes	Gets and sets whether the inline notes is enabled or not.
InternalName	Property that returns the internal name of the style. The name is the internal English name of the standard style. This name will remain constant and is not affected by locale. This name is never displayed to the user. Note that this name is not guaranteed to be unique.
InUse	Property that indicates if this style is in use.
LeaderStyle	Property that gets and sets the leader style used for a feature control frame symbol.
LeadingZeroDisplay	Property that gets and sets whether to display the leading zeroes for primary units.
LinearUnits	Property that gets and sets the units of length measure.
MergeDatum	Property that gets and sets whether to merge datum cells when the data is the same.
MergeSymbol	Property that gets and sets whether to merge symbol cells when the data is the same.
MergeTolerance	Property that gets and sets whether to merge tolerance cells when the data is the same.
Name	Gets/Sets the name of the Style.
Parent	Property returning the parent of this object.
ScaleToTextHeight	Property that gets and sets whether to define the symbol size by text height.
Size	Property that gets and sets the size of the feature control frame in linear units. This value is used only if the ScaleToTextHeight property is set to False.
StyleLocation	Property that returns the location of this style, i.e. local to the document, cached locally in the document, exists in the library. Styles that exist in the library cannot be edited.
StyleType	Gets the type of the style.
TextStyle	Property that gets and sets the text style used to format the text in a feature control frame symbol.
TrailingZeroDisplay	Property that gets and sets whether to display the trailing zeroes for primary units.
Type	Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.
UpToDate	Property that gets the up-to-date status of the style against the global repository.
WhiteSpace	Property that gets and sets the space before and after text in the tolerance and datum cells.

Accessed From

FeatureControlFrame.Style, FeatureControlFrameStylesEnumerator.Item, ObjectDefaultsStyle.FeatureControlFrameStyle

Version

Introduced in version 2009