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
| 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
| 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 |
Gets and sets whether the approximation is optimized. |
| ApproximationTolerance |
Gets and sets the approximation tolerance. |
| ApproximationType |
Gets and sets the approximation method used for the feature. |
| Direction |
Gets and sets the shell boundary relative to part face. |
| 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 |
Gets and sets the faces that were specified to create or edit the Shell feature. |
| 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
