SketchFixedSpline Object

Derived from: SketchEntity Object

Description

The SketchFixedSpline object represents a fixed spline within a sketch. These splines are created using the geometry definition (BSplineCurve2d). See the article in the overviews section.

Methods

Name	Description
ConvertToSpline	Method that converts the fixed spline to a SketchSpline object.
Delete	Method that deletes the sketch entity. This method will fail in the case where this object was created as a result of a derived part. The HasReferenceComponent property can be used to determine when this is the case.
Edit	Method that edits a fixed sketch spline based on an input NURBS definition.
GetCustomLineType	Method that returns information regarding the custom line type in use. The method returns a failure if the return value of the LineType property is not kCustomLineType.
GetReferenceKey	Method that generates and returns the reference key for this entity.
SetCustomLineType	Method that sets a custom line type to the curve from the specified .lin file. The method automatically changes the value of LineType property to kCustomLineType.

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.
AttributeSets	Property that returns the AttributeSets collection object associated with this object.
Closed	Boolean property that gets whether the curve is closed. A periodic curve is closed and curvature continuous at the closure.
Constraints	Property that returns a collection of sketch constraints that are tied directly to this entity. This collection consists of both geometric and dimension constraints.
ConstraintStatus	Read-only property that returns the constraint status of the sketch. Possible return values are kFullyConstrainedConstraintStatus, kOverConstrainedConstraintStatus, kUnderConstrainedConstraintStatus, and kUnknownConstraintStatus.
Construction	Gets and sets whether the entity behaves as a construction entity or not.
ContainingSketchBlock	Property that returns the sketch block that contains this object. This is the same SketchBlock returned as the last item in the SketchBlockPath property. This property returns Nothing if this object does not belong to a sketch block and lives directly under a sketch.
DisabledActionTypes	Gets and sets whether specific user actions are blocked on this sketch geometry.
EndSketchPoint	Property that returns the that defines the position of the end of the spline.
Geometry	Property that returns a geometry object. The object returned represents a 'snapshot' view of the current state of the fixed sketch spline.
Geometry3d	Read-only property that returns B-Spline geometry that represents this spline in model space.
HasReferenceComponent	Property that specifies if the object was created as the result of a derived part.
Layer	Gets and sets the layer applied to this sketch entity.
Length	Double property that returns the length of the entity in centimeters.
LineDefinitionSpace	Gets and sets the LineDefinitionSpace applied to this sketch fixed spline.
LineScale	Gets and sets the LineScale applied to this sketch fixed spline.
LineType	Gets and sets the LineType applied to this sketch fixed spline.
LineWeight	Gets and sets the LineWeight applied to this sketch fixed spline.
OverrideColor	Gets and sets the color applied to this sketch fixed spline.
OwnedBy	Indicates entity or entities that own this object.
Parent	Property that returns the parent sketch of the entity.
RangeBox	Property that returns a Box2D object which contains the lower-left and upper-right corners of a rectangle that is guaranteed to enclose this object.
Reference	Gets and sets whether this entity is a reference entity or not. It is only valid to set this property to False.
ReferenceComponent	Property that returns the ReferenceComponent that resulted in the creation of this feature.
ReferencedEntity	Property that returns the object this entity is dependent on. When sketch entities are created by projecting model edges or intersecting the model, the resulting entities are driven by the original model entities and cannot be modified.
SketchBlockPath	Property that returns the path of sketch blocks at the leaf of which this sketch object is found. The enumerator returns a count of 0 if the object lives directly under a sketch.
SketchOnly	Gets and sets whether this entity is visible only when editing the sketch.
StartSketchPoint	Property that returns the that defines the position of the start of the spline.
Type	Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.

Accessed From

SketchFixedSplineProxy.NativeObject, SketchFixedSplines.Add, SketchFixedSplines.Item

Derived Classes

SketchFixedSplineProxy

Samples

Name	Description
Spline - create NURBS	This sample demonstrates the creation of a sketch spline using a geometry definition (a NURB). The API also supports creation of 3D sketch splines in a similar way.

Version

Introduced in version 9