SketchLines Object
Description
The SketchLines object provides access to all of the objects in a sketch and provides methods to create additional sketch lines. See the article in the overviews section.Methods
| Name | Description |
| AddAsPolygon | Method that creates a polygon with up to 120 sides. The sketch lines representing the polygon are returned. |
| AddAsThreePointCenteredRectangle | Method that creates four lines to represent a rectangle where the center of the rectangle is defined by a point, the length and orientation is defined by a second point, and the width defined by a third point. |
| AddAsThreePointRectangle | Method that creates four lines to represent a rectangle where the base of the rectangle is defined by two points and the height is defined by a third point. The input points for the base can be either Point2d objects defining an X-Y point in space, or an existing SketchPoint object. |
| AddAsTwoPointCenteredRectangle | Method that creates four lines to represent a rectangle where the center of the rectangle is defined by a point and the corner of the rectangle is defined by the second point and the rectangle is aligned with the sketch x and y axes. The input points can be either Point2d objects defining an x-y point in space, or an existing SketchPoint object. If an existing sketch point is input, the lines will become connected to that point. The created sketch lines are returned in a SketchEntitiesEnumerator object. This includes the four lines representing the rectangle and the two internal construction lines. |
| AddAsTwoPointRectangle | Method that creates four lines to represent a rectangle where the diagonal corners of the rectangle are defined by the two input points and the rectangle is aligned with the sketch X and Y axes. The four new sketch lines are returned in an SketchEntitiesEnumerator object. |
| AddByMidEndPoints | Method that creates a new sketch line based on the mid and end points. The new sketch line is returned. |
| AddByTwoPoints | Method that creates a new sketch line based on the two input points. The new sketch line is returned. |
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. |
| Count | Property that returns the number of items in this collection. |
| Item | Returns the specified SketchLine object from the collection. |
| Type | Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type. |
Accessed From
DrawingSketch.SketchLines, PlanarSketch.SketchLines, PlanarSketchProxy.SketchLines, Sketch.SketchLines, SketchBlockDefinition.SketchLines, SketchBlockDefinitionProxy.SketchLinesSamples
| Name | Description |
| SurfaceBody Copy | This sample demonstrates copying a surface body from one part to another. This is equivalent to the Promote command, but the API is much more flexible. In order for the sample to be self-contained, it creates two parts on the fly that will be used to demonstrate copying a body from one part to another. When copying a body into a part, you provide the surface body and a matrix to define its position in the new part. This sample creates a matrix based on the position of these parts within an assembly. |
| Using Inventor's error dialog | Demonstrates using Inventor's error dialog. |
| Edit profile of an extrude feature | This sample demonstrates editing the profile of an extrude feature. |
| Create sheet metal face and fold features | This sample demonstrates the creation of sheet metal face and fold features. |
| Create sheet metal lofted flange feature | The following sample demonstrates the creation of a sheet metal lofted flange feature. |
| Sketch Add Oriented | This sample demonstrates the creation of a sketch using the Sketches.AddWithOrientation method. |
| Create sheet metal face and cut features | This sample demonstrates the creation of sheet metal face and cut features. |
| Projection - project across parts | This sample demonstrates projecting a sketch entity across parts in an assembly. To use the sample, have an assembly open that contains at least two occurrences, (parts only), and run the program. |
| Defer sketch updates | This sample demonstrates the sketch defer update functionality. |
| Sketch Lines | This sample demonstrates creating lines. It uses all of the various methods to create lines, both singly and as rectangles. |
| Create and insert a sketch block definition into a part sketch | This sample demonstrates inserting a sketch block into a part sketch. |
| Create sketch block from an existing sketch | This sample demonstrates creating a sketch block from an existing sketch. |
| Create SketchedSymbol Definition | This sample illustrates creating a new sketched symbol definition object and inserting it into the active sheet. |
| Sweep Feature Add | This sample demonstrates the creation of a sweep feature. The profile is a circle, but the path is made up of a 3D sketch and a 2D sketch. |
| Sketch Text Add | This sample illustrates creating text in a sketch. |
| Title Block Definition Create and Insert | This sample illustrates creating a new title block definition object and inserting it into the active sheet. This sample consists of two subs. The first demonstrates the creation of a title block definition and the second inserts it into the active sheet. |