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RuledSurfaceDefinition.SetToSweep Method

Parent Object: RuledSurfaceDefinition

Description

Method that sets ruled surface to sweep type.

Syntax

RuledSurfaceDefinition.SetToSweep( GeneratrixCurves As Object, Distance As Variant, Vector As Object, [FlipExtendDirection] As Boolean )

Parameters

Name Type Description
GeneratrixCurves Object Input RuledSurfaceEdgeFacePairs object containing edge face pairs that the edges are connected end-to-end with each other, or Path object containing the 2D/3D sketch curves.
Distance Variant Input Variant that defines the length of the ruled surface. This can be either a numeric value or a string. A parameter for this value will be created and the supplied string or value is assigned to the parameter. If a value is input, the units are centimeters. If a string is input, the units can be specified as part of the string or it will default to the current length units of the document.
Vector Object Input object that defines the extend direction of ruled surface. Valid inputs are Edge, Face, WorkAxis, WorkPlane, SketchLine, and SketchLine3D.
FlipExtendDirection Boolean Optional input Boolean that specifies whether flip the extend direction or not.

This is an optional argument whose default value is False.

Version

Introduced in version 2016

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