Solid Edge Part Type Library
Add Method
Solid Edge Part Type Library > Thinwalls Collection : Add Method
Member of the FeaturePropertyConstants constant set that specified the offset side (inside, outside, or symmetric).
Specifies the thickness for all faces without a unique thickness. This value must be greater than zero.
Specifies the faces that are to be removed or opened. Do not include faces that will result in non-open faces being completely separated from the part.
Specifies the number of faces that will have a unique thickness instead of the common thickness.
Optional, but required if NumberofUniqueThicknesses is assigned. Specifies thickness values. The number of items in this array must equal the number specified by NumberOfUniqueThicknesses. Each thickness value must be greater than zero.
Optional, but required if NumberOfUniqueThicknesses is assigned. Contains the faces to be set to a thickness that is not the common thickness. Each face in the array receives the corresponding thickness value in the UniqueThicknessesArray argument. That is, the first face in the UniqueThicknessFaceListArray is set to the first thickness in the UniqueThicknessesArray.
Description
Adds an occurrence of the referenced object.
Syntax
Visual Basic
Public Function Add( _
   ByVal ThicknessSide As FeaturePropertyConstants, _
   ByVal CommonThickness As Double, _
   Optional ByVal OpenFaces As Variant, _
   Optional ByVal NumberOfUniqueThicknesses As Variant, _
   Optional ByVal UniqueThicknessesArray As Variant, _
   Optional ByVal UniqueThicknessFaceListArray As Variant _
) As Thinwall
Parameters
ThicknessSide
ValueDescription
igAddRound
igAll
igAlongAnAxis
igAngularDummy
igAsConstruction
igBend
igBendAndFaceCornerRelief
igBendOnlyCornerRelief
igBothFeature Properties - Both
igChainedCornerRelief
igChamfer2Setbacks
igChamfer45degSetback
igChamferAngleSetback
igCircular
igCloseCornerCircleCutout
igCloseCornerClosed
igCloseCornerNone
igCloseCornerOpen
igClosed
igCloseFaces
igConcave
igConstantRadiusArc
igConstRadiusRound
igContinuous
igConvex
igCopy
igCornerRound
igCounterboreHole
igCounterboreProfileIsAtBottom
igCounterboreProfileIsAtTop
igCounterdrillHole
igCountersinkHole
igCurvatureContinuous
igCurvatureContinuousInterior
igCurveSetSeperator
igDeleteFaceHeal
igDelSMFaceBoth
igDelSMFaceNone
igDelSystemRelief
igDelZeroBendRadius
igDevelopableSurface
igEdgeBasedCrossSection
igEdgesByLoop
igEdgesByVertex
igEnd
igEndCaps
igEqualOffset
igEquationType
igExtendFeature Properties - Extend
igExtendBendRelief
igFacesTouchingCurvesOnly
igFilletBendRelief
igFinite
igFlangeCenterOfEdge
igFlangeEndFromEndEdge
igFlangeEndOnEndEdge
igFlangeFromBothEndsOfEdge
igFlangeFromDefinedStartPoint
igFlangeFullEdge
igFlangeMatchFace
igFlangeOffset
igFlangeStartFromEndEdge
igFlangeStartOnEndEdge
igFlatten
igFormedEnd
igFromNonReferenceEnd
igFromReferenceEnd
igFromTo
igFull
igGroove
igHemTypeCenteredLoop
igHemTypeClosed
igHemTypeClosedLoop
igHemTypeCurl
igHemTypeOpen
igHemTypeOpenLoop
igHemTypeSFlange
igIgnoreBlends
igInsideFeature Properties - Remove/Add Material Inside
igInsideDimension
igIntersect
igLancedEnd
igLeftFeature Properties - Project to Left
igLinear
igLinearCurvatureContinuousExtension
igLinearTangentExtension
igLip
igLouverFormedEndType
igLouverLancedEndType
igLouverRound
igLouverRoundNone
igMitreByAngle
igMitreByDist
igMitreManufacturingCut
igMitreNormalToThickness
igMitreParallelToThickness
igMitreRegularCut
igMove
igMultipleEdges
igNatural
igNeutralFactorFromExcel
igNFType
igNoCornerRound
igNoExtendFeature Properties - Do Not Extend
igNone
igNonSymmetric
igNormal
igNormalSideDummyFeature Properties - Normal Side
igNoRound
igNullConstant
igOffset
igOutsideFeature Properties - Remove/Add Material Outside
igOutsideDimension
igOverlapFaces
igParallelDummy
igParallelToPlane
igPartingFromCurve
igPartingFromEdge
igPartingFromPlane
igPartingFromSurface
igPatternAlongCurve
igPatternCircular
igPatternFillRegion
igPatternMirror
igPatternMountingBoss
igPatternRectangular
igPatternUserDefined
igPeriodic
igProfileBasedCrossSection
igProjectOptionProject
igProjectOptionWrap
igPunchedEnd
igRadial
igRaisedCounterboreSlot
igRecessedCounterboreSlot
igRecreateBlends
igRectangularBendRelief
igReflective
igRegularHole
igRegularSlot
igRegularThread
igRemoveBoundaries
igRemoveExternalBoundaries
igRemoveInternalBoundaries
igReverseNormal
igReverseNormalSideDummyFeature Properties - Reverse Normal Side
igRightFeature Properties - Project to Right
igRipBendRelief
igRipCornerRelief
igRndCapAcrossSharpEdges
igRndMiterAtCorner
igRndPreserveTopologyOff
igRndPreserveTopologyOn
igRndRollAcrossSharpEdges
igRndRollAcrossTangentEdgesOff
igRndRollAcrossTangentEdgesOn
igRndRollAlongBlendEdgesOff
igRndRollAlongBlendEdgesOn
igRndRollAroundCorner
igRoundAllVertexSetback
igRoundEndVertexEdgeSetback
igRoundSetbackIsAbsolute
igRoundSetbackIsRelative
igRoundSingleVertexSetback
igRoundStartVertexEdgeSetback
igRoundVertexEdgeSetback
igShowBoundaries
igSideInfoSetSeperator
igSingleEdge
igSMClearanceCutout
igSMFaceCutout
igSMMidPlaneCutout
igSplit
igSplitAngle1Left
igSplitAngle1Right
igSplitDraft
igStart
igStepDraft
igStepDraftPerpendicular
igStraightPipeThread
igSubtract
igSweepAlignArcLength
igSweepAlignNormal
igSweepAlignParallel
igSweepAlignParametrically
igSweepC1Continuity
igSweepC2Continuity
igSweepMergeAll
igSweepMergeAlongPath
igSweepMergeNone
igSweepScaleNone
igSweepScaleStartAndEnd
igSweepTwistNone
igSweepTwistStartAndEnd
igSweepTwistTurns
igSweepTwistTurnsPerUnitLength
igSymmetricFeature Properties - Symmetric Extent
igTangent
igTangentInterior
igTaperByAngle
igTaperByRatio
igTaperByRLRatio
igTaperDimAtBottom
igTaperDimAtTop
igTaperedEnd
igTaperedHole
igTaperedPipeThread
igTaperedToPlane
igTappedHole
igThickness
igThkInProfilePlane
igThkNormalToProfilePlane
igThreeHundredAndSixty
igThroughAll
igThroughAxis
igToEndOfEdge
igToggleToConstructionToggle from Design to Construction
igToggleToDesignToggle from Construction to Design
igToKeyPoint
igToNext
igTreatmentCircleCutout
igTreatmentCrown
igTreatmentDraft
igTreatmentFormedFeatureDisplayAsCenterMark
igTreatmentFormedFeatureDisplayAsModeled
igTreatmentFormedFeatureDisplayAsSketch
igTreatmentFormedFeatureDisplayAsSketchAndCenterMark
igTreatmentIntersect
igTreatmentMiterRelief
igTreatmentOff
igTreatmentRectangularCutout
igTreatmentUCutout
igTreatmentVCutout
igUnequalOffset
igUnite
igUShaped
igVarRadiusRound
igVBottomDimToFlat
igVBottomDimToV
igVShaped
igWeldGrooveCapProject
igWeldGrooveCapSameAsTop
igWeldGrooveCapSurface
Member of the FeaturePropertyConstants constant set that specified the offset side (inside, outside, or symmetric).
CommonThickness
Specifies the thickness for all faces without a unique thickness. This value must be greater than zero.
OpenFaces
Specifies the faces that are to be removed or opened. Do not include faces that will result in non-open faces being completely separated from the part.
NumberOfUniqueThicknesses
Specifies the number of faces that will have a unique thickness instead of the common thickness.
UniqueThicknessesArray
Optional, but required if NumberofUniqueThicknesses is assigned. Specifies thickness values. The number of items in this array must equal the number specified by NumberOfUniqueThicknesses. Each thickness value must be greater than zero.
UniqueThicknessFaceListArray
Optional, but required if NumberOfUniqueThicknesses is assigned. Contains the faces to be set to a thickness that is not the common thickness. Each face in the array receives the corresponding thickness value in the UniqueThicknessesArray argument. That is, the first face in the UniqueThicknessFaceListArray is set to the first thickness in the UniqueThicknessesArray.
Remarks
Thickness values (both common and unique) must be set so that the result does not cause any of the faces to overlap.
Example
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim objApp As SolidEdgeFramework.Application
    Dim objDoc As SolidEdgePart.PartDocument
    Dim objModel As SolidEdgePart.Model
    Dim objProfArr(1 To 2) As SolidEdgePart.Profile
    Dim objLines As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Lines2d
    Dim objRelns1 As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Relations2d
    Dim objThnWls As SolidEdgePart.Thinwalls
    Dim objFaces As Object
    Dim objFaceArr(1 To 3) As SolidEdgeGeometry.Face
    Dim dblThkArr(1 To 3) As Double
    Dim lngNum As Long
    Dim lngStatus As Long
    ' Report errors
    Const PI = 3.14159265358979
    ' Create/get the application with specific settings
    On Error Resume Next
    Set objApp = GetObject(, "SolidEdge.Application")
    If Err Then
        Err.Clear
        Set objApp = CreateObject("SolidEdge.Application")
        Set objDoc = objApp.Documents.Add("SolidEdge.PartDocument")
        objApp.Visible = True
    Else
        Set objDoc = objApp.ActiveDocument
    End If
    ' Draw the Profile
    Set objProfArr(1) = objDoc.ProfileSets.Add.Profiles.Add(pRefPlaneDisp:=objDoc.RefPlanes(1))
    Set objLines = objProfArr(1).Lines2d
    Call objLines.AddBy2Points(x1:=0, y1:=0, x2:=0.04, y2:=0)
    Call objLines.AddBy2Points(x1:=0.04, y1:=0, x2:=0.04, y2:=0.04)
    Call objLines.AddBy2Points(x1:=0.04, y1:=0.04, x2:=0, y2:=0.04)
    Call objLines.AddBy2Points(x1:=0, y1:=0.04, x2:=0, y2:=0)
    ' Relate the Lines to make the Profile closed
    Set objRelns1 = objProfArr(1).Relations2d
    Call objRelns1.AddKeypoint(Object1:=objLines(1), Index1:=igLineEnd, Object2:=objLines(2), Index2:=igLineStart)
    Call objRelns1.AddKeypoint(Object1:=objLines(2), Index1:=igLineEnd, Object2:=objLines(3), Index2:=igLineStart)
    Call objRelns1.AddKeypoint(Object1:=objLines(3), Index1:=igLineEnd, Object2:=objLines(4), Index2:=igLineStart)
    Call objRelns1.AddKeypoint(Object1:=objLines(4), Index1:=igLineEnd, Object2:=objLines(1), Index2:=igLineStart)
    ' Check for the Profile Validity
    lngStatus = objProfArr(1).End(ValidationCriteria:=igProfileClosed)
    If lngStatus <> 0 Then
        MsgBox ("Profile not closed")
    End If
    ' Create the Base Protrusion Object
    Set objModel = objDoc.Models.AddFiniteExtrudedProtrusion(NumberOfProfiles:=1, _
                                                             ProfileArray:=objProfArr, ProfilePlaneSide:=igRight, _
                                                             ExtrusionDistance:=0.04)
    objProfArr(1).Visible = False
    ' Check the status of Base Feature
    If objModel.ExtrudedProtrusions(1).Status <> igFeatureOK Then
        MsgBox ("Error in the Creation of Base Protrusion Feature object")
    End If
    ' Create a ThinWall object
    Set objThnWls = objModel.Thinwalls
    Call objThnWls.Add(ThicknessSide:=igOutside, CommonThickness:=0.01)
    ' Check the status of Thinwall Feature
    If objThnWls(1).Status <> igFeatureOK Then
        MsgBox ("Error in the Creation of ThinWall object with ThicknessSide = igOutside")
    End If

    ' USER DISPLAY
    ' Release objects
    Set objApp = Nothing
    Set objDoc = Nothing
    Set objProfArr(1) = Nothing
    Set objProfArr(2) = Nothing
    Set objModel = Nothing
    Set objLines = Nothing
    Set objRelns1 = Nothing
    Set objThnWls = Nothing
    Set objFaces = Nothing
End Sub
See Also

Thinwalls Collection  | Thinwalls Members