Duplicate Method

Description

Copies the referenced object to a specified location, creating a new instance of the object with the same property values as the original.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function Duplicate( _ Optional ByVal XDistance As Variant, _ Optional ByVal YDistance As Variant _ ) As Object

Parameters

XDistance: Specifies the distance in the x direction from the original that the copy of the referenced object is to be placed.
YDistance: Specifies the distance in the y direction from the original that the copy of the referenced object is to be placed.

Remarks

The referenced object is copied to the new location relative to the original (source) location. The distance is the difference from the object's original location to the XDistance and YDistance values. The new object is returned.

Example

Example (Visual Basic)

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim objApp As SolidEdgeFramework.Application
    Dim objDoc As SolidEdgeDraft.DraftDocument
    Dim objSheet As SolidEdgeDraft.Sheet
    Dim objBounds As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Boundaries2d
    Dim objBound As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Boundary2d
    Dim dblPoint(1 To 8) As Double
    ' 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.DraftDocument")
        objApp.Visible = True
    Else
        Set objDoc = objApp.ActiveDocument
    End If
    'Get the Active Sheet object
    Set objSheet = objDoc.ActiveSheet
    'Get the Boundaries2d object on the active sheet
    Set objBounds = objSheet.Boundaries2d
    ' Create a Points array
    dblPoint(1) = 0.1
    dblPoint(2) = 0.1
    dblPoint(3) = 0.1
    dblPoint(4) = 0.2
    dblPoint(5) = 0.2
    dblPoint(6) = 0.2
    dblPoint(7) = 0.2
    dblPoint(8) = 0.1
    ' Create a Boundary2d object
    Set objBound = objBounds.AddByPoints(PointCount:=4, Points:=dblPoint)
    'Create a Duplicate of the existing boundary
    Call objBound.Duplicate(XDistance:=0.1, YDistance:=0.1)
    ' USER DISPLAY
    ' Release objects
    Set objApp = Nothing
    Set objDoc = Nothing
    Set objSheet = Nothing
    Set objBounds = Nothing
    Set objBound = Nothing
End Sub