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 SolidEdgePart.PartDocument
    Dim objEllpArcs As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.EllipticalArcs2d
    Dim objEllpArc As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.EllipticalArc2d
    Dim dblStrt As Double
    Dim dblFin As Double
    Dim sDumpStatus As String    ' Used for temporary storage of datadump return string
    ' 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
    'Create an Elliptical Arcs2d collection object
    Set objEllpArcs = objDoc.ProfileSets.Add.Profiles.Add(pRefPlaneDisp:= _
                                                          objDoc.RefPlanes(1)).EllipticalArcs2d
    'Create an EllipticalArc object
    dblStrt = 180 * PI / 180
    dblFin = 230 * PI / 180
    Set objEllpArc = objEllpArcs.AddByCenter(xCenter:=0.02, yCenter:=0.02, _
                                             xMajoraxis:=0.03, yMajoraxis:=0.02, Ratio:=0.5, _
                                             Orientation:=0, StartAngle:=dblStrt, EndAngle:=dblFin)
    ' Create 3 DuplicateCopies of the EllipticalArc object
    Call objEllpArc.Duplicate(xDistance:=0.1)
    Call objEllpArc.Duplicate(yDistance:=0.1)
    Call objEllpArc.Duplicate(xDistance:=0.1, yDistance:=0.1)
    ' USER DISPLAY
    ' Release objects
    Set objApp = Nothing
    Set objDoc = Nothing
    Set objEllpArcs = Nothing
    Set objEllpArc = Nothing
End Sub