LiveRule Property

Description

Turns a live rule on or off.

Property type

Read-write property

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Property LiveRule( _ ByVal LiveRule As LiveRulesConstants _ ) As Boolean

Parameters

LiveRule

Value	Description
igConcentricLiveRule	Maintain concentric relations
igCoplanarAxesAboutXLiveRule
igCoplanarAxesAboutYLiveRule
igCoplanarAxesAboutZLiveRule
igCoplanarAxesLiveRule	Maintain coplanar Axes. Always on for live rules in an FOP and cannot be turned off.
igCoplanarLiveRule	Maintain coplanar relations
igMaintainRadiusLiveRule	Maintain same radius if possible
igOrthoLockingLiveRule	Maintain orthogonal to base if possible
igParallelLiveRule	Maintain parallel relations
igPerpendicularLiveRule	Maintain perpendicular relations
igSymmetricLiveRule	Maintain symmetric relations
igSymmetricXYLiveRule	Maintain symmetric relations based on XY plane
igSymmetricYZLiveRule	Maintain symmetric relations based on YZ plane
igSymmetricZXLiveRule	Maintain symmetric relations based on ZX plane
igTangentEdgeLiveRule	Maintain connected tangent relations
igTangentTouchingLiveRule	Maintain touching tangent relations
igThicknessChainLiveRule

Example

Example (VB.NET)

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Module Example
    <STAThread()> _
    Sub Main()
        Dim objApplication As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing
        Dim objPartDocument As SolidEdgePart.PartDocument = Nothing
        Dim objFamilyMembers As SolidEdgePart.FamilyMembers = Nothing
        Dim objFamilyMember As SolidEdgePart.FamilyMember = Nothing

        Try
            OleMessageFilter.Register()

            ' Connect to Solid Edge
            objApplication = Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application")
            objApplication.Visible = True
            objPartDocument = objApplication.ActiveDocument
            objFamilyMembers = objPartDocument.FamilyMembers

            For Each objFamilyMember In objFamilyMembers
                ' Determine if specified LiveRule is enabled.
                If Not objFamilyMember.LiveRule(SolidEdgePart.LiveRulesConstants.igConcentricLiveRule) Then
                    ' Enable specified LiveRule.
                    objFamilyMember.LiveRule(SolidEdgePart.LiveRulesConstants.igConcentricLiveRule) = True
                End If
            Next
        Catch ex As Exception
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
        Finally
            OleMessageFilter.Revoke()
        End Try
    End Sub
End Module