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 objEllipses As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Ellipses2d
    Dim objEllipse As SolidEdgeFrameworkSupport.Ellipse2d
    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 Ellipses collection object
    Set objEllipses = objDoc.ProfileSets.Add.Profiles.Add(pRefPlaneDisp:= _
                                                          objDoc.RefPlanes(1)).Ellipses2d
    'Create an Ellipse object
    Set objEllipse = objEllipses.AddByCenter(xCenter:=0.04, yCenter:=0.03, xMajor:= _
                                             0.01, yMajor:=0.01, Ratio:=0.5, Orientation:=igGeom2dOrientClockwise)
    ' Make Duplicates of the Ellipse object at a specified distance
    Call objEllipse.Duplicate(xDistance:=0.1)
    Call objEllipse.Duplicate(yDistance:=0.1)
    Call objEllipse.Duplicate(xDistance:=0.1, yDistance:=0.1)
    ' USER DISPLAY
    ' Release objects
    Set objApp = Nothing
    Set objDoc = Nothing
    Set objEllipses = Nothing
    Set objEllipse = Nothing
End Sub