Continuity Property

Description

Returns the continuity of the referenced object.

Property type

Read-only property

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Property Continuity As Long

Remarks

This property returns the highest level of geometric continuity the surface possesses. For example, if the surface is G1 continuous everywhere, but not G2 continuous at a specific location, this method returns the level as 1, indicating a G1 continuous surface. Typically, a surface will not count itself as any higher than G3 continuous even if it is continuously differentiable beyond the third derivative. Methods in this interface deal with derivatives only as high as the third. Moreover, if the server cannot determine, or has difficulty determining, its true, highest-continuity rating, it will return a lower level of which it is certain.

Example

Example (Visual Basic)

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim objApp As solidedgeframework.Application
    Dim objDoc As SolidEdgepart.PartDocument
    Dim objBody As solidedgegeometry.Body
    Dim objFace As solidedgegeometry.Face
    Dim lngContinuity As Long
    Const TESTFILE = "T:\vbtests\testcases\freeform.par"
    ' 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
    Call objDoc.Close
    ' opening the testfile
    Set objDoc = objApp.Documents.Open(TESTFILE)
    ' getting the body object of the model
    Set objBody = objDoc.Models(1).Body
    ' getting a particular face from the collection of faces on the body
    Set objFace = objBody.Faces(FaceType:=igQueryAll).Item(1)
    ' getting the continuity value for a Face
    lngContinuity = objFace.Continuity
    ' USER DISPLAY
    ' Release objects
    Set objApp = Nothing
    Set objDoc = Nothing
    Set objBody = Nothing
    Set objFace = Nothing
End Sub