Solid Edge Part Type Library
Faces Property
Description
Returns a collection of faces of a specified type that belong to a model, a feature, or a topology object.
Property type
Read-only property
Syntax
Visual Basic
Public Property Faces( _
   ByVal FaceType As FeatureTopologyQueryTypeConstants _
) As Object
Parameters
FaceType
ValueDescription
igQueryAllFeature Topology Query Type - All
igQueryConeFeature Topology Query Type - Cone
igQueryCylinderFeature Topology Query Type - Cylinder
igQueryEllipseFeature Topology Query Type - Ellipse
igQueryPlaneFeature Topology Query Type - Plane
igQueryRoundableFeature Topology Query Type - Roundable
igQuerySphereFeature Topology Query Type - Sphere
igQuerySplineFeature Topology Query Type - Spline
igQueryStraightFeature Topology Query Type - Straight
igQueryTorusFeature Topology Query Type - Torus
Remarks
The result of the Faces property is a topology collection. This topology collection is a temporary collection and is overwritten the next time the Edges, Faces, or FacesByRay property is used. By default, the Faces property returns all faces for the object. The topology collection can be restricted to a specified type of face by supplying a value (from the FeatureTopologyQueryTypeConstants constant set) for the FaceType argument for the feature objects only. For example, this property can be set to return all faces that are spheres.
Example
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim objApp As SolidEdgeFramework.Application
    Dim objDoc As SolidEdgePart.PartDocument
    Dim objModel As SolidEdgePart.Model
    Dim objEdges As Object
    Dim objEdgeArray(1 To 1) As SolidEdgeGeometry.Edge
    Dim objRounds As SolidEdgePart.Rounds
    Dim objRound As SolidEdgePart.Round
    Dim objRndFaces As Object
    Dim dblRadiusArray(1 To 1) As Double
    Dim lngStatus As Long
    Const TESTFILE = "T:\vbtests\testcases\cube.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 test case file
    Set objDoc = objApp.Documents.Open(TESTFILE)
    Set objModel = objDoc.Models(1)
    Set objRounds = objModel.Rounds
    ' *** creating a simple round on a single edge
    ' defining the radius for rounding an edge
    Set objEdges = objModel.ExtrudedProtrusions(1).Edges(edgetype:=igQueryAll)
    Set objEdgeArray(1) = objEdges(1)
    dblRadiusArray(1) = 0.005
    ' creating the round feature
    Set objRound = objRounds.Add(NumberOfEdgeSets:=1, EdgeSetArray:=objEdgeArray, _
                                 RadiusArray:=dblRadiusArray)
    If objRound.Status <> igFeatureOK Then
        MsgBox "Round feature failed"
    End If
    ' Get the faces on the round feature
    Set objRndFaces = objRound.Faces(FaceType:=igQueryAll)
    ' USER DISPLAY
    ' Release objects
    Set objApp = Nothing
    Set objDoc = Nothing
    Set objModel = Nothing
    Set objEdges = Nothing
    Set objEdgeArray(1) = Nothing
    Set objRounds = Nothing
    Set objRound = Nothing
    Set objRndFaces = Nothing
End Sub
See Also

Round Object  | Round Members