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DraftDomain (Object)

Represents the draft domain.
A draft domain is a basic object used by a draft shape. It contains objects such as an angle, a pulling direction, and a collection of faces to be drafted.

DraftAngle: Returns the draft angle.
FacesToDraft: Returns the faces to be drafted.
MultiselectionMode: Changes the multiselection mode.
NeutralElement: Returns or sets the draft neutral element.
NeutralPropagationMode: Returns or sets the neutral element propagation mode.
PullingDirectionElement: Returns or sets the draft pulling direction element.

AddFaceToDraft: Adds a face to those to be drafted.
GetPullingDirection: Returns the draft pulling direction.
RemoveFaceToDraft: Removes a face from those to be drafted.
SetPullingDirection: Sets the draft pulling direction.
SetVolumeSupport: Value the support of draft.

Properties

o Property DraftAngle(

) As (Read Only)

Returns the draft angle.

Example:

The following example returns in angle the draft angle of the draft domain firstDraftDomain:

 Set angle = firstDraftDomain.DraftAngle

o Property FacesToDraft(

) As (Read Only)

Returns the faces to be drafted. They are returned as a collection of reference geometric elements.

Example:

The following example returns the collection of faces to be drafted of the draft domain firstDraftDomain in list:

 Set list = firstDraftDomain.FacesToDraft

o Property MultiselectionMode(

) As

Changes the multiselection mode.

Parameters:

iMultiselectionMode.

The elements to be drafted can be selected explicitly (CATNoneDraftMultiselectionMode) or can implicitly selected as neighbors of the neutral face (CATMultiselectionByNeutralMode)

Example:

The following example returns in MultiselMode the multiselection mode of the draft domain firstDraftDomain, and then sets it to CATMultiselectionByNeutralMode

 Set MultiselMode = firstDraftDomain.MultiselectionMode
 firstDraftDomain.MultiselectionMode = CATMultiselectionByNeutralMode

o Property NeutralElement(

) As

Returns or sets the draft neutral element.
To set the property, you can use the following Boundary object: PlanarFace.

Example:

The following example returns in neutral the neutral element of the draft domain firstDraftDomain, and then sets it to newNeutral:

 Set neutral = firstDraftDomain.NeutralElement
 firstDraftDomain.NeutralElement = newNeutral

o Property NeutralPropagationMode(

) As

Returns or sets the neutral element propagation mode. This mode is used when computing the needed neutral elements.

Example:

The following example returns in propMode the neutral propagation mode of the draft domain firstDraftDomain, and then sets it to CATSmoothDraftNeutralPropagationMode so that the neutral propagation will now be smooth:

 Set propMode = firstDraftDomain.NeutralPropagationMode
 firstDraftDomain.NeutralPropagationMode = CATSmoothDraftNeutralPropagationMode

o Property PullingDirectionElement(

) As

Returns or sets the draft pulling direction element.
To set the property, you can use one of the following Boundary objects: PlanarFace or RectilinearTriDimFeatEdge.

Example:

The following example returns in pullingdirection the pulling direction element of the draft domain firstDraftDomain, and then sets it to newPullingDirection:

 Set pullingdirection = firstDraftDomain.NeutralElement
 firstDraftDomain.PullingDirectionElement = newPullingDirection

Methods

o Sub AddFaceToDraft( iFace)

Adds a face to those to be drafted.

Parameters:

Example:

The following example adds the face NewFaceToDraft to the draft domain CurrentDraftDomain:

 CurrentDraftDomain.AddFaceToDraft(NewFaceToDraft)

o Sub GetPullingDirection( ioPullingDirection)

Returns the draft pulling direction. The pulling direction is returned as an array containing the pulling direction vector components. Assume this array is PullDir. It contains:

PullDir[0],PullDir[1],PullDir[2]: The X, Y, and Z pulling direction vector components

Example:

The following example returns in PullDir the pulling direction vector components of the draft domain firstDraftDomain:

 Set PullDir = firstDraftDomain.PullingDirection
 Set x = PullDir[0]
 Set y = PullDir[1]
 Set z = PullDir[2]

o Sub RemoveFaceToDraft( iFace)

Removes a face from those to be drafted.

Parameters:

Example:

The following example removes the face FaceToRemove from the draft domain CurrentDraftDomain:

 CurrentDraftDomain.RemoveFaceToDraft(FaceToRemove)

o Sub SetPullingDirection(		`iX`,
		`iY`,
		`iZ`)

Sets the draft pulling direction.

Parameters:

iX,iY,iZ: The X, Y, and Z pulling direction vector components

Example:

The following example sets the draft pulling direction of the draft domain firstDraftDomain to the direction with the vector components 10, -5, 10:

 firstDraftDomain.PullingDirection 10, -5, 10

o Sub SetVolumeSupport( iVolumeSupport)

Value the support of draft.

Parameters:

iVolumeSupport

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