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CylindricalFace (Object)

2-D boundary with a cylindrical geometry.
Role: This Boundary object may be, for example, the lateral face of a cylinder.
You will create a CylindricalFace object using the Shapes.GetBoundary , HybridShapes.GetBoundary , Sketches.GetBoundary or Selection.SelectElement2 method. Then, you pass it to the operator (such as ShapeFactory.AddNewCircPattern ).
The lifetime of a CylindricalFace object is limited, see Boundary.

Example:

This example asks the end user to select a shape to pattern and a cylindrical face, and creates a circular pattern of the shape. The cylindrical face specifies the rotation axis.

 Dim InputObjectType(0)
 Set Document = CATIA.ActiveDocument
 Set Selection = Document.Selection
 'We propose to the user that he select the shape to pattern
 InputObjectType(0)="SketchBasedShape"
 Status=Selection.SelectElement2(InputObjectType,"Select the shape to pattern",true)
 if (Status = "cancel") then Exit Sub
 Set Shape = Selection.Item(1).Value
 Selection.Clear
 'We propose to the user that he select the cylindrical face
 InputObjectType(0)="CylindricalFace"
 Status=Selection.SelectElement2(InputObjectType,"Select the cylindrical face",true)
 if (Status = "cancel") then Exit Sub
 Set CylindricalFace = Selection.Item(1).Value
 Set RotationCenter = Document.Part.CreateReferenceFromName("")
 Set CircPattern = ShapeFactory.AddNewCircPattern(Shape,1,4,20.0,45.0,1,4,RotationCenter,CylindricalFace,True,0.0,True)
 Document.Part.Update

GetDirection: Returns the direction of the cylindrical face axis
GetOrigin: Returns the origin of the cylindrical face axis.

Methods

o Sub GetDirection( oDirection)

Returns the direction of the cylindrical face axis

Parameters:

oDirection[0]: The X Coordinate of the axis direction
oDirection[1]: The Y Coordinate of the axis direction
oDirection[2]: The Z Coordinate of the axis direction

o Sub GetOrigin( oOrigin)

Returns the origin of the cylindrical face axis.

Parameters:

oOrigin[0]: The X Coordinate of the axis origin
oOrigin[1]: The Y Coordinate of the axis origin
oOrigin[2]: The Z Coordinate of the axis origin

CylindricalFace (Object)

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