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ModifyDefinition Method (IFeature)

Updates the definition of a feature with the new values in an associated feature definition object (e.g., IBaseFlangeFeatureData, IBendsFeatureData, IBreakCornerFeatureData, etc.) obtained with IFeature::GetDefinition.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function ModifyDefinition( _
   ByVal Data As System.Object, _
   ByVal TopDoc As System.Object, _
   ByVal Component As System.Object _
) As System.Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IFeature
Dim Data As System.Object
Dim TopDoc As System.Object
Dim Component As System.Object
Dim value As System.Boolean
 
value = instance.ModifyDefinition(Data, TopDoc, Component)
C# 
System.bool ModifyDefinition( 
   System.object Data,
   System.object TopDoc,
   System.object Component
)
C++/CLI 
System.bool ModifyDefinition( 
&   System.Object^ Data,
&   System.Object^ TopDoc,
&   System.Object^ Component
) 

Parameters

Data

Feature definition object

TopDoc

Top-level document (see Remarks)

Component

Component for the feature (see Remarks)

Return Value

True if the feature is updated successfully, false if not

Example

Remarks

To modify a feature in...

Then TopDoc argument...

A part

Is the IModelDoc2 object for the part and the Component argument should be NULL

An assembly

Should be the assembly IModelDoc2 object and the Component argument should be the IComponent2 object in which the feature is to be modified

When you modify a feature in an assembly, this method leaves the assembly in EditPart mode. You can restore this by calling IAssemblyDoc::EditAssembly.

 

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