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Evaluate2 Method (IEdge)

Evaluates the edge for the specified U parameter.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function Evaluate2( _
   ByVal Parameter As System.Double, _
   ByVal NumberOfDerivatives As System.Integer _
) As System.Object
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IEdge
Dim Parameter As System.Double
Dim NumberOfDerivatives As System.Integer
Dim value As System.Object
 
value = instance.Evaluate2(Parameter, NumberOfDerivatives)
C# 
System.object Evaluate2( 
   System.double Parameter,
   System.int NumberOfDerivatives
)
C++/CLI 
System.Object^ Evaluate2( 
&   System.double Parameter,
&   System.int NumberOfDerivatives
) 

Parameters

Parameter
Curve parameter U value (see Remarks)
NumberOfDerivatives
Number of derivatives (see Remarks)

Return Value

Array of doubles  (see Remarks)

Example

  1. Open a part in SOLIDWORKS.
  2. Open an Immediate window.
  3. Select an edge.
  4. Run this VBA macro:
=========================================================
Option Explicit
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim Part As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim boolstatus As BooleanDim longstatus As Long, longwarnings As Long
Type DoubleRec   
dValue As Double '64 bits, 8 bytes
End Type
Type Int2Rec 
iLower As Long '4 bytes
iUpper As Long '4 bytes
End Type
' Unpack the status double
Function DoubleToLong(ByVal dVal As Double) As Long
Dim dr As DoubleRec
Dim i2r As Int2Rec
' Set the double value
dr.dValue = dVal
' Copy the values
LSet i2r = dr
' Extract the status value
DoubleToLong = i2r.iLower
End Function
Sub main()
    Dim status As Long
Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc
Dim myModelView As SldWorks.ModelView
Set myModelView = Part.ActiveView
myModelView.FrameState = swWindowState_e.swWindowMaximized
Dim swSelectMgr As SldWorks.SelectionMgr
Set swSelectMgr = Part.SelectionManager
Dim swEdge As SldWorks.Edge
Set swEdge = swSelectMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1)
Dim swCurve As SldWorks.Curve
Dim swCurveParamData As SldWorks.CurveParamData
Set swCurve = swEdge.GetCurve
Set swCurveParamData = swEdge.GetCurveParams3
Debug.Print "The maximum U parameter value is: " & swCurveParaData.UMaxValue
Debug.Print "The minimum U parameter value is: " & swCurveParaData.UMinValue
Dim pt As Variant
pt = swEdge.Evaluate2(swCurveParaData.UMaxValue, 0)
status = DoubleToLong(pt(UBound(pt)))
If status Then
Debug.Print " The evaluated point at UMax is: = " & pt(0) & ", " & pt(1) & ", " & pt(2)
Else
Debug.Print "***** Error!"
End If
End Sub
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Remarks

Use IEdge::GetCurveParams3 to determine the valid range of U parameter values for Parameter.

The returned array contains ((NumberOfDerivatives + 1) * 3) + 1 doubles:

[evaluated_point], [evaluated_derivative_1],...[evaluated_derivative_NumberOfDerivatives, [status_code]

where status_code is a packed double. After unpacking status_code into two longs, the lower long value is 1 for success or 0 for error. See the Example. 


If curve type ICurve::Identity is...

Then the maximum number of derivatives is...

Line/circle/ellipse

2

Intersection curve

2

Constant parameter line

Determined by underlying surface

SP-curve

2

B-curve

Any number

 

For a curve of type swCurveTypes_e::TRIMMED_TYPE, the number of derivatives is determined by the base curve as obtained from ICurve::GetBaseCurve.

 

See Also



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