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IGetSectionProperties2 Method (IModelDocExtension)

Gets the section properties for the following types of selected items:

  • Planar model face in any document

  • Face on a section plane

  • Crosshatch section face in a section view in a drawing a sketch

  • Sketch

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function IGetSectionProperties2( _
   ByVal Count As Integer, _
   ByRef Sections As Object _
) As Double
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IModelDocExtension
Dim Count As Integer
Dim Sections As Object
Dim value As Double
 
value = instance.IGetSectionProperties2(Count, Sections)
C# 
double IGetSectionProperties2( 
   int Count,
   ref object Sections
)
C++/CLI 
double IGetSectionProperties2( 
&   int Count,
&   Object^% Sections
)

Parameters

Count
Number of sections
Sections
Array of sections

Return Value

  • in-process, unmanaged C++: Pointer to an array of size 24 of the section properties for the selected items (see Remarks)
  • VBA, VB.NET, C#, and C++/CLI: Not supported

    • See In-process Methods for details about this type of method.

    Remarks

    This method clears the selection set.

    If...

    Then...

    The user selected a set of either parallel planes or parallel faces

    You can pass an empty sections array

    The user selected any items and you pass a sections array

    The properties of the user-selected items and the sections array are combined in the returned array

    You pass a sections array and you do not want this array combined with the properties of any user-selected items

    Clear any user-selected items

    The objects in the Sections parameter are added to the current selection set. If the objects are already in the current selection set, an error is generated; that is, status code will be equal to 1, which means invalid input.

    The format of the returned array (retval) of size 24:

     

    • retval[0]

    status of request:

    • 0 = success

    • 1 = invalid input

    • 2 = selected faces are not in the same or parallel planes

    • 3 = unable to compute section properties

    • retval[1]

    area

    • retval[2]

    centroid x

    • retval[3]

    centroid y

    • retval[4]

    centroid z

    • retval[5]

    moment of inertia XX

    • reval[6]

    moment of inertia YY

    • retval[7]

    moment of inertia ZZ

    • retval[8]

    moment of inertia -XY

    • retval[9]

    moment of inertia -ZX

    • retval[10]

    moment of inertia -YZ

    • retval[11]

    polar moment of inertia of an area at the centroid

    • retval[12]

    angle between principal axis and part axis

    • retval[13]

    principal moment of inertia of an area at the centroid, lx

    • retval[14]

    principal moment of inertia of an area at the centroid, ly

    • retval[15]

    direction vector X for principle axes (x component)

    • retval[16]

    direction vector X for principle axes (y component)

    • retval[17]

    direction vector X for principle axes (z component)

    • retval[18]

    direction vector Y for principle axes (x component)

    • retval[19]

    direction vector Y for principle axes (y component)

    • retval[20]

    direction vector Y for principle axes (z component)

    • retval[21]

    direction vector Z for principle axes (x component)

    • retval[22]

    direction vector Z for principle axes (y component)

    • retval[23]

    direction vector Z for principle axes (z component)

     

    This method returns metric units unless explicitly specified otherwise.

     

    See Also

    Availability

    SolidWorks 2005 FCS, Revision Number 13.0


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