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GetEntityName Method (IPartDoc)

Gets the name of the specified entity.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function GetEntityName( _
   ByVal Entity As System.Object _
) As System.String
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IPartDoc
Dim Entity As System.Object
Dim value As System.String
 
value = instance.GetEntityName(Entity)
C# 
System.string GetEntityName( 
   System.object Entity
)
C++/CLI 
System.String^ GetEntityName( 
&   System.Object^ Entity
)

Parameters

Entity
Entity

Return Value

Name of entity

Example

Remarks

Valid for faces, edges, and vertices only.

SOLIDWORKS suggests that you use the more comprehensive method IModelDoc2::GetEntityName or IModelDoc2::IGetEntityName instead of this method.

 

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