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TwistControlType Property (ISweepFeatureData)

Gets or sets the type of twist control for this sweep feature.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Property TwistControlType As System.Short
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As ISweepFeatureData
Dim value As System.Short
 
instance.TwistControlType = value
 
value = instance.TwistControlType
C# 
System.short TwistControlType {get; set;}
C++/CLI 
property System.short TwistControlType {
   System.short get();
   void set ( &   System.short value);
}

Property Value

Twist control as defined in swTwistControlType_e (see Remarks)

Example

See the ISweepFeatureData examples.

Remarks

For user interface options...

Set...
Profile Orientation set to... And Profile Twist set to... ISweepFeatureData::TwistControlType as defined in swTwistControlType_e to... And ISweepFeatureData::PathAlignmentType as defined in swTangencyType_e to...
Follow Path None swTwistControlFollowPath swTangencyNone
Specify Twist Value swTwistControlConstantTwistAlongPath swTangencyNone
Specify Direction Vector swTwistControlFollowPath swTangencyDirectionVector
Follow Path and First Guide Curve (option appears with at least one guide curve) swTwistControlFollowPathFirstGuideCurve swTangencyNone
Follow Path and First and Second Guide Curves (option appears with at least two guide curves) swTwistControlFollowFirstSecondGuideCurves swTangencyNone
Tangent to Adjacent Faces swTwistControlFollowPath swTangencyAllFaces
Minimum Twist (available only with a 3D path) swTwistControlFollowPath swMinimumTwist
Natural swTwistControlFollowPath swTangencyNone
Keep Normal Constant None swTwistControlKeepNormalConstant swTangencyNone
Specify Twist Value swTwistControlConstantTwistAlongPath + swTwistControlKeepNormalConstant swTangencyNone

If you specify this property with swTwistControlType_e.swTwistControlConstantTwistAlongPath to specify profile twist values, you must set ISweepFeatureData::AlignWithEndFaces to false.

See Accessing Selections that Define Features for additional details.

See Also

Availability

SOLIDWORKS 2001Plus FCS, Revision Number 10.0


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