Function AddDistanceMate( _
   ByVal AlignFromEnum As System.Integer, _
   ByVal Flip As System.Boolean, _
   ByVal Distance As System.Double, _
   ByVal DistanceAbsUpperLimit As System.Double, _
   ByVal DistanceAbsLowerLimit As System.Double, _
   ByVal FirstArcCondition As System.Integer, _
   ByVal SecondArcCondition As System.Integer, _
   ByRef ErrorStatus As System.Integer _
) As Mate2

Dim instance As IAssemblyDoc
Dim AlignFromEnum As System.Integer
Dim Flip As System.Boolean
Dim Distance As System.Double
Dim DistanceAbsUpperLimit As System.Double
Dim DistanceAbsLowerLimit As System.Double
Dim FirstArcCondition As System.Integer
Dim SecondArcCondition As System.Integer
Dim ErrorStatus As System.Integer
Dim value As Mate2
 
value = instance.AddDistanceMate(AlignFromEnum, Flip, Distance, DistanceAbsUpperLimit, DistanceAbsLowerLimit, FirstArcCondition, SecondArcCondition, ErrorStatus)

Mate2 AddDistanceMate( 
   System.int AlignFromEnum,
   System.bool Flip,
   System.double Distance,
   System.double DistanceAbsUpperLimit,
   System.double DistanceAbsLowerLimit,
   System.int FirstArcCondition,
   System.int SecondArcCondition,
   out System.int ErrorStatus
)

Mate2^ AddDistanceMate( 
&   System.int AlignFromEnum,
&   System.bool Flip,
&   System.double Distance,
&   System.double DistanceAbsUpperLimit,
&   System.double DistanceAbsLowerLimit,
&   System.int FirstArcCondition,
&   System.int SecondArcCondition,
&   [Out] System.int ErrorStatus
) 

Parameters

AlignFromEnum

Type of alignment as defined in swMateAlign_e

Flip

True to flip mate entities, false to not (see Remarks)

Distance

Distance value (see Remarks)

DistanceAbsUpperLimit

Absolute maximum distance value (see Remarks)

DistanceAbsLowerLimit

Absolute minimum distance value (see Remarks)

FirstArcCondition

First arc condition as defined in swDistanceMateArcConditions_e; valid only for cylindrical distance mates (see Remarks)

SecondArcCondition

Second arc condition as defined in swDistanceMateArcConditions_e; valid only for cylindrical distance mates (see Remarks)

ErrorStatus

Success or error as defined by swAddMateError_e

Return Value

To specify a distance mate without limits, set the DistanceAbsUpperLimit and DistanceAbsLowerLimit parameters equal to the Distance parameter.

If the mate is applied to the closest position that meets the mate condition specified by Distance, then setting Flip to true moves the components to the other possible mate position.

For cylindrical distance mates only, the following FirstArcCondition-to-SecondArcCondition distance combinations are possible:

To add a distance mate:

1. Call IModelDocExtension::SelectByRay and ISelectionMgr::GetSelectedObject6 to get each mate entity. (For cylindrical distance mates, the selections must be two cylindrical faces or one cylindrical face and one axis.)
2. Call IModelDoc2::ClearSelection2.
3. Call IEntity::Select4 to select each entity. 
4. Call this method.
5. Call IModelDoc2::EditRebuild3 after the mate is created.

If entities are not preselected, then ErrorStatus is swAddMateError_e.swAddMateError_IncorrectSelections, and nothing is returned.