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AddDisplayEnt Method (IDisplayDimension)

Overrides the display graphics of objects.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function AddDisplayEnt( _
   ByVal Type As System.Integer, _
   ByVal Data As System.Object _
) As System.Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IDisplayDimension
Dim Type As System.Integer
Dim Data As System.Object
Dim value As System.Boolean
 
value = instance.AddDisplayEnt(Type, Data)
C# 
System.bool AddDisplayEnt( 
   System.int Type,
   System.object Data
)
C++/CLI 
System.bool AddDisplayEnt( 
&   System.int Type,
&   System.Object^ Data
)

Parameters

Type
Type of graphical entity (see Remarks)
Data
Geometric data describing the entity (see Remarks)

Return Value

True if successful, false if not

Example

Remarks

The new graphics displayed by this method are temporary. When the user changes the dimension, this display dimension reverts back to the SOLIDWORKS standard.

The type controls which geometry is added and what information is placed in the data array. All colors and line styles are taken from DisplayDimension.

type

Description

data

1

Line

6 doubles; (x, y, z) start point and (x, y, z) end point

2

Filled triangle

9 doubles; 3 (x, y, z) points of the triangle to fill

3

Filled 4 sided polygon

12 doubles; 4 (x, y, z) points of the polygon to fill

4

Arc

12 doubles; (x, y, z) center point, (x, y, z) normal vector, (x, y, z) start point and (x, y, z) end point

5

Circle

7 doubles; (x, y, z) center point, (x, y, z) normal vector and radius

6

Filled dot

4 doubles; (x, y, z) center point and radius

 

 

See Also

Availability

SOLIDWORKS 2001 FCS, Revision Number 9.0


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