GetPoints {Solid Object}

GetPoints

Syntax

SapObject.SapModel.SolidObj.GetPoints

VB6 Procedure

Function GetPoints(ByVal Name As String, ByRef Point() As String) As Long

Parameters

Name

The name of a defined solid object.

Point

This is an array containing the names of the corner point objects of the solid object.

Remarks

This function retrieves the names of the corner point objects of a solid object.

The function returns zero if the point object names are successfully retrieved; otherwise it returns a nonzero value.

VBA Example

Sub GetSolidObjPoints()

'dimension variables

Dim SapObject as cOAPI

Dim SapModel As cSapModel

Dim ret As Long

Dim NumberPoints As Long

Dim Point() As String

'create Sap2000 object

Set SapObject = CreateObject("CSI.SAP2000.API.SapObject")

'start Sap2000 application

SapObject.ApplicationStart

'create SapModel object

Set SapModel = SapObject.SapModel

'initialize model

ret = SapModel.InitializeNewModel

'create model from template

ret = SapModel.File.NewSolidBlock(300, 400, 200, , , 2, 2, 2)

'get names of points

ReDim Point(7)

ret = SapModel.SolidObj.GetPoints("1", Point)

'close Sap2000

SapObject.ApplicationExit False

Set SapModel = Nothing

Set SapObject = Nothing

End Sub

Release Notes

Initial release in version 11.00.

See Also