Retrieves the property type for the specified frame section property.
Namespace: ETABS2015Assembly: ETABS2015 (in ETABS2015.dll) Version: 15.0.0.0 (15.0.0.0)
int GetTypeOAPI(
string Name,
ref eFramePropType PropType
)
Function GetTypeOAPI ( _
Name As String, _
ByRef PropType As eFramePropType _
) As Integer
int GetTypeOAPI(
String^ Name,
eFramePropType% PropType
)
Return Value
Returns zero if the type is successfully retrieved;
otherwise it returns nonzero.
Public Sub Example()
Dim SapModel As cSapModel
Dim EtabsObject As cOAPI
Dim ret As Integer = -1
Dim PropType As eFramePropType
EtabsObject = CreateObject("CSI.ETABS.API.ETABSObject")
ret = EtabsObject.ApplicationStart()
SapModel = EtabsObject.SapModel
ret = SapModel.InitializeNewModel()
ret = SapModel.File.NewSteelDeck(4,12,12,4,4,24,24)
ret = SapModel.PropFrame.GetTypeOAPI("FSEC1", PropType)
EtabsObject.ApplicationExit(False)
SapModel = Nothing
EtabsObject = Nothing
End Sub
Public Sub Example()
Dim SapModel As cSapModel
Dim EtabsObject As cOAPI
Dim ret As Integer = -1
Dim PropType As eFramePropType
'create ETABS object
EtabsObject = CreateObject("CSI.ETABS.API.ETABSObject")
'start ETABS application
ret = EtabsObject.ApplicationStart()
'create SapModel object
SapModel = EtabsObject.SapModel
'initialize model
ret = SapModel.InitializeNewModel()
'create steel deck template model
ret = SapModel.File.NewSteelDeck(4,12,12,4,4,24,24)
'get frame property type
ret = SapModel.PropFrame.GetTypeOAPI("FSEC1", PropType)
'close ETABS
EtabsObject.ApplicationExit(False)
'clean up variables
SapModel = Nothing
EtabsObject = Nothing
End Sub