Layer Operations
Methods and Properties Introduced:
Use the property pfcLayer.Status to access the display status of a layer. The corresponding enumeration class is pfcDisplayStatus and the possible values are Normal, Displayed, Blank, or Hidden.
Use the methods pfcLayer.ListItems(), pfcLayer.AddItem(), and pfcLayer.RemoveItem() to control the contents of a layer.
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You cannot add the following items to a layer:
• ITEM_SURFACE,
• ITEM_EDGE,
• ITEM_COORD_SYS,
• ITEM_AXIS,
• ITEM_SIMPREP,
• ITEM_DTL_SYM_DEFINITION,
• ITEM_DTL_OLE_OBJECT,
• ITEM_EXPLODED_STATE.
For these items the method throws the exception pfcXToolkitInvalidType.
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The method pfcLayer.Delete() removes the layer but not the items it contains from the model.
The method pfcLayer.CountUnsupportedItems() returns the number of item types not supported as a pfcModelItem object in the specified layer.