Rip Connect Feature
The Rip Connect feature allows you to tear the sheet metal part between two datum points or vertices or a combination of both. A rip connect endpoint must be either a datum point, or a vertex and must lie at the end of an edge rip or on the part border.
The element tree for the Rip Connect feature is documented in the header file ProSmtConnectRip.h and is as shown in the following figure:
Figure 126. Element Tree for Rip Connect Feature
The elements in this tree are described as follows:
Element ID | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
PRO_E_FEATURE_TYPE | PRO_VALUE_TYPE_INT | Specifies the type of feature. The value of this feature must be PRO_FEAT_RIP. |
PRO_E_STD_FEATURE_NAME | PRO_VALUE_TYPE_WSTRING | Specifies the name of the feature. The default value is Rip_Connect_1. |
PRO_E_SMT_RIP_TYPE | PRO_VALUE_TYPE_INT | Specifies the rip type. The valid value for this element is PRO_SMT_RIP_CONNECT. |
PRO_E_SMT_RIP_CONNECT_COMP | Compound | Specifies a compound element. |
PRO_E_SMT_RIP_CONNECT_SETS | Array | Specifies an array of rip connect sets. |
PRO_E_SMT_RIP_CONNECT_SET | Compound | Specifies a compound element of reference points and gap parameters. |
PRO_E_SMT_RIP_CONN_REFS | Array | Specifies an array element containing the starting and end point of the rip connect feature. You can specify up to two elements in this array. |
PRO_E_SMT_RIP_CONN_REF | Compound | Specifies a compound element of vertex or datum points. |
PRO_E_SMT_RIP_CONN_END | PRO_VALUE_TYPE_SELECTION | Specifies a vertex or datum point to define the start or end of the rip. This vertex or datum point must be placed on the edge or the border of a sheet metal part. |
PRO_E_SMT_RIP_CONN_GAP_COMP | Compound | Specifies a compound element of gap parameters. |
PRO_E_SMT_RIP_CONN_ADD_GAP | PRO_VALUE_TYPE_BOOLEAN | Specifies if a gap clearance should be added to the selected set of the rip connect. The valid values are TRUE or FALSE. |
PRO_E_SMT_RIP_CONN_GAP_VAL | PRO_VALUE_TYPE_DOUBLE | Specifies the gap value. |