GetThickness {Area Element}

GetThickness

Syntax

SapObject.SapModel.AreaElm.GetThickness

VB6 Procedure

Function GetThickness(ByVal Name As String, ByRef ThicknessType As Long, ByRef ThicknessPattern As String, ByRef ThicknessPatternSF As Double, ByRef Thickness() As Double) As Long

Parameters

Name

The name of an existing area element.

ThicknessType

This is 0, 1 or 2, indicating the thickness overwrite type.

0 = No thickness overwrites

1 = User defined thickness overwrites specified by joint pattern

2 = User defined thickness overwrites specified by point

ThicknessPattern

This item applies only when ThicknessType = 1. It is the name of the defined joint pattern that is used to calculate the thicknesses.

ThicknessPatternSF

This item applies only when ThicknessType = 1. It is the scale factor applied to the joint pattern when calculating the thicknesses. [L]

Thickness

This item applies only when ThicknessType = 2. It is an array of thicknesses at each of the points that define the area element. [L]

Remarks

This function retrieves the thickness overwrite assignments for area elements.

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

VBA Example

Sub GetAreaElementThicknessOverwrites()

'dimension variables

Dim SapObject as cOAPI

Dim SapModel As cSapModel

Dim ret As Long

Dim i as long

Dim ThicknessType As Long

Dim ThicknessPattern As String

Dim ThicknessPatternSF As Double

Dim Thickness() As Double

'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.NewWall(2, 48, 2, 48)

'assign thickness overwrites

ReDim Thickness(3)

For i = 0 To 3

Thickness(i) = 11

Next i

ret = SapModel.AreaObj.SetThickness("ALL", 2, "", 1, Thickness, Group)

'create analysis model

ret = SapModel.Analyze.CreateAnalysisModel

'get thickness overwrites for area element

ret = SapModel.AreaElm.GetThickness("3", ThicknessType, ThicknessPattern, ThicknessPatternSF, Thickness)

'close Sap2000

SapObject.ApplicationExit False

Set SapModel = Nothing

Set SapObject = Nothing

End Sub

Release Notes

Initial release in version 11.00.

See Also