BaseDesign

Synopsis

This design contains the minimum set of rules needed to make an instantiable design. Any new design, which you want to directly instantiate, must include BaseDesign as a minimum. Mixin designs, which are not intended to be directly instantiated, do not need to include BaseDesign. However, the design into which they are mixed must ultimately include BaseDesign. Designs which mix in only BaseDesign and not BasePart are generally not viewable by Intent. To add or change rules on all designs globally, the BaseDesignModifier design can be overridden. Overriding the design can be accomplished by creating a new design with the name BaseDesignModifier and placing it in the project library or another library that has precedence over the kernel library. New rules can then be added to this design.

Mixins

BaseDesignModifier

Parameters

Rules

Methods

hasRule?( ruleName As Name ) As Boolean

isBound?( ruleName As Name ) As Boolean

isKindOf?( designName As Name ) As Boolean

Example 1

If me.isBound?(:costCalculated) Then 
	 costCalculated 
Else 
  costEstimated 
End If

Example 2

Write part parameters out to a text file.

Dim f As User = openFile("C:\My Documents\Child part parameters.txt", :Write)
Write("Child part parameters:" & newline(), f) 
For Each prt In children 
  Write(" " & prt.designName & newline(), f) 
		Dim params As List = prt.partParameters 
		For Each param In params 
				Dim val As String = stringValue(ref(prt,param)) 
				Write(" " & param & " = " & val & newline(), f) 
		Next param 
Next prt 
closeFile(f)