ProfileConversion Class

The ProfileConversion class provides functionalities to convert profile strings from/to current units (set in "Units and decimals, Catalog, Profiles, Section Dimension" options).

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
Tekla.Structures.DialogProfileConversion

Namespace: Tekla.Structures.Dialog
Assembly: Tekla.Structures.Dialog (in Tekla.Structures.Dialog.dll) Version: 2023.0.3

Syntax

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public class ProfileConversion

Public Class ProfileConversion

The ProfileConversion type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	ProfileConversion	Initializes a new instance of the ProfileConversion class

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Methods

	Name	Description
	ConvertFromCurrentUnits	Converts a profile string from current units to internal units (set in Units and decimals options).
	ConvertToCurrentUnits	Converts a profile string from internal units to current units (set in Units and decimals options).

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Examples

The next example assumes that the option "Units and decimals, Catalog, Profiles, Section Dimension" is set to "in".

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using Tekla.Structures.Dialog;

class Example
{
    public Example()
    {
        string Profile = "PL10*10"; // Or "PL10\"*10\""
        string ConvertedProfile = string.Empty;

        ProfileConversion.ConvertFromCurrentUnits(Profile, ref ConvertedProfile);
        // ConvertedProfile will contain "PL254*254"

        Profile = "PL508*25.4";
        ProfileConversion.ConvertToCurrentUnits(Profile, ref ConvertedProfile);
        // The converted profile will contain "PL20\"*1\""
    }
}

Reference

Tekla.Structures.Dialog Namespace