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CrossSection Class

The CrossSection class defines a with cross section points

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
Tekla.Structures.CatalogsCrossSection

Namespace: Tekla.Structures.Catalogs
Assembly: Tekla.Structures.Catalogs (in Tekla.Structures.Catalogs.dll) Version: 2023.0.1

Syntax

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[SerializableAttribute]
public sealed class CrossSection

<SerializableAttribute>
Public NotInheritable Class CrossSection

The CrossSection type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	CrossSection(String)	Creates a new cross section point instance.
	CrossSection(ProfileName)	Creates a new cross section point instance.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	HighAccuracy	The contour geometry accuracy.
	InnerSurfacePoints	Gets the points for inner surfaces.
	InnerSurfaces	Gets the cross section points for inner surfaces.
	Length	The total length
	Location	The location in relation to length, 0.0 referring to start of the profile
	OuterSurface	Gets the cross section points for outer surface.
	OuterSurfacePoints	Gets the cross section points for outer surface.
	Profile	The profile where cross section is asked from

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Methods

	Name	Description
	GetInnerContours	Gets the inner loop geometries as Polycurve.
	GetOuterContour	Gets the outer loop geometry as Polycurve.
	Select(Double, Double)	Selects the cross section from the profile definition.
	Select(Boolean, Double, Double)	Selects the cross section from the profile definition.

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Examples

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using System;
using Tekla.Structures.Catalogs;

public class Example
{
    public void Example1()
    {
        CrossSection section = new CrossSection("HEA100");

        if (section.Select())
        {
            var outerSurface = section.OuterSurface;
            if(outerSurface != null)
            {
                foreach (CrossSectionPoint point in outerSurface)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Point " + string.Format("({0:0.000}, {1:0.000}, {2:0.000})", point.X, point.Y, point.Z));
                    Console.WriteLine("Chamfer type " + point.Chamfer.Type.ToString());
                    Console.WriteLine("Chamfer " + string.Format("({0:0.000}, {1:0.000}, {2:0.000}, {3:0.000})", point.Chamfer.X, point.Chamfer.Y, point.Chamfer.DZ1, point.Chamfer.DZ2));
                }

                Console.WriteLine("HEA100 cross section points selected successfully");
            }
        }
    }
}

Reference

Tekla.Structures.Catalogs Namespace

API Reference

CrossSection Class

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