API Reference

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  1. Tekla Structures
  2. Tekla Open API 2023 Reference
  3. ProfileConversion Class

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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: 2023.0.1
Syntax
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public class ProfileConversion

The ProfileConversion type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  NameDescription
Public methodProfileConversion
Initializes a new instance of the ProfileConversion class
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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodStatic memberConvertFromCurrentUnits
Converts a profile string from current units to internal units (set in Units and decimals options).
Public methodStatic memberConvertToCurrentUnits
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\""
    }
}
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