GetGeometryClass

Returns non-zero if the owlClass is a geometry type. This call will return the input class for all classes initially available. It will return as well non-for all classes created by the user or loaded / imported through a model that (indirectly) inherit one of the original classes available. in this case it returns the original available class it inherits the behavior from.

Syntax

C++ 32 bit

C++ 64 bit

C# 32 bit

C# 64 bit

//
//   Strong typing definition
//
OwlClass        GetGeometryClass(
                        OwlClass                owlClass
                    );


//
//   Weak typing definition
//
int64_t __declspec(dllexport) __stdcall GetGeometryClass(
                                                int64_t                 owlClass
                                            );

Property owlClass

Size: 64 bit / 8 byte (value)
This attribute represents a handle to the class. The term owl is comming from W3C, the classes follow the expression power of Semantic Web concepts, therefore classes support multiple inheritance. Technically classes can also be distributed over different resources, however for this the parametric library is required as an extension on the basic Geometry Kernel API.

Example (based on pure API calls)

Here you can find code snippits that show how the API call GetGeometryClass can be used.

#include    "./include/engine.h"

void    main()
{
    int64_t model = CreateModel();

    if (model) {
        //
        //  The following class will be created on-the-fly if the name is not used already
        //  for a class or property (attribute / relation).
        //
        //  note: calling GetClassByName with a name not yet existing will do the same trick)
        //
        int64_t classMyOwnCylinderClass = CreateClass(model, "MyOwnCylinderClass");

        //
        //  Classes
        //
        int64_t classCylinder = GetClassByName(model, "Cylinder");

        //
        //  Datatype Properties (attributes)
        //
        int64_t propertyLength = GetPropertyByName(model, "length"),
                propertyRadius = GetPropertyByName(model, "radius"),
                propertySegmentationParts = GetPropertyByName(model, "segmentationParts");

        //
        //  Instances
        //
        int64_t instanceMyOwnCylinderClass = CreateInstance(classMyOwnCylinderClass, nullptr);

        //
        //  At this moment our new class is unrelated to other classes and instances of it not generating any geometry
        //
        assert(GetGeometryClass(classMyOwnCylinderClass) == 0);

        SetClassParent(classMyOwnCylinderClass, classCylinder, 1);

        //
        //  Now each instance of MyOwnCylinderClass is inheriting the behavior and knowledge of a Cylinder
        //
        assert(GetGeometryClass(classMyOwnCylinderClass) == classCylinder);

        double  length = 1.8,
                radius = 1.3;
        int64_t segmentationParts = 36;
        
        SetDatatypeProperty(instanceMyOwnCylinderClass, propertyLength, &length, 1);
        SetDatatypeProperty(instanceMyOwnCylinderClass, propertyRadius, &radius, 1);
        SetDatatypeProperty(instanceMyOwnCylinderClass, propertySegmentationParts, &segmentationParts, 1);

        double  volume = GetVolume(instanceMyOwnCylinderClass, nullptr, nullptr);

        //
        //  The resulting model can be viewed in 3D-Editor.exe
        //
        SaveModel(model, "c:\\created\\myFile.bin");
        CloseModel(model);
    }
}