mdlIDataMember GetRefType

Gets the type of entity used to resolve this data member.

Syntax

mdlIDataMember_handle GetRefType

Application

MotionView Tcl Query

Description

This command gets the type of entity (Reference, NumericDataMember, BoolDataMember, FloatDataMember, IntDataMember, NumericVectorDataMember, StringDataMember, StringVectorDataMember, or TemplateDM) used to resolve this data member.

Example

To get the entity type that refers to a joint in the slider_crank.mdl model file:

hwi OpenStack
hwi GetSessionHandle mySessionName 
mySessionName GetProjectHandle myProjectName 
set activePageNum [myProjectName GetActivePage]
myProjectName GetPageHandle myPageName $activePageNum
set activeWinNum [myPageName GetActiveWindow]
myPageName GetWindowHandle myWindowName $activeWinNum
myWindowName GetClientHandle myClientName 
myClientName GetModelHandle myModelName 
myModelName GetChildHandle joint_handle j_con_pis_pin
joint_handle GetChildHandle bod b1 false
bod GetRefType
bod ReleaseHandle
joint_handle ReleaseHandle
myModelName ReleaseHandle
myClientName ReleaseHandle
myWindowName ReleaseHandle
myPageName ReleaseHandle
myProjectName ReleaseHandle
mySessionName ReleaseHandle
hwi CloseStack

Errors

To get a type of reference, you must have specified a reference for that entity while retrieving the entity. Otherwise, using the command will return null.