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

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    - MotionView
      - mdlIDataMember Class
        mdlIDataMember Evaluate
        Evaluates the data member to update the new values.
        mdlIDataMember GetEnumList
        Gets the list of valid enumeration values for this data member.
        mdlIDataMember GetErrorCode
        Gets the code of the last error which occurred.
        mdlIDataMember GetEvaluatedValue
        Gets the evaluated value of the expression assigned to the data member.
        mdlIDataMember GetRawExpression
        Gets the raw expression used to specify the value of the current data member.
        mdlIDataMember GetRefObjectHandle
        Gets the handle of the object to which a reference data member is resolved to.
        mdlIDataMember GetRefType
        Gets the type of entity used to resolve this data member.
        mdlIDataMember IsConst
        Determines whether the value of the current data member may or may not be modified.
        mdlIDataMember IsObsolete
        Determines whether or not a data member is obsolete.
        mdlIDataMember IsOverridden
        Determines if the value has been modified.
        mdlIDataMember IsResolved
        Determines whether or not a reference data member is resolved.
        mdlIDataMember IsSlave
        Determines if this data member is for the slave side of a symmetric pair.
        mdlIDataMember SetAsObsolete
        Marks a data member as obsolete so that the next evaluation evaluates that data member.
        mdlIDataMember SetRawExpression
        Used to set expressions for a data members.
        mdlIDataMember TestExpression
        Tests the evaluation of an expression without re-evaluating the entire model.
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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.