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IsKindOf (ProjectItem)

Description

Returns true if this object matches a given type and false otherwise. The object will always return true when queried with the string returned by its SIObject.Type property, and it may also return true for other, related types.

Scripting Syntax

ProjectItem.IsKindOf( Type )

C# Syntax

Boolean ProjectItem.IsKindOf( String in_objectType );

Parameters

Return Value

Boolean

Examples

VBScript Example

set oRoot = Application.ActiveProject.ActiveScene.Root
set oGrid = oRoot.AddGeometry( "Grid","MeshSurface" )
set oCluster = oGrid.ActivePrimitive.Geometry.AddCluster( siVertexCluster, "VextexClusterOnGrid", array(4,5,6) )
Application.LogMessage "cluster is a kind of poly? " & oCluster.IsKindOf( "poly" )
Application.LogMessage "cluster is a kind of pnt? " & oCluster.IsKindOf( "pnt" )
Application.LogMessage "cluster is a kind of edge? " & oCluster.IsKindOf( "edge" )

set oCube = oRoot.AddGeometry( "Cube", "MeshSurface" )
if oCube.IsKindOf( "Cube" ) then
   Application.LogMessage oCube.Name & " is a cube object"
end if
if oCube.IsKindOf( "polymsh" ) then
   Application.LogMessage oCube.Name & " is a surface mesh object"
end if

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