vcQuantity

Basic implementation for quantities used in the application and provides access to units.

See in: Overview

Module: vcCore

Parent: vcObject

Children: vcScalarQuantity, vcVectorQuantity

Referenced by: vcMatrixProperty.Quantity, vcMatrixStepProperty.Quantity, vcRealExpressionProperty.Quantity, vcRealLimitProperty.Quantity, ... (see more)

Properties

Learn how to use properties here. The properties are also inherited from the parent class.

Name	Type	Access	Description
AvailableGroups	vcList[vcUnitGroup]	R	Gets a list of all unit groups that include the quantity, thereby any one of those groups can be used to access and select quantity.
CurrentGroup	vcUnitGroup	RW	Gets or sets the current unit group used for listing the quantity's properties. If value is None and quantity has a parent quality, uses the current group of parent.
EffectiveGroup	vcUnitGroup	R	Gets the actual unit group used for listing the quantity's properties. If current group is None, uses unit group of parent quantity.
FullName	String	R	Gets the full name of quantity, which is the concatenation of parent quantity names with a dot (.) separator and Name. You can refer to a quantity by referencing its full name.
IsBuiltIn	Boolean	R	Gets if quantity is a built-in quantity which cannot be edited nor destroyed.
Name	String	RW	Gets or sets the quantity's name.
Type	vcQuantityKind	R	Gets the quantity type.

Learn how to use methods here. The methods are also inherited from the parent class.

Name	Return Type	Parameters	Description
delete	None	None	Deletes the quantity. Exceptions: RuntimeError: When deleting a built-in unit quantity object.