Motion Standalone Preprocessor C# library 2026 R1

Class CPlacingConnectorAPI

Last update: 09.03.2026

Namespace: VM.API.Pre.Links
Assembly: VM.API.Pre.Links.dll

This class implements APIs for chained placing connector.

public static class CPlacingConnectorAPI

Inheritance

object ← CPlacingConnectorAPI

Extension Methods

LinkPropertyItemCache.GetLinkProperties(object, LinkPropertyType), LinkPropertyItemCache.GetLinkPropertiesAndValues(object, LinkPropertyType), LinkPropertyItemCache.GetLinkedObjects<T>(object, LinkPropertyType)

Methods

CalculatePinStiffness(string, string)

Calculate pin stiffness.

[ExistFile(new string[] { "pinFilePath" })]
[NotNullOrEmpty(new string[] { "pinName" })]
public static double CalculatePinStiffness(string pinFilePath, string pinName)

Parameters

pinFilePath string

The pin file path.

pinName string

The pin name.

Returns

double

The stiffness information that is calculated by this API.

Exceptions

FileNotFoundException

Will be thrown if 'pinFilePath' file path does not exist.

ArgumentNullException

Will be thrown if type of 'pinName' argument is empty.

CalculatePulleyStiffness(string, string, string)

Calculate pulley stiffness.

[ExistFile(new string[] { "pulleyFilePath", "pinFilePath" })]
[NotNullOrEmpty(new string[] { "pulleyName" })]
public static List<double[]> CalculatePulleyStiffness(string pulleyFilePath, string pulleyName, string pinFilePath)

Parameters

pulleyFilePath string

The pulley file path.

pulleyName string

The pulley name.

pinFilePath string

The pin file path

Returns

List<double[]>

The stiffness information that is calculated by this API.

Exceptions

FileNotFoundException

Will be thrown if 'pulleyFilePath' file path does not exist.

ArgumentNullException

Will be thrown if type of 'pulleyName' argument is empty.

FileNotFoundException

Will be thrown if 'pinFilePath' file path does not exist.

CalculateSegmentStiffness(string)

Calculate segment stiffness.

[ExistFile(new string[] { "segmentFilePath" })]
public static Dictionary<string, VectorBase> CalculateSegmentStiffness(string segmentFilePath)

Parameters

segmentFilePath string

The segment file path.

Returns

Dictionary<string, VectorBase>

The stiffness information that is calculated by this API.

Exceptions

FileNotFoundException

Will be thrown if 'segmentFilePath' file path does not exist.

CreateCPlacingConnector(SubSystemDocument, Obj, string)

Create Chained placing connector .

[NotNull(new string[] { "document" })]
[NotNullObj(new string[] { "chainedPlacing" })]
public static Obj CreateCPlacingConnector(this SubSystemDocument document, Obj chainedPlacing, string name = "")

Parameters

document SubSystemDocument

The document to create the Chained placing connector.

chainedPlacing Obj

The chained placing.

name string

The name of the . If empty, default name starts with 'CPlacingConnector_' will be generated and used.

Returns

Obj

The new object that is created by this API.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

Will be thrown if 'document', 'chainedPlacing' are null.

ArgumentException

Will be thrown if item type of 'chainedPlacing' is not .

CreatePin(IChainedSegmentInfo, Obj, Vector, Vector, string)

Create pin .

[NotNull(new string[] { "document" })]
[NotNullObj(new string[] { "body" })]
[NotZeroMagnitude(new string[] { "direction" })]
public static Obj CreatePin(this IChainedSegmentInfo document, Obj body, Vector position, Vector direction, string name = "")

Parameters

document IChainedSegmentInfo

The document to create the pin.

body Obj

The body to create the pin.

position Vector

The position to create the pin.

direction Vector

The direction to create the pin.

name string

The name of the . If empty, default name starts with 'Pin_' will be generated and used.

Returns

Obj

The new object that is created by this API.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

Will be thrown if 'document', 'body' are null.

ArgumentException

Will be thrown if the magnitude of 'direction' is 0.

CreatePulley(IChainedPathInfo, Obj, Vector, Vector, string)

Create pulley .

[NotNull(new string[] { "document" })]
[NotNullObj(new string[] { "body" })]
[NotZeroMagnitude(new string[] { "axisZ" })]
public static Obj CreatePulley(this IChainedPathInfo document, Obj body, Vector position, Vector axisZ, string name = "")

Parameters

document IChainedPathInfo

The document to create the pulley.

body Obj

The body to create the pulley.

position Vector

The position to create the pulley.

axisZ Vector

The z-axis to create the pulley.

name string

The name of the . If empty, default name starts with 'Pulley_' will be generated and used.

Returns

Obj

The new object that is created by this API.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

Will be thrown if 'document', 'body' are null.

ArgumentException

Will be thrown if the magnitude of 'axisZ' is 0.

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