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Action:
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Converts a pattern into an entity for the purposes of saving to and restoring from a SAT file.
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Prototype:
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outcome api_pattern_to_entity (
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pattern* in_pat,
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// pattern to convert
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ENTITY*& out_ent,
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// instance returned
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AcisOptions* ao = NULL
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// acis options
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);
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Includes:
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#include "kernel/acis.hxx"
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#include "kernel/kernapi/api/api.hxx"
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#include "kernel/kerndata/data/entity.hxx"
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#include "kernel/kernutil/law/pattern.hxx"
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#include "kernel/kernutil/law/patternent.hxx"
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#include "kernel/kernapi/api/acis_options.hxx"
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Description:
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In order to make patterns more persistent and to share them from session to session, they can be turned into
APATTERN instances, which are derived from
ENTITY and are saved and restored.
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Errors:
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The specified pattern is
NULL.
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Library:
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kernel
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Filename:
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kern/kernel/kernutil/law/patternent.hxx
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Effect:
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Read-only
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