Creating the Wire Port

Define a wire port at the end of Feedline with label Port1.

myPort = myProject.Contents.Ports:AddWirePort(myUnion.Wires[1])
myPort.Label = "Port1"

Figure 1. A wire port is placed at the end of Feedline with label Port1.

1. A port is a object and since there may be multiple objects in the model, it is part of the PortCollection.
2. Search for PortCollection in the Help¹.
3. In the Help, under PortCollection > Method List, search for methods that are applicable to geometry wire ports:
   • AddWirePort (table table)
   • AddWirePort (wire Edge)

   To create a wire port, we will use the method:

   AddWirePort(wire Edge)

4. Add the wire where wire port will be placed.

   AddWirePort(myUnion.Wires[1])

   Note: Use indexing to access a face, wire, edge or region in the details tree.
5. Determine the syntax to prepend to AddWirePort:
   1. Since AddWirePort is a method, it is indicated by prepending a “:” (colon).

      :AddWirePort(myUnion.Wires[1])

   2. In the Help, under PortCollection > Usage locations, note the following:

      ModelContents object has collection Ports.2

   3. Click ModelContents.
   4. In the Help, under ModelContents > Usage locations, note the following:

      Model object has property Contents3

      Since we know that Model is the one of the top levels in the model tree, the result is then:

      Contents.Ports:AddWirePort(myUnion.Wires[1])

   5. Since the project is the highest level, we prepend our reference to the project:

      myProject.Contents.Ports:AddWirePort(myUnion.Wires[1])

6. Add a reference to the newly created wire port:

   myPort = myProject.Contents.Ports:AddWirePort(myUnion.Wires[1])

7. Set the wire port label to Port1:

   myPort.Label = "Port1"

   Tip: View the WirePort (object) in the Help for a short example.