AdditiveFEADeckBuilder.create Method

Parent Object: AdditiveFEADeckBuilder

Preview This functionality is provided as a preview of intended future API capabilities. You are encouraged to use it and report any problems or suggestions using the Fusion API and Scripts forum.

Because this is a preview of future functionality, there is the possibility that it will change, which will possibly break any existing programs that use this functionality. Because of that, you should never deliver any programs that use any preview capabilities. For a distributed program, you should wait until it has moved from preview to released state.

Defined in namespace "adsk::cam" and the header file is <Cam/AdditiveFEA/AdditiveFEADeckBuilder.h>

Description

Creates a new AdditiveFEADeckBuilder object.

This is a static method.
returnValue = adsk.cam.AdditiveFEADeckBuilder.create()

This is a static method.

#include <Cam/AdditiveFEA/AdditiveFEADeckBuilder.h>

returnValue = adsk::cam::AdditiveFEADeckBuilder::create();

This is a static method.
returnValue = adsk.cam.AdditiveFEADeckBuilder.create();

Return Value

Type	Description
AdditiveFEADeckBuilder	Returns the newly created AdditiveFEADeckBuilder object or null if the creation failed.

Samples

Name Description

Additive MPBF FEA Process Simulation API Sample

Demonstrates how to automate an additive Metal Powder Bed Fusion (MPBF) thermo-mechanical process simulation using the Additive FEA API.

The script creates a new Fusion design containing a simple box body, switches to the MANUFACTURE workspace, and creates an Additive setup using the Autodesk Generic MPBF machine and the MPBF 60 micron print setting from Fusion's library.

It then constructs an FEA input deck with the AdditiveFEADeckBuilder, configuring a thermo-mechanical analysis (layers per element, coarsening generations, adaptivity, STL tolerance, ambient and final temperatures, build plate Z bounds and XY extension, convection, and an STL map). The deck is applied to a process simulation operation, the PRM file derived from the print settings is attached, and the simulation is run via generateToolpath. The script parses signalFileContents to confirm a successful finish, then builds a second deck and uses AdditiveFEAModifyUtility.warpTriangleMesh to generate a warped triangle mesh from the simulation results.

Version

Introduced in version April 2026