Component Object

Description

Methods

Name	Description
allOccurrencesByComponent	Returns all occurrences, at any level of the assembly, that reference the specified component. The returned list is read-only.
boundingBox2	Returns the bounding box of the specified entity types within the component.
classType	Static function that all classes support that returns the type of the class as a string. The returned string matches the string returned by the objectType property. For example if you have a reference to an object and you want to check if it's a SketchLine you can use myObject.objectType == fusion.SketchLine.classType().
createBRepEdgeProfile	Creates a profile based on the outside open edges of a BRepFace.
createFlatPattern	Creates a flat pattern of the sheet metal folded body. The isSheetMetal property of the BRepBody object can be used to determine if a particular body can be flattened. Creating a flat pattern will fail if a flat pattern already exists in the component. You can determine if a flat pattern already exists by checking if the flatPattern property returns a FlatPattern object or null.
createOpenProfile	Creates an open profile based on the input curve(s).
findBRepUsingPoint	Finds all the entities of the specified type at the specified location.
findBRepUsingRay	Finds all the B-Rep entities that are intersected by the specified ray. This can return BRepFace, BrepEdge, and BRepVertex objects.
getPhysicalProperties	Returns the PhysicalProperties object that has properties for getting the area, density, mass, volume, moments, etc of this component.
occurrencesByComponent	Returns all occurrences at the top-level of this component that reference the specified component. The returned list is read-only.
saveCopyAs	Performs a Save Copy As on this component. This saves the specified component as a new document in the specified location.
transformOccurrences	Transforms a set of occurrences in one step. This provides better performance than transforming them one at a time. This method is only valid when called on the root component because Fusion flattens the entire assembly structure when manipulating the assembly so all transforms are relative to the root component.

Properties

Name	Description
activeSheetMetalRule	Gets and sets the active sheet metal rule. This can return null in the case where the component has never contained any sheet metal related data.
allAsBuiltJoints	Returns all joint origins in this component and any sub components. The joint origins returned are all in the context of this component so any joint origins in sub components will be proxies. This is primarily useful when used from the root component because Fusion flattens the assembly structure, including joint origins, when manipulating an assembly.
allJointOrigins	Returns all as-built joints in this component and any sub components. The as-built joints returned are all in the context of this component so any as-built joints in sub components will be proxies. This is primarily useful when used from the root component because Fusion flattens the assembly structure, including as-built joints, when manipulating an assembly.
allJoints	Returns all joints in this component and any sub components. The joints returned are all in the context of this component so any joints in sub components will be proxies. This is primarily useful when used from the root component because Fusion flattens the assembly structure, including joints, when manipulating an assembly.
allOccurrences	Returns all of the occurrences in the assembly regardless of their level within the assembly structure. The returned list is read-only.
allRigidGroups	Returns all rigid groups in this component and any sub components. The rigid groups returned are all in the context of this component so any rigid groups in sub components will be proxies. This is primarily useful when used from the root component because Fusion flattens the assembly structure, including rigid groups, when manipulating an assembly.
allTangentRelationships	Returns all tangent relationships in this component and any sub components. The tangent relationships returned are all in the context of this component so any tangent relationships in sub components will be proxies. This is primarily useful when used from the root component because Fusion flattens the assembly structure, including tangent relationships, when manipulating an assembly.
asBuiltJoints	Returns the collection of as-built joints associated with this component.
attributes	Returns the collection of attributes associated with this face.
boundingBox	Returns the bounding box of this component. This is always in world space of the component. The boundingBox2 method provides greater control over which types of entities you want included in the bounding box calculation.
bRepBodies	Returns the B-Rep bodies collection associated with this component.
canvases	Returns the canvases collection associated with this component. This provides access to the existing canvases and supports the creation of new canvases.
constructionAxes	Returns the construction axes collection associated with this component. This provides access to the existing construction axes and supports the creation of new construction axes.
constructionPlanes	Returns the construction planes collection associated with this component. This provides access to the existing construction planes and supports the creation of new construction planes.
constructionPoints	Returns the construction points collection associated with this component. This provides access to the existing construction points and supports the creation of new construction points.
customGraphicsGroups	Returns the customGraphicsGroups object in this component.
description	Gets and sets the description associated with this component.
entityToken	Returns a token for the Component object. This can be saved and used at a later time with the Design.findEntityByToken method to get back the same component. When using entity tokens it's important to understand that the token string returned for a specific entity can be different over time. However, even if you have two different token strings that were obtained from the same entity, when you use findEntityByToken they will both return the same entity. Because of that you should never compare entity tokens as way to determine what the token represents. Instead, you need to use the findEntityByToken method to get the two entities identified by the tokens and then compare them.
features	Returns the collection that provides access to all of the features associated with this component.
flatPattern	Gets the existing flat pattern or returns null in the case where a flat pattern doesn't exist in this component.
id	Returns the persistent ID of the component. This ID is created with the component and does not change. Because this ID does not change, different revisions of the same design or copies of the design asset/file will retain this ID. If components from different designs have the same ID, it indicates they are either different revisions or a copy of the design was made. Therefore, this ID will always be unique within a single design, but may not be unique in an assembly where externally referenced designs include different revisions or copies of a design. The ID is also the same ID used by PIM (Product Information Model).
isBodiesFolderLightBulbOn	Gets and sets if the light bulb of the bodies folder as seen in the browser is on or off. This controls the visibility of the solid/surface bodies and the mesh bodies in this component.
isCanvasFolderLightBulbOn	Gets and sets if the light bulb of the canvas folder as seen in the browser is on or off. This controls the visibility of all the canvases in the component.
isConstructionFolderLightBulbOn	Gets and sets if the light bulb of the construction folder as seen in the browser is on or off. This controls the visibility of the (non-origin) construction geometry (i.e. planes, points, axes).
isJointsFolderLightBulbOn	Gets and sets if the light bulb of the joints folder as seen in the browser is on or off. This controls the visibility of the joints in this occurrence. The light bulb for the folder is component specific and will turn off the joints for all occurrences referencing the component.
isLibraryItem	Gets whether the component was created from a fasteners library item."
isOriginFolderLightBulbOn	Gets and sets if the light bulb of the origin folder as seen in the browser is on or off. This controls the visibility of the origin construction geometry.
isSketchFolderLightBulbOn	Gets and sets if the light bulb of the sketch folder as seen in the browser is on or off. This controls the visibility of the sketches in this component.
isValid	Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
jointOrigins	Returns the collection of joint origins associated with this component.
joints	Returns the collection of joints associated with this component.
material	Gets and sets the physical material assigned to this component.
meshBodies	Returns the mesh bodies collection associated with this component.
modelParameters	Returns the collection of model parameters in the Component.
name	Property that gets and sets the name of this component. This is the name shown in the browser for each occurrence referencing this component.
objectType	This property is supported by all objects in the API and returns a string that contains the full name (namespace::objecttype) describing the type of the object. It's often useful to use this in combination with the classType method to see if an object is a certain type. For example: if obj.objectType == adsk.core.Point3D.classType():
occurrences	Property that returns the Occurrences collection associated with this component. This provides access to the occurrences at the top-level of this component and provides the functionality to add new occurrences.
opacity	Gets and sets the opacity override assigned to this component. A value of 1.0 specifies that is it completely opaque and a value of 0.0 specifies that is it completely transparent. This is only applicable for a non-root local component. This value is not necessarily related to what the user sees because the opacity is inherited. For example, if you have TopComponent and it has a component in it called SubComponent and you set the opacity of TopComponent to be 0.5, SubComponent will also be shown as slightly transparent even though the opacity property for it will return 1.0. Because a component can be referenced as an occurrence in other components and they can have different opacity settings, it's possible that different instances of the same component can display using different opacity levels. To get the opacity that it is being displayed with use the Occurrence.visibleOpacity property.
orientedMinimumBoundingBox	Returns an oriented bounding box that is best oriented to tightly fit all B-Rep bodies in the component. All other geometry types are ignored.
originConstructionPoint	Returns the origin construction point.
parentDesign	Returns the parent product this component is owned by.
partNumber	Gets and sets the part number associated with this component. Setting this to an empty string will reset it to be the same as the component name.
physicalProperties	Returns the PhysicalProperties object that has properties for getting the area, density, mass, volume, moments, etc of this component. Property values will be calculated using the 'LowCalculationAccuracy' setting when using this property to get the PhysicalProperties object. To specify a higher calculation tolerance, use the getPhysicalProperties method instead.
preciseBoundingBox	Returns a bounding box that tightly fits around all B-Rep bodies in the component. All other geometry types are ignored.
propertyGroups	Returns the PropertyGroups object associated with this component.
revisionId	Returns the current revision ID of the component. This ID changes any time the component is modified in any way. By getting and saving the ID when you create any data that is dependent on the component, you can then compare the saved ID with the current ID to determine if the component has changed to know if you should update your data.
rigidGroups	Returns the collection of rigid groups associated with this component.
sketches	Returns the sketches collection associated with this component. This provides access to the existing sketches and supports the creation of new sketches.
tangentRelationships	Returns the collection of tangent relationships associated with this component.
xConstructionAxis	Returns the X origin construction axis.
xYConstructionPlane	Returns the XY origin construction plane.
xZConstructionPlane	Returns the XZ origin construction plane.
yConstructionAxis	Returns the Y origin construction axis.
yZConstructionPlane	Returns the YZ origin construction plane.
zConstructionAxis	Returns the Z origin construction axis.

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