DrawingManager.createDrawing Method

Parent Object: DrawingManager

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Defined in namespace "adsk::drawing" and the header file is <Drawing/Drawing/DrawingManager.h>

Description

Creates an drawing document based on the settings defined in the input object.

"drawingManager_var" is a variable referencing a DrawingManager object.

returnValue = drawingManager_var.createDrawing(input)

"drawingManager_var" is a variable referencing a DrawingManager object.

#include <Drawing/Drawing/DrawingManager.h>

returnValue = drawingManager_var->createDrawing(input);

"drawingManager_var" is a variable referencing a DrawingManager object.

returnValue = drawingManager_var.createDrawing(input);

Return Value

Type	Description
DataFile	DataFile of created drawing, or null on failure.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
input	CreateDrawingInput	A CreateDrawingInput object that was created using the createDrawingInput method on the DrawingManager object.

Version

Introduced in version July 2026