EllipticalArc3D Object

Derived from: Curve3D Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/Geometry/EllipticalArc3D.h>

Description

Transient 3D elliptical arc. A transient elliptical arc is not displayed or saved in a document. Transient 3D elliptical arcs are used as a wrapper to work with raw 3D elliptical arc information. They are created statically using the create method of the EllipticalArc3D class.

Methods

Name Description
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().
copy Creates and returns a copy of this EllipticalArc3D object.
create Creates a transient 3D elliptical arc.
getData Gets all of the data defining the elliptical arc.
set Sets all of the data defining the elliptical arc.
transformBy Transforms this curve in 3D space.

Properties

Name Description
asNurbsCurve Returns a NURBS curve that is geometrically identical to the elliptical arc.
center Gets and sets the center point of the elliptical arc.
curveType Returns the type of geometry this curve represents.
endAngle Gets and sets the end angle of the elliptical arc.
evaluator Returns an evaluator object that lets you perform additional evaluations on the curve.
isValid Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
majorAxis Gets and sets the major axis of the elliptical arc.
majorRadius Gets and sets the major radius of the elliptical arc.
minorRadius Gets and sets the minor radius of the elliptical arc.
normal Gets the normal of the elliptical arc.
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():
startAngle Gets and sets the start angle of the elliptical arc.

Accessed From

EllipticalArc3D.copy, EllipticalArc3D.create, SketchEllipticalArc.geometry, SketchEllipticalArc.worldGeometry

Version

Introduced in version August 2014