ExportManager.createSTEPExportOptionsForFlatPattern Method

Parent Object: ExportManager

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Defined in namespace "adsk::fusion" and the header file is <Fusion/Fusion/ExportManager.h>

Description

Creates a STEPFlatPatternExportOptions object that's used to export a flat pattern in STEP format. Creation of the STEPFlatPatternExportOptions object does not perform the export. You must pass this object to the ExportManager.execute method to perform the export.

"exportManager_var" is a variable referencing an ExportManager object.

returnValue = exportManager_var.createSTEPExportOptionsForFlatPattern(filename, flatPattern)

"exportManager_var" is a variable referencing an ExportManager object.

#include <Fusion/Fusion/ExportManager.h>

returnValue = exportManager_var->createSTEPExportOptionsForFlatPattern(filename, flatPattern);

"exportManager_var" is a variable referencing an ExportManager object.

returnValue = exportManager_var.createSTEPExportOptionsForFlatPattern(filename, flatPattern);

Return Value

Type	Description
STEPFlatPatternExportOptions	The created STEPFlatPatternExportOptions object or null if the creation failed.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
filename	string	The filename of the STEP file to be created.
flatPattern	FlatPattern	The FlatPattern object to export.

Version

Introduced in version July 2026