ExtruderMachineElement Object

Derived from: MachineElement Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::cam" and the header file is <Cam/Machine/ExtruderMachineElement.h>

Description

Machine element representing an extruder on a fused filament fabrication (FFF) machine. A machine can have multiple extruders and thus multiple ExtruderMachineElement elements.

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().
deleteMe Delete this extruder element from the machine. Throws an exception when trying to delete the last remaining element.
staticTypeId Identifying name for all elements of this type. Pass this to the itemByType or itemById methods of MachineElements to filter to elements of this type.

Properties

Name Description
elementId Identifier for this element. Unique within an element type.
filamentDiameter Filament diameter of this extruder in cm.
isFanAvailable Flag indicating if a fan, whose speed is settable in the post, is available.
isValid Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
name Name of this extruder. Depending on the post, this may be output in the resulting gcode as a comment.
nozzleDiameter Nozzle diameter of this extruder in cm.
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():
offset Offset relative to the main extruder. The first extruder has an index of 0 and usually an offset of (0,0,0).
temperature The maximum temperature this extruder can reach in degrees C.
typeId Identifier for this type of machine element.
volumePerSecond The maximum volume output measured in cm^3/s.

Version

Introduced in version January 2026