MachineCapabilities Object

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

Description

Object that represents the capabilities of the machine.

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().

Properties

Name Description
additiveTechnology Gets which additive technology the machine supports. Return "NA" if the machine does not support Additive
isAdditiveSupported Gets and sets if the machine is capable of additive operations.
isCuttingSupported Gets and sets if the machine is capable of subtractive cutting.
isMillingSupported Gets and sets if the machine is capable of subtractive milling.
isTurningSupported Gets and sets if the machine is capable of subtractive turning.
isValid Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
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():

Accessed From

Machine.capabilities

Version

Introduced in version April 2023