MachineElements.addElement Method

Parent Object: MachineElements
Defined in namespace "adsk::cam" and the header file is <Cam/Machine/MachineElements.h>

Description

Add a new machine element to the machine.

Syntax

"machineElements_var" is a variable referencing a MachineElements object.
returnValue = machineElements_var.addElement(input)
"machineElements_var" is a variable referencing a MachineElements object.

#include <Cam/Machine/MachineElements.h>

returnValue = machineElements_var->addElement(input);

Return Value

Type Description
MachineElement The created MachineElement

Parameters

Name Type Description
input MachineElementInput A specialization of MachineElementInput class that contains the properties required to create a new machine element.

Version

Introduced in version September 2025