MachineElements.createMachineElementInput Method

Parent Object: MachineElements

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

Description

Create a new MachineElementInput object for the specified type. This is intedned to be used to create/add new machine elements.

Syntax

"machineElements_var" is a variable referencing a MachineElements object.
returnValue = machineElements_var.createMachineElementInput(type)
"machineElements_var" is a variable referencing a MachineElements object.

#include <Cam/Machine/MachineElements.h>

returnValue = machineElements_var->createMachineElementInput(type);

Return Value

Type Description
MachineElementInput A MachineElementInput object

Parameters

Name Type Description
type MachineElementInputType The type of machine element to create the input for

Version

Introduced in version September 2025