OperationInput Object

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

Description

The OperationInput holds all necessary informations to create a new Operation. Can be added to the Operations instance for creation.

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
displayName Optionally specify the display name that appears in the browser-tree to override the default.
generationMode Defines the automatic generation during the creation of the operation. Can be used to force or skip the generation of the new operation. By default the newly created operation will not be generated. The default value is SkipGeneration.
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():
parameters Get all parameters for the current strategy. Parameters are initialized by user defaults. Configure operation parameters before creation for a better performance.
strategy Get the current strategy
tool Optionally specify the tool used by the operation. The ToolLibraries allows the access to Local and Fusion tools.
toolPreset Optionally specify the preset of the tool. If no preset is specified, the operation gets its default feed and speed. The Tool provides access to available presets. Use one of those presets to override the default. An invalid preset will cause a failure during the creation of the operation.

Accessed From

Operations.createInput

Samples

Name Description
Hole and Pocket Recognition API Sample

This sample script demonstrates three different methods for feature recognition: one for holes and two for pockets.

The script starts by creating a simple component which is then used to demonstrate the three methods. After the features are recognised they are coloured and milling and drilling operations are created for each feature.

RecognizedHoleGroup returns a list of BRepFaces that can be used as selections for the drilling operation. RecognizedPocket and PocketRecognitionSelection do not return BRepFaces, and their output needs additional processing before the output can be used for creating machining operations.

The sample script demonstrates a couple of different methods, including finding the pocket BRepFaces and creating sketches from the recognized pockets.

This script works only if the Manufacturing Extension is active.

Manufacturing Workflow API Sample Manufacturing Workflow API Sample

This sample script starts by creating a simple component which is then used to describe a milling workflow. It creates a setup, a few operations, pick some tools from a Fusion sample tool library using loops and queries and ends up post-processing the operations out using an NC Program.

Version

Introduced in version April 2023