PatternElement Object

Derived from: Base Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::fusion" and the header file is <Fusion/Features/PatternElement.h>

Description

This class defines the properties that pertain to the pattern element.

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
faces Gets the faces generated as a result of this particular element.
id Gets the id of this element within the pattern.
isSuppressed Gets and sets whether the element is suppressed or not. A value of True indicates it is suppressed
isValid Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
name Get the name of the pattern element.
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():
occurrences If the patternEntityType property of the parent feature returns OccurrencesPatternType then this property will return the occurrences associated with this particular pattern element.
parentFeature Gets the feature pattern this element is a member of.
transform Get the transform that describes this elements relative position to the parent object(s). The transform returned for the first element in a pattern will be an identity matrix.

Accessed From

PatternElements.item

Version

Introduced in version November 2014