Preferences Object

Derived from: Base Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/Application/Preferences.h>

Description

The Preferences object provides access to the various preference related objects for getting and setting the various preference values.

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
apiPreferences Gets the APIPreferences object, which provides access to the various preferences associated with the API.
defaultUnitsPreferences Gets the DefaultUnitsPreferences object.
generalPreferences Gets the GeneralPreferences object.
graphicsPreferences Gets the GraphicsPreferences object.
gridPreferences Gets the GridPreferences object.
isValid Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
materialPreferences Gets the MaterialPreferences object.
networkPreferences Gets the NetworkPreferences object.
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():
productPreferences Gets the ProductPreferences object.
productUsageData Gets the ProductUsageData object.
unitAndValuePreferences Gets the UnitAndValuePreferences object.

Accessed From

Application.preferences

Version

Introduced in version August 2014