ShellFeature.setInputEntities Method

Parent Object: ShellFeature
Defined in namespace "adsk::fusion" and the header file is <Fusion/Features/ShellFeature.h>

Description

Method that sets faces to remove and bodies to preform shell. Return false if any faces are input, and the owning bodies of the faces are also input.

To use this method, you need to position the timeline marker to immediately before this feature. This can be accomplished using the following code: thisFeature.timelineObject.rollTo(True)

Syntax

"shellFeature_var" is a variable referencing a ShellFeature object.
# Uses no optional arguments.
returnValue = shellFeature_var.setInputEntities(inputEntities)

# Uses optional arguments.
returnValue = shellFeature_var.setInputEntities(inputEntities, isTangentChain)
"shellFeature_var" is a variable referencing a ShellFeature object.

#include <Fusion/Features/ShellFeature.h>

// Uses no optional arguments.
returnValue = shellFeature_var->setInputEntities(inputEntities);

// Uses optional arguments.
returnValue = shellFeature_var->setInputEntities(inputEntities, isTangentChain);

Return Value

Type Description
boolean Returns true if successful

Parameters

Name Type Description
inputEntities ObjectCollection The collection contains the faces to remove and the bodies to perform shell. Fails if any faces are input, and the owning bodies of the faces are also input.
isTangentChain boolean A boolean value for setting whether or not faces that are tangentially connected to the input faces (if any) will also be included. It defaults to true.

This is an optional argument whose default value is True.

Version

Introduced in version November 2014