DrawingSketches.itemByName Method

Parent Object: DrawingSketches

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Defined in namespace "adsk::drawing" and the header file is <Drawing/Sketch/DrawingSketches.h>

Description

Returns the sketch that has the specified name.

Syntax

"drawingSketches_var" is a variable referencing a DrawingSketches object.

returnValue = drawingSketches_var.itemByName(name)
"drawingSketches_var" is a variable referencing a DrawingSketches object.

#include <Drawing/Sketch/DrawingSketches.h>

returnValue = drawingSketches_var->itemByName(name);
"drawingSketches_var" is a variable referencing a DrawingSketches object.

returnValue = drawingSketches_var.itemByName(name);

Return Value

Type Description
DrawingSketch Returns the sketch with the specified name, or null if no sketch has that name.

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string The name of the sketch to return.

Version

Introduced in version September 2026