DrawingSymbols Object Preview

Derived from: Base Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::drawing" and the header file is <Drawing/Symbols/DrawingSymbols.h>

PreviewThis functionality is provided as a preview of intended future API capabilities. You are encouraged to use it and report any problems or suggestions using the Fusion API and Scripts forum.

Because this is a preview of future functionality, there is the possibility that it will change, which will possibly break any existing programs that use this functionality. Because of that, you should never deliver any programs that use any preview capabilities. For a distributed program, you should wait until it has moved from preview to released state.

Description

Provides access to drawing symbols on a sheet and supports creating new symbols. Obtained via Sheet.drawingSymbols. Additional symbol factory methods are added append-only as each symbol type is implemented.

Methods

Name Description
addDatumIdentifier

PreviewCreates a datum identifier symbol on this sheet.

addEdgeSymbol

Creates an edge symbol on this sheet.

addFeatureControlFrame

Creates a feature control frame symbol on this sheet.

addTaperSlopeSymbol

Creates a taper or slope symbol on this sheet.

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().

createDatumIdentifierInput

PreviewCreates a DatumIdentifierInput used to define a new datum identifier symbol, then pass it to addDatumIdentifier.

createEdgeSymbolInput

Creates an EdgeSymbolInput used to define a new edge symbol, then pass it to addEdgeSymbol. Available only when the drawing uses ISO standard format.

createFeatureControlFrameInput

Creates a FeatureControlFrameInput used to define a new feature control frame, then pass it to addFeatureControlFrame.

createTaperSlopeSymbolInput

Creates a TaperSlopeSymbolInput used to define a new taper or slope symbol, then pass it to addTaperSlopeSymbol.

item

Returns the specified drawing symbol using an index into the collection.

Properties

Name Description
count Returns the number of drawing symbols on the sheet.
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():

Accessed From

Sheet.drawingSymbols

Version

Introduced in version October 2026