View Object Preview

Derived from: Base Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::drawing" and the header file is <Drawing/Sheet/View.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

Object that represents an individual drawing view on a sheet.

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().

getCenterLineOptions

Returns the center line options for this view.

getCenterMarkOptions

Returns the center mark options for this view.

setCenterLineOptions

Sets the center line options for this view. Currently supports base views only.

setCenterMarkOptions

Sets the center mark options for this view. Currently supports base views only.

Properties

Name Description
isShowInterferenceEdges Gets and sets whether interference edges are displayed. Currently supports base views only. Defaults to true.
isShowThreadEdges Gets and sets whether thread feature edges are displayed. Currently supports base views only. Defaults to true.
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():
orientation Gets and sets the view orientation. Currently supports base views only. Defaults to FrontViewOrientationType.
scaleValue Gets and sets the view scale as a numeric ratio. Examples: 1:2 = 0.5, 1:4 = 0.25, 4:2 = 2, 4:1 = 4. Currently supports base views only. A value of 0 selects automatic scale.
style Gets and sets the display style. Currently supports base views only. Defaults to VisibleEdgesDrawingViewStyleType.
tangentEdges Gets and sets how tangent edges are displayed. Currently supports base views only. Defaults to OffTangentEdgeDisplayType.
type Returns the type of this drawing view (base, projected, section, detail, or auxiliary). Returns UnknownViewType if the type cannot be determined.
viewCurves PreviewReturns the collection of all 2D curves that were generated into this view from the model (including projected model edges and sketch geometry). The returned curves live in sheet space. For views that have no model-derived geometry (for example a draft view) the collection is empty.

Accessed From

AutoDimensionInput.view, BendTableInput.view, HoleTableInput.view, Views.add, Views.item

Version

Introduced in version September 2026