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Limitations in API functionality

The functionality of the Application Programming Interface (API) has certain limitations.

The following table lists the features that are not supported through the API. Command line scripts written in Visual Basic (VB) can access more functionality than macros recorded in Autodesk Moldflow Insight.

All features not listed are available for inclusion in both macros and VB scripts.

Features not supported through the API

FeatureMacrosVB Scripts
File Menu Functions:
  • Organize Project
  • Project Properties
  • Options (All options)
Not availableNot available
Print Functions:
  • Print
  • Print Preview
  • Print Setup
Not availableAvailable
Selection Functions:
  • Select By Properties
  • Select By Layers
  • Select All
  • Deselect All
Not availableAvailable
Selection Functions:
  • Expand Selection
  • Banding Selection options
Not availableNot available
Edit Menu Functions:
  • Study Notes
  • Copy Image to Clipboard
Not availableNot available
View Menu Functions:
  • Toolbars
  • Project
  • Notes
  • Layers
  • All Panels
  • Model Display on/off
  • Default Display
  • Lock/Unlock Views/Animations/Plots
Not availableNot available
Modeling Menu Functions:
  • Create Inserts
  • Query Entities
  • Surface Boundary Diagnostics
  • Surface Connectivity Diagnostics
  • Surface Repair Tools
  • Simplify elements to beam
Not availableNot available
Mesh Menu Functions:
  • Mesh Repair Wizard
  • Show Diagnostics on/off
Not availableNot available
Analysis Menu Functions:
  • Import Data From MPX
Not availableNot available
Report Menu Functions:
  • All entries
Not availableNot available
Tools Menu Functions:
  • New Personal Database
  • Edit Personal Database
  • Search Databases
  • Edit Default Properties Database
  • Assign Macro/Command Button
  • Criteria Editor
  • Workspace
Not availableNot available
Windows Menu Functions:
  • New Window
  • Cascade, Tile, Split
  • Arrange Icons
Not availableNot available
Help Menu Functions:
  • All entries
Not availableNot available
Project Panel-right click menu:
  • Compare Studies
  • New Report
Not availableNot available
Study Tasks Pane-right click menu:
  • Hide Report Images
Not availableNot available
Standard Toolbar:
  • Search Help
  • What's This
Not availableNot available
Select Toolbar:
  • All items except Select by properties
Not availableNot available
Viewer Toolbar:
  • Banding Zoom
  • Move and Edit Cutting Plane
  • Add XY curve
  • Examine results
  • Split windows
Not availableNot available
Analysis Toolbar:Not availableAvailable
Results Toolbar:
  • Plot Notes
  • New Report
  • Comparison Criteria Editor
Not availableNot available
Animation Toolbar:
  • All items
Not availableNot available
Modeling Toolbar:
  • Create Mold Insert
  • Runner System Wizard
  • Cooling Circuit Wizard
  • Mold Surface Wizard
  • Locate/Edit/Delete Surface Ties
Not availableNot available
Mesh Manipulation Toolbar:
  • Define Local Mesh Densities
  • Mesh Repair Wizard
  • Fix Aspect Ratios
  • All Diagnostics
Not availableNot available
Diagnostic Navigator Toolbar:
  • All items
Not availableNot available
Report Toolbar:
  • All items
Not availableNot available
Macro Toolbar:Not availableNot available
User Macro/Command Buttons Toolbar:Not availableNot available
Scaling Toolbar:Not availableAvailable
Parent page: Synergy Application Programming Interface (API)

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