ThickenFeatures.createInput Method

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

Description

Creates a ThickenFeatureInput object. Use properties and methods on this object to define the Thicken feature you want to create and then use the Add method, passing in the ThickenFeatureInput object to create the feature.

"thickenFeatures_var" is a variable referencing a ThickenFeatures object.

# Uses no optional arguments.
returnValue = thickenFeatures_var.createInput(inputFaces, thickness, isSymmetric, operation)

# Uses optional arguments.
returnValue = thickenFeatures_var.createInput(inputFaces, thickness, isSymmetric, operation, isChainSelection)

"thickenFeatures_var" is a variable referencing a ThickenFeatures object.

#include <Fusion/Features/ThickenFeatures.h>

// Uses no optional arguments.
returnValue = thickenFeatures_var->createInput(inputFaces, thickness, isSymmetric, operation);

// Uses optional arguments.
returnValue = thickenFeatures_var->createInput(inputFaces, thickness, isSymmetric, operation, isChainSelection);

Return Value

Type	Description
ThickenFeatureInput	Returns the newly created ThickenFeatureInput object or null if the creation failed.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
inputFaces	ObjectCollection	The faces or patch bodies to thicken. Faces need not be from the same component or body, nor do they need to be connected or touching one another.
thickness	ValueInput	ValueInput object that defines the thickness.
isSymmetric	boolean	A boolean value for setting whether to add thickness symmetrically or only on one side of the face/s to thicken
operation	FeatureOperations	The feature operation to perform.
isChainSelection	boolean	A boolean value for setting whether or not faces that are tangentially connected to the input faces (if any) will be included in the thicken. The default value is true. This is an optional argument whose default value is True.

Samples

Name	Description
thickenFeatures.add	Demonstrates the thickenFeatures.add method.
Thicken Feature API Sample	Demonstrates creating a new thiken feature.

Version

Introduced in version June 2015