FusionUnitsManager.evaluateExpression Method

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

Description

Gets the value (in internal units) of the expression.

Syntax

Python
C++

"fusionUnitsManager_var" is a variable referencing a FusionUnitsManager object.

# Uses no optional arguments.
returnValue = fusionUnitsManager_var.evaluateExpression(expression)

# Uses optional arguments.
returnValue = fusionUnitsManager_var.evaluateExpression(expression, units)

Return Value

Type	Description
double	Returns -1 AND GetLastError will return ExpressionError in the event of an error.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
expression	string	EvaluateExpression("1cm + 1in") -> 3.54 EvaluateExpression("1") -> -> depends on the DistanceUnits, with "mm" it gives 0.1
units	string	If not supplied the units will default to the default length specified in the preferences. This is an optional argument whose default value is "DefaultDistance".

Version

Introduced in version August 2014