ShellFeatures.createInput Method

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

Description

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

"shellFeatures_var" is a variable referencing a ShellFeatures object.

# Uses no optional arguments.
returnValue = shellFeatures_var.createInput(inputEntities)

# Uses optional arguments.
returnValue = shellFeatures_var.createInput(inputEntities, isTangentChain)

Return Value

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

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
inputEntities	ObjectCollection	The collection contains the faces to remove and the bodies to perform shell. Fails if any faces are input, and the owning bodies of the faces are also input.
isTangentChain	boolean	A boolean value for setting whether or not faces that are tangentially connected to the input faces (if any) will also be included. It defaults to true. This is an optional argument whose default value is True.

Samples

Name	Description
shellFeatures.add	Demonstrates creating a shell feature.
Shell Feature API Sample	Demonstrates creating a new shell feature.

Version

Introduced in version November 2014