topic Re: Consistent boundaryFillInput.bRepCells.item in Fusion API and Scripts Forum

Consistent boundaryFillInput.bRepCells.item

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 18:30:47 GMT

I'm hitting an issue where the bRepCells.item on a BoundaryFill aren't consistently the same array index. The 2 Bodies used are a rectangular box and then a doing an Intersect with a cylinder to produce a rounded top. The intersect produces 3 items, but there doesn't appear to be a way to guarantee that the item index is the right one. It also appears dependent on the order of the adsk.core.ObjectCollection.create.add operations. Is there a way to consistently get the correct item?

code snippet:

    circles = sketch.sketchCurves.sketchCircles
    circle1 = circles.addByCenterRadius(adsk.core.Point3D.create(center, 0, 0), radius)

    prof = sketch.profiles.item(0)
    distance = adsk.core.ValueInput.createByReal(length)
    extrude1 = extrudes.addSimple(prof, distance, adsk.fusion.FeatureOperations.NewBodyFeatureOperation)

    # BoundaryFill intersect to radius the board
    tools = adsk.core.ObjectCollection.create()
    tools.add(rootComp.bRepBodies.item(0))
    tools.add(rootComp.bRepBodies.item(1))

    # Create input
    boundaryFillInput = boundaryFills.createInput(tools, adsk.fusion.FeatureOperations.IntersectFeatureOperation)

    # Specify which cell is kept
    print(boundaryFillInput.bRepCells.item(1).this)
    cell = boundaryFillInput.bRepCells.item(1)
    cell.isSelected = True

    # Create the boundary fill
    boundaryFills.add(boundaryFillInput)

Thanks,

Jesse

Re: Consistent boundaryFillInput.bRepCells.item

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 19:04:46 GMT

I kludged around it by selecting the cellBody that's within 10% volume of the original board body.

    board_body = rootComp.bRepBodies.itemByName(board_body_name)
    board_vol = board_body.volume
    print("BOARD_BODY: ", board_body.volume)

    # Specify which cell is kept
    for x in range(0, boundaryFillInput.bRepCells.count):
        cell = boundaryFillInput.bRepCells.item(x)
        cell_vol = cell.cellBody.volume
        orig_percent = (cell_vol / board_vol) * 100
        print("Cell{0}: {1}\t{2} %".format(x, cell_vol, orig_percent))
        if 90 <= orig_percent <= 100:
            cell.isSelected = True
            break

Re: Consistent boundaryFillInput.bRepCells.item

ekinsb — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 21:40:44 GMT

I think something like you've done is the correct answer and not just a workaround. The order of the results shouldn't be relied upon. You might find something consistent by controlling the order of the inputs but there's no guarantee that it would remain the same in future versions of Fusion 360.

The solution is to look for something in the results that will identify the body you want. It could be the volume like you've done but it could also be volumes that have certain shapes, a certain number of faces, or are located in a specific area of the model. It would differ with each specific case.