topic Runtime Error 5: Path is tangent to profile When Extruding rotated Component in Fusion API and Scripts Forum

Runtime Error 5: Path is tangent to profile When Extruding rotated Component

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:50:16 GMT

I'm trying to extrude from a sketch that belongs to a component that has a non-standard origin

The origin has the y and z axes switched and is translated <1,1,1>. This is shown in the figure below.

I'm using this code to create the extrusion and get the error posted below:

boltComp = self.RWO
        boltSketches = boltComp.sketches
#        reportMessageBox("building bolt", ("random"))
        xyPlane = boltComp.xYConstructionPlane
        planes = boltComp.constructionPlanes
        planeInput = planes.createInput()
        #offset plane example
        offsetValue = adsk.core.ValueInput.createByReal(0);
        planeInput.setByOffset(xyPlane, offsetValue)
        plane = planes.add(planeInput)
        sketch = boltSketches.add(plane)    
        center = boltComp.originConstructionPoint.geometry
        vertices = []
        for i in range(0, 6):
            vertex = adsk.core.Point3D.create(center.x + (self.hDiameter/2) * math.cos(math.pi * i / 3), center.y + (self.hDiameter/2) * math.sin(math.pi * i / 3),0)
            vertices.append(vertex)
        for i in range(0, 6):
            sketch.sketchCurves.sketchLines.addByTwoPoints(vertices[(i+1) %6], vertices[i])
        extrudes = boltComp.features.extrudeFeatures
        prof = sketch.profiles[0]
        extInput = extrudes.createInput(prof, adsk.fusion.FeatureOperations.NewBodyFeatureOperation)
        distance = adsk.core.ValueInput.createByReal(self.hHeight)
        extInput.setDistanceExtent(True, distance)
        headExt = extrudes.add(extInput)

Re: Runtime Error 5: Path is tangent to profile When Extruding rotated Component

ekinsb — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 22:42:46 GMT

I'm able to reproduce the problem you've reported. It's a bug in the API. I've reported it so we can work on fixing it. It's specific to the orientation of your occurrence. When I first tested it it was working ok but I had an arbitrary orienation for my occurrence and when I repositioned to the orientation you described the problem occurred. I actually found another problem too where the construction plane being created is not oriented correctly. We'll get that fixed too.

Re: Runtime Error 5: Path is tangent to profile When Extruding rotated Component

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:25:31 GMT

A temporary solution that worked for me was to only rotate the component after fully creating the design. This problem was specific to the orientation but the extrusion was always angled relative to the document space rather than the component.