topic Re: To scale sketch. in Fusion API and Scripts Forum

To scale sketch.

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:09:08 GMT

Good day.

I need to scale my sketch.

When I use this code:

contour = rootComponent.sketches.item(0)
scales = rootComponent.features.scaleFeatures
scaleFactor = adsk.core.ValueInput.createByReal(1.4)
inputEntity = adsk.core.ObjectCollection.create()
inputEntity.add(contour)
basePt = contour.sketchPoints.item(0)
scaleUniformInput = scales.createInput(inputEntity, basePt, scaleFactor)
scaleUniform = scales.add(scaleUniformInput)

I want to scale sketch in 140%, but I get sketch consists from two parts. First is the same sketch, second is much bigger than 140%. In UI Scale value 1.4 works correctly.

What I have to do for getting only resulting sketch, and what I have to set ValueInput to zoom sketch in 140%?

Also, there is no way to scale meshbody, is there?

Re: To scale sketch.

ekinsb — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:53:36 GMT

I just tested your code with the current release and don't see the same behavior that you're describing although I do see a different problem where the resulting scaled sketch doesn't result in a profile. I get the same behavior when I do the scale interactively. I also tested it using latest update which is scheduled to go live this weekend, (except for the Mac App Store version, which will be a bit later). Anyway, with this version I get a good result, so it looks like some fixes have been made in the scale feature. I suggest waiting for the update this weekend and see if that solves the problem you're having.

Re: To scale sketch.

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:40:11 GMT

Thank you. You are completely right. It works correctly with new update.

Please, suggest me, are there methods to scale and/or move meshbody? Similar to methods for sketch.

Re: To scale sketch.

ekinsb — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:20:31 GMT

That's great news. Thanks for letting me know.

Re: To scale sketch.

ekinsb — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:57:47 GMT

And regarding your other question about scaling and moving meshbodies; Fusion only supports the manipulation of mesh bodies in non-parametric environments. That is you can only import and manipluate mesh bodies if the document is set to not capture design history, the mesh is in a base feature within a parametric design, or the mesh is in a form feature. The API does support the first of the three because you can work in a document that id not capturing design history, however when I try to create a move or scale feature on the mesh body I don't get any errors but the mesh body is not changing either. I'll log a defect for this.

For the case where the mesh body exists within a form or base feature, we still need more API to be able to manipulate anything that's owned by either of those features.

Re: To scale sketch.

ekinsb — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:07:46 GMT

I have to take one thing back that I said. The Scale feature is working as expected on a mesh body. In my original test, the mesh body I created was in a base feature, not in a regular component. When I created the mesh in a regular component within a non-parametric design, scale is working. Move still isn't working and I'll log a bug for that.