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Create a Template from a operation using Fusion 360 Python API

enervino — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:36:01 GMT

I am not sure what I am doing wrong but I cannot seem to export Templates from operations for fusion using the API.

Here is the script I am trying:

import adsk.core, adsk.fusion, adsk.cam def save_template(): # Get the application app = adsk.core.Application.get() # Get the active document doc = app.activeDocument # From the Products collection on the active document, get the CAM Product cam :adsk.cam.CAM = doc.products.itemByProductType('CAMProductType') # Get the first setup. setup = cam.setups.item(0) # Get the first operation. operation = setup.operations.item(0) # generate the Cam Template returnValue = adsk.cam.CAMTemplate.createFromOperations(operation) # Save the template to a file returnValue.save('C:\\file.camtemplate') # Change this to your desired file path # Call the function save_template()

I am trying to use the CAMTemplate Object to generate templates.

I was also trying to give it a operation list but then Fusion just fully cashed with no error.

Re: Create a Template from a operation using Fusion 360 Python API

jeff.pek — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:31:01 GMT

Hi -

CAMTemplate.createFromOperations takes a list of operations, so you need to pass it as "[operation]".

Jeff

Re: Create a Template from a operation using Fusion 360 Python API

enervino — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:59:29 GMT

OK here is the changes I made, Seems to work now thanks, I think I was having issues with separating setup.operations and a list of operation

# Get the first operation. operation = setup.operations.item(0) #create a list of operations then add an operation to it operations = [] operations.append(operation) # generate the Cam Template returnValue = adsk.cam.CAMTemplate.createFromOperations(operations) # Save the template to a file returnValue.save('C:\\c#\\#python\\1Test\\file.f3dhsm-template') # Change this to your desired file path

Re: Create a Template from a operation using Fusion 360 Python API

jeff.pek — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:54:03 GMT

Sure, that works. It would be even easier to just put square brackets around the "operation" argument in the call, but what you have does the equivalent.

Jeff

Re: Create a Template from a operation using Fusion 360 Python API

enervino — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:18:08 GMT

I am not too familiar with Python syntax, it is all a bit strange to me. anyway, it seems if you put something the API does not like into returnValue.save('here') like an invalid directory or an existing file name, then fusion full crashes without warning, so sanitize that input (fusion should probably wanna look into this too because you would expect an exception throw there, not a full crash)

Re: Create a Template from a operation using Fusion 360 Python API

jeff.pek — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:43:50 GMT

Agreed. Thanks for pointing that out.

Jeff