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API manual: Sketch.offset method retired, use the createOffsetInput and addOffset2 methods

karl.ri — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 18:26:41 GMT

I cannot find any information about createOffsetinput and addOffset2.

My problem: I found no solution to get an "always outside" offset after a sketch.offset of a projected body.

So I hope addOffset2 will do it.

Regards from Austria,

Karl

Re: API manual: Sketch.offset method retired, use the createOffsetInput and addOffset2 methods

Jorge_Jaramillo — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 19:25:05 GMT

Hi,

You can find the documentation about them here:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-52c4f765-43c8-4d81-a1a8-5151dc02c03c

Regarding the offset direction (internal or external), there is a specification provided in the GeometricConstraints.createOffsetInput's offset parameter.

Regards,

Jorge Jaramillo

Re: API manual: Sketch.offset method retired, use the createOffsetInput and addOffset2 methods

karl.ri — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:22:33 GMT

Thanks Jorge for your promt reply.

I experimented a lot but cannot get it to work. See my problem in SOM.jpg:

code line 125 and 126: both lines and line > isValid =True

code line 127: curves > isValid = False (i have no idea, why)

geometricConstraints.createOffsetInput(curves, offset) generates the shown type error.

If I use the old version

offsetcurv = skt.offset(curves, dirPoints, offset)

it works, but some of the offset lines are inside (see SOM2.jpg)

What I am doing wrong, any idea?

Regards from Austria,

Karl

Re: API manual: Sketch.offset method retired, use the createOffsetInput and addOffset2 methods

BrianEkins — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:32:49 GMT

Can you attach the design so that I can reproduce the problem and see if I can get the correct result?

Re: API manual: Sketch.offset method retired, use the createOffsetInput and addOffset2 methods

karl.ri — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:09:33 GMT

Here is my design.

https://a360.co/3zDk3PJ

I am doing wooden puzzles and to minimize the usage of expensive wood in the milling process, I built an Add-Inn called SketchOffsetMove. I move the parts manually using the offset lines to snap to the nearest possible distance.