Offset body face with script ?

[michelmarroche]

Hello, I have a question, can you make an offset to the face of a body with a script?

Thank you

[kandennti]

Hi @michelmarroche -San.

A sample offset feature can be found here.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-e45cda90-ef16-11e4-a9a3-f8b156d7cd97 

[michelmarroche]

Hi @kandennti, I've seen that sample, but it's not what I'm looking for.. I need to make an offset of an existing body object, just like I would do from the mods menu with the offset face option, or with press/pull new offset ..

I have performed other operations from scripts such as extrude, shell, etc., but I cannot perform an offset to the same body

 

Does this function currently exist?

[BrianEkins]

That is an OffsetFacesFeature; currently, the API does not support its creation.

[michelmarroche]

Hello Brian !

Thanks for your answer ..

There is no other way to do it ? e.g. with Press/Pull ?

Let's say you can't implement that function from a script?

You have a lot of experience with script programming, I am automating the creation of a drawer from a box body, and there I perform a series of operations until I reach the drawer with its parts and modifications, I do it manually with functions of split body, shell, offset face and combine... with this I achieve the drawer

Now I would like to do this from a script..

Do you recommend replacing the offset function with another method other than extruding positive and negative? I have tested it by applying the operations of "JoinFeatureOperation" and "CutFeatureOperation"..

Thank you

[BrianEkins]

It is possible to extrude a planar face and if you use the "Join" operation would result in the same geometry as an offset in many cases.

[michelmarroche]

Hi Brian, thank you.

I'll follow your advice and see what I can do.