Is it possible to create toolpath operations using the API?

Is it possible to create toolpath operations using the API?

anthony.a.douglas
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Is it possible to create toolpath operations using the API?

anthony.a.douglas
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Is it possible to create e. a 3d toolpath operations with e.g. surfaces as model input using the API?  I looked through the documentation but cannot tell.  I was going to get in there and try it by treating a (toolpath) Operation object a bit like an ExtrudeFeature object to see if I could get one to create, but I don't think I will have a second to spare any time soon to do that 😞 (I hardly know any python etc. to begin with so even just to try it with reliability would take me a long time) so I thought I would ask.

It seems to be implied that it is not possible from the cam section of the api documentation, but the implication is vague and from 2016 so I gotta ask.

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seth.madore
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No, this is not possible at this time, sorry...


Seth Madore
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anthony.a.douglas
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Can I modify existing ones? Changing which surfaces they use as the model geometry, for instance.

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seth.madore
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Sorry, no. The API hasn't been forgotten or abandoned, it's just been put on a sideburner for a bit 😞


Seth Madore
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jeff.pek
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We do have an active effort that is underway to extend the API. Being able to create operations (from templates) and also setting geometry references are part of the expected enhancements.

 

Jeff

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nikolas.engelhard
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Is there a schedule when this feature will be available?

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jeff.pek
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Hi - It's possible today to create new operation(s) from a saved template. This is in the adsk.cam.Setup object: createFromTemplate.

 

It's not yet possible to set geometry references from the API, though this is in our roadmap to add. Can't give you a specific timeframe for that.

 

Jeff

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anthony.a.douglas
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I think it might be available now. Check the document that maps the API.
It said show it, if it is up to date.
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