Assign an appearance to a body, a face or an occurrence. A library appearance is copied into the design first (the library is never changed). A component has no appearance: assign it to its bodies or to an occurrence. Changes only the look, not the physical material (see material_assign).

Returns {"target", "appearance": {"id", "name", "library": "design"}, "previous": {...} | null, "copied": bool}.

Example: appearance_assign(target="", appearance="").

Appearances (visual look) of one library, of every library (default) or of the design (in_design=true), filtered by a name substring and paginated.

Returns {"items": [{"id", "name", "library"}], "total", "truncated"}.

Example: appearance_list(query="paint", limit=20).

Give a body, a face or an occurrence a plain colour: a design copy of base (or of the target's current appearance) with the RGBA colour is assigned. An identical copy made earlier is reused ("created": false). Library appearances are not changed.

Returns {"target", "appearance": {"id", "name", "library": "design"}, "created", "color": "#RRGGBBAA"}.

Example: appearance_set_color(target="", color="#FF0000").

Activate an occurrence (new sketches and features then go into its component) or, without argument, the root component again.

Returns {"active_component": "component:", "active_occurrence": "occurrence:" | null}.

Example: assembly_activate(occurrence="occurrence:Lid:1") -> {"active_component": "component:Lid", "active_occurrence": "occurrence:Lid:1"}; assembly_activate() -> back to root.

Insert another occurrence of an existing component (a referenced instance, or an independent copy), under root or inside parent, offset by translate_mm (mm). Independent copies need a Fusion version with Occurrences.addNewComponentCopy (otherwise FUSION_API_ERROR).

Returns {"occurrence": occurrence}. Occurrence object: {"ref": "occurrence:", "component", "transform", ...}.

Example: assembly_add_occurrence(component="component:Bolt", translate_mm=[50, 0, 0]) -> {"occurrence": {"ref": "occurrence:Bolt:2", ...}}.

Check whether parts overlap. Every interfering pair comes back with the overlap volume (mm³) and its bounding box (mm); nothing is added to the design. Parts that only touch are not reported unless include_coincident_faces=true. On big assemblies pass the pairs you care about in items - the full check is slow. Fewer than two items -> INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"checked": , "count": , "interferences": [{"entity_one", "entity_two", "volume_mm3", "bbox": {"min_mm", "max_mm", "size_mm"}}]}.

Example: assembly_analyze_interference(items=["occurrence:Box:1", "occurrence:Lid:1"]) -> {"checked": 2, "count": 0, "interferences": []}.

Turn bodies into a new component: the bodies move into a new component (one new occurrence in their current owner) and keep their position. All bodies must belong to the same component, otherwise INVALID_PARAMS and nothing is moved.

Returns {"component": "component:", "occurrence": occurrence, "bodies": [new body refs, '@']}. Old body refs stop resolving; use the returned ones.

Example: assembly_component_from_bodies(bodies=["Bd1=", "Bd2="], name="Lid") -> {"component": "component:Lid", "occurrence": {"ref": "occurrence:Lid:1", ...}, "bodies": ["Xy=@Lid:1", "Zw=@Lid:1"]}.

Join two occurrences where they already are (nothing moves), in the root component. geometry gives the joint position and axis (required except for rigid; refs inside occurrences look like '@'). motion keys as in assembly_create_joint.

Returns {"joint": joint object as in assembly_create_joint}.

Example: assembly_create_as_built_joint(type="revolute", occurrence_one="occurrence:Lid:1", occurrence_two="occurrence:Box:1", geometry={"kind": "curve", "entity": "E2=@Box:1"}) -> {"joint": {"type": "revolute", ...}}.

Join two parts with a joint (created in the root component): geometry_one's part moves so its snap point lands on geometry_two's.

Getting refs: call inspect_query(kind="edge" or "face", scope=["occurrence:Lid:1"]) and use the returned refs; entities inside occurrences look like '@' (e.g. 'AbC=@Lid:1'). A native ref of a component inserted once is accepted; if inserted several times you get INVALID_PARAMS with the candidate refs.

motion keys per type (default in brackets; 'x'|'y'|'z' are axes of the joint, a ref of an edge/axis/face sets a custom direction): rigid - none; revolute - axis [z]; slider - direction [z]; cylindrical - axis [z]; pin_slot - axis [z], slide_direction [x]; planar - normal [z], primary_slide_direction (ref); ball - pitch_direction [z], yaw_direction [x]. For a hinge pass the hinge edge as the axis.

Returns {"joint": {"ref", "name", "type", "occurrence_one", "occurrence_two", "values": {"rotation_deg" | "slide_mm" | ...}, "limits": {dof: {"min", "max", "rest"}}, "is_suppressed", "health", "message"}}. Nothing is left on failure.

Example: assembly_create_joint(type="revolute", geometry_one={"kind": "curve", "entity": "E1=@Lid:1"}, geometry_two={"kind": "curve", "entity": "E2=@Box:1"}, motion={"axis": "E2=@Box:1"}) -> {"joint": {"type": "revolute", "values": {"rotation_deg": 0.0}, "occurrence_one": "occurrence:Lid:1", ...}}.

Create a joint origin: a reusable snap point for joints, stored in the component that owns the geometry (so it moves with the part). Geometry refs seen through an occurrence ('@Lid:1') are fine: the origin is still created in component Lid. Use it later as {"kind": "joint_origin", "entity": } in assembly_create_joint.

Returns {"joint_origin": {"ref" (in the occurrence context, '@', when the component has one), "native_ref" (inside the component), "name", "component": "component:"}}.

Example: assembly_create_joint_origin(geometry={"kind": "planar_face", "entity": "Fc=@Lid:1", "key_point": "center"}, offset_mm=[0, 0, 5]) -> {"joint_origin": {"ref": "Jo=@Lid:1", "native_ref": "Jo=", "name": "Joint Origin1", "component": "component:Lid"}}.

Lock occurrences together so they move as one (a rigid group in the root component). Needs at least two different occurrences ('occurrence:' refs from assembly_list), otherwise INVALID_PARAMS. Nothing is left on failure.

Returns {"rigid_group": {"ref", "name", "occurrences": ["occurrence:"], "include_children", "is_suppressed"}}.

Example: assembly_create_rigid_group(occurrences=["occurrence:Box:1", "occurrence:Handle:1"]) -> {"rigid_group": {"ref": "Rg=", "name": "Rigid1", "occurrences": ["occurrence:Box:1", "occurrence:Handle:1"], ...}}.

Delete an occurrence, a joint, an as-built joint, a joint origin or a rigid group. Other entities are refused (INVALID_PARAMS): use body_delete, sketch_delete or timeline_delete for them. Deleting the last occurrence of a component removes the component from the design.

Returns {"deleted": {"name", "type"}}.

Example: assembly_delete(item="occurrence:Box:2") -> {"deleted": {"name": "Box:2", "type": "Occurrence"}}.

Move a joint to the given values (e.g. open a hinge to 90 degrees). Fusion keeps values inside the joint limits: dofs whose actual value differs from the request are listed in "clamped" (the actual value is in joint.values). Values are restored if Fusion fails.

Returns {"joint": joint object (see assembly_create_joint), "requested": {dof: value}, "clamped": [dof], "captured": bool}.

Example: assembly_drive_joint(joint="Jt=", values={"rotation": 90}) -> {"joint": {"values": {"rotation_deg": 90.0}, ...}, "requested": {"rotation": 90.0}, "clamped": [], "captured": true}.

List the assembly structure of the active design: every component and every occurrence (nested ones by path) with transform, grounded, light bulb, visibility and joint count.

Returns {"active_component": "component:", "components": [{"ref": "component:", "name", "is_root", "occurrence_count", "body_count", "part_number"}], "occurrences": [occurrence], "joint_count", "truncated"}. Occurrence object: {"ref": "occurrence:", "component", "full_path_name", "is_grounded", "is_visible", "is_light_bulb_on", "transform": {"translation_mm", "rotation"}, "joint_count"}.

Example: assembly_list() -> {"components": [{"ref": "component:Box", ...}], "occurrences": [{"ref": "occurrence:Box:1", ...}], ...}.

List the joints, as-built joints, joint origins and rigid groups of every component, with current joint values (degrees / mm), limits, suppression and health. Use it to check a mechanism after assembly_drive_joint.

Returns {"joints": [joint], "as_built_joints": [joint], "joint_origins": [{"ref", "native_ref", "name", "component"}], "rigid_groups": [{"ref", "name", "occurrences", "include_children", "is_suppressed"}]}. Joint object: {"ref", "name", "type", "occurrence_one", "occurrence_two", "values": {"rotation_deg" | "slide_mm" | ...}, "limits": {dof: {"min", "max", "rest"}}, "is_suppressed", "health", "message"}.

Example: assembly_list_joints() -> {"joints": [{"name": "Hinge", "type": "revolute", "values": {"rotation_deg": 90.0}, ...}], ...}.

Create an empty component with one new occurrence, under root or inside the component of parent, optionally offset by translate_mm (mm). Build its geometry after activating it (assembly_activate) or by targeting the component.

Returns {"component": "component:", "occurrence": occurrence}. Occurrence object: {"ref": "occurrence:", "transform", "is_grounded", ...}. The whole call is undone on failure.

Example: assembly_new_component(name="Box") -> {"component": "component:Box", "occurrence": {"ref": "occurrence:Box:1", "transform": {"translation_mm": [0, 0, 0], ...}}}.

Rename a component. The root component cannot be renamed (INVALID_PARAMS).

WARNING: occurrence paths contain the component name ('Box:1' -> 'Case:1'), so every old 'occurrence:Box:1' ref and '@Box:1' proxy ref stops resolving (ENTITY_NOT_FOUND); use the returned paths.

Returns {"component": "component:", "occurrences": ["occurrence:", ...]}.

Example: assembly_rename_component(component="component:Box", name="Case") -> {"component": "component:Case", "occurrences": ["occurrence:Case:1"]}.

Set the motion limits of one degree of freedom: rotation/pitch/yaw/roll in degrees, slide/primary_slide/secondary_slide in mm. A number enables the limit, "off" disables it, omitted keeps it. dof must exist for the joint type (revolute: rotation; slider: slide; cylindrical/pin_slot: rotation, slide; planar: primary_slide, secondary_slide, rotation; ball: pitch, yaw, roll), and min must not exceed max, otherwise INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"joint": joint object (see assembly_create_joint) with "limits"}.

Example: assembly_set_joint_limits(joint="Jt=", dof="rotation", min=0, max=110) -> {"joint": {"limits": {"rotation": {"min": 0.0, "max": 110.0, "rest": null}}, ...}}.

Ground/unground an occurrence and/or switch its light bulb (visibility). Pass at least one of grounded, light_bulb.

Returns {"occurrence": occurrence} with "is_grounded" and "is_light_bulb_on".

Example: assembly_set_occurrence_state(occurrence="occurrence:Box:1", grounded=true).

Move an occurrence in assembly space: relative (rotate about an axis through origin_mm, then translate by translate_mm, mm/degrees) or absolute (origin and X/Y axes). Grounded occurrences are refused (INVALID_PARAMS): unground them with assembly_set_occurrence_state first. Occurrences held by joints snap back to the joints on recompute (see "constrained_by_joints"); drive joints instead.

Returns {"occurrence": occurrence, "captured": bool (a position snapshot was added in a parametric design), "constrained_by_joints": bool}.

Example: assembly_transform_occurrence(occurrence="occurrence:Lid:1", translate_mm=[0, 0, 40]) -> {"occurrence": {"transform": {"translation_mm": [0, 0, 40], ...}}, "captured": true, ...}; rotate={"axis": [0, 0, 1], "angle_deg": 90}.

Boundary fill: make solids from the closed cells that tool bodies, faces and planes enclose.

Cells are chosen by points, never by index: every cell by default, or the cells that contain cell_points. If a point lies in no cell, nothing is created and the error lists every cell (details.cells: center [x, y, z] mm and volume mm³) to pick points from. Refs: bodies/faces from inspect_query, planes from origin:* / construction_*.

Errors: a point in no cell, tools enclosing no cell -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a fill Fusion cannot compute -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Example: body_boundary_fill(tools=[, "origin:XY"], cell_points=[[5, 5, 5]])

Boolean of bodies: join, cut or intersect tool bodies with a target body.

The target is changed (modified_bodies); consumed tools are listed by token in removed_bodies unless keep_tools=true. With new_component=true the result body is created in a new component ("component" in the result). Refs: bodies from inspect_query or earlier results (tokens change after this feature - use the refs in the result).

Errors: the target listed in tools, a non-body ref -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a combine Fusion cannot compute -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"} (+ "component" with new_component).

Example: body_combine(target=, tools=[, ])

Delete faces from a body; Fusion heals the gap (e.g. remove a fillet or a boss).

Faces from inspect_query on the latest body. The bodies are listed in modified_bodies.

Errors: a non-face ref -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); faces Fusion cannot heal -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Example: body_delete_faces(faces=[<fillet face 1>, <fillet face 2>])

Move (or copy and move) bodies as a Move feature in the timeline.

Transforms: translate (x/y/z in units or expressions; design_space=false uses the component axes), translate_along (straight edge/axis + distance), rotate (axis ref + angle in degrees), rotate_about (free axis: point [x,y,z] in units, direction vector, numeric angle in degrees), align (move point from onto point to: vertex, sketch/construction point, origin:O), matrix (16 numbers row-major, a rigid rotation + translation in units; use body_scale to scale). keep_original=true copies with Copy/Paste (a non-associative copy; for associative copies use pattern_*), and only the copies move. Refs: bodies/edges/vertices from inspect_query, axes/points from origin:* or construction_*.

Errors: a non-rigid matrix, a wrong ref kind -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); on an old Fusion API expressions / component-space moves -> FUSION_API_ERROR "not available".

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies" (copies), "modified_bodies" (moved originals), "removed_bodies"} + "copy": {"feature", "method"} with keep_original.

Examples:

• body_move(bodies=[b], transform={"type": "translate", "z": 50})

• body_move(bodies=[b], transform={"type": "rotate", "axis": "origin:Z", "angle": 90}, keep_original=true)

Remove bodies from the design.

mode=remove adds a Remove feature per body to the timeline of a parametric design (the bodies come back if the feature is suppressed or deleted); mode=delete deletes them. A direct design (no timeline) always deletes (mode_used = "delete"); there a Fusion failure on a later body cannot bring back earlier deleted ones.

Errors: a non-body ref -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing removed).

Returns {"removed": [refs before removal], "features": [{ref, type, name}], "mode_used": "remove" | "delete"}.

Example: body_remove(bodies=[])

Rename a body (not a timeline feature).

Returns {"body": {ref, type, name}, "previous_name": str}.

Errors: an empty name, a non-body ref -> INVALID_PARAMS.

Example: body_rename(body=, name="Lid")

Replace faces of a body with a target face, plane or surface body (the body grows or shrinks to the target).

Refs: faces from inspect_query, planes from origin:* / construction_*, surface bodies from earlier results. A solid body is not a valid target.

Errors: a solid body or one of the faces as target -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a replace Fusion cannot compute -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Example: body_replace_face(faces=[], target=)

Scale bodies about a base point, uniformly (factor) or per axis (factors).

Factors are unitless numbers > 0 (or Fusion expressions) - no unit conversion. Pass either factor or factors. Refs: bodies from inspect_query, points from origin:O, construction_point or vertices.

Errors: a factor <= 0, factor together with factors, a non-point base -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed).

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Examples: body_scale(bodies=[b], factor=0.5); body_scale(bodies=[b], factors={"x": 1, "y": 2, "z": 0.5})

Show/hide bodies (light bulb) and/or set their opacity.

All or nothing: if Fusion refuses a value for one body, every body gets its previous values back. is_visible in the result is the effective visibility (a hidden component hides its bodies even with the light bulb on).

Errors: neither visible nor opacity, opacity outside 0..1 -> INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"bodies": [{ref, type, name, light_bulb, is_visible, opacity}]}.

Example: body_set_visibility(bodies=[a, b], visible=false)

Split bodies into parts with a plane, a face or another body.

The new parts are listed in created_bodies, the split bodies in modified_bodies. Refs: planes from origin:* / construction_*, faces and bodies from inspect_query.

Errors: the tool among the bodies, a tool of another type -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a tool that does not cross the body -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Example: body_split(bodies=[], tool="origin:XZ")

Split faces of a body with a tool (to get separate faces for draft, offset, colors).

intersection: along the tool's intersection; along_vector: project the tool along direction; closest_point: project to the closest points. Refs: faces/bodies from inspect_query, planes from origin:* / construction_*, curves from sketch_* results.

Errors: along_vector without direction, direction with another type -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a split type this Fusion API lacks -> FUSION_API_ERROR "not available".

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies", "faces": [{ref, type}] - the new faces}.

Example: body_split_face(faces=[], tool="origin:YZ")

Thicken faces (usually of a surface body) into a solid.

Units: thickness in units (default mm) or a Fusion expression. Faces from inspect_query.

Errors: thickness 0, a non-face ref -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a thicken Fusion cannot compute -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Example: body_thicken(faces=[], thickness=2)

Create a construction axis — for revolve, circular patterns, joints.

Give method and exactly its fields:

Refs: origin:XY|XZ|YZ|X|Y|Z|O or refs from inspect_query (e.g. a hole face: inspect_query(kind="face", surface_type="cylinder")). A wrong entity kind fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details {param, expected, got}; a definition Fusion cannot build (parallel planes, a point off the face) fails with FUSION_API_ERROR and leaves the timeline unchanged.

Returns {"ref", "type": "ConstructionAxis", "name", "origin_mm", "direction", "health", "warning"?}.

Examples:

• construction_axis(method="cylinder", face=)

• construction_axis(method="two_planes", plane="origin:XZ", plane2="origin:YZ")

Create a construction plane — a reference for sketches, mirrors, splits.

Give method and exactly its fields (others are refused with INVALID_PARAMS and the list of fields the method takes):

Refs: origin:XY|XZ|YZ|X|Y|Z|O or refs from inspect_query / inspect_tree. Lengths are mm, angles degrees; a string is a Fusion expression ("height / 2") and keeps the plane driven by it. A wrong entity kind (e.g. a cylindrical face as plane) fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details {param, expected, got}; a definition Fusion cannot build fails with FUSION_API_ERROR and leaves the timeline unchanged.

Returns {"ref", "type": "ConstructionPlane", "name", "origin_mm", "normal", "health", "warning"?}.

Examples:

• construction_plane(method="offset", plane="origin:XY", distance=15)

• construction_plane(method="midplane", plane=, plane2=)

• construction_plane(method="along_path", path=, proportion=0.5)

Create a construction point — a joint origin, a hinge center, a sketch anchor.

Give method and exactly its fields:

Points by coordinates are sketch points (sketch_draw), not construction points. Refs: origin:XY|XZ|YZ|X|Y|Z|O or refs from inspect_query (e.g. a hole edge: inspect_query(kind="edge", curve_type="circle")). A wrong entity kind fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details {param, expected, got}; a definition Fusion cannot build (edges that do not meet) fails with FUSION_API_ERROR and leaves the timeline unchanged.

Returns {"ref", "type": "ConstructionPoint", "name", "point_mm", "health", "warning"?}.

Examples:

• construction_point(method="center", entity=)

• construction_point(method="three_planes", plane="origin:XY", plane2="origin:XZ", plane3="origin:YZ")

Settings of the active design.

Returns {"design_type": "parametric"|"direct", "units": "mm"|"cm"|"m"|"in"|"ft" (display units), "document": {"ref", "type", "name"}, "root_component": {"ref", "type", "name"}, "parameter_count", "timeline_count" (null for direct designs)}.

Switch the active design between parametric (timeline) and direct modelling.

Parametric -> direct DELETES THE WHOLE TIMELINE (feature history and parameters driving it) and cannot be undone or rolled back; it needs confirm_discard_history=true, otherwise INVALID_PARAMS and nothing changes. Ask the user before confirming. Direct -> parametric starts a new timeline. The same type is a no-op ("changed": false).

Returns the settings plus "changed" and "history_discarded".

Example: design_set_type(design_type="parametric").

Change the distance units Fusion displays and uses for unitless expressions in the active design. Numbers passed to tools are NOT affected: they stay in mm (e.g. a length of 25 is still 25 mm after design_set_units("in")).

Returns the settings (see design_get_settings).

Example: design_set_units(units="in").

Make an open document the active one; every other tool then works on it.

Two unsaved documents with the same name are ambiguous: the call fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.candidates. A ref that matches no open document is ENTITY_NOT_FOUND.

Returns the document's info (see document_list) with "is_active": true.

Example: document_activate(document="document:file:urn:adsk.wipprod:dm.lineage:abc").

Call ONLY when the user explicitly asked to close the document.

A document with unsaved changes is not closed unless exactly one of save_changes or discard_changes is true (INVALID_PARAMS otherwise, the document stays open). save_changes needs a document that was saved before — call document_save with a name first.

Returns {"closed": {"ref", "type", "name"}, "active": | null}.

Example: document_close(discard_changes=true).

List the documents open in Fusion.

Each item: {"ref", "name", "is_active", "is_saved", "is_modified", "file_id", "version", "design_type": "parametric"|"direct"|null, "units": "mm"|...|null}. ref is document:file:<id> for a saved document and document:<name> for an unsaved one; pass it to document_activate / document_save / document_close. Other tools always work on the active document.

Returns {"documents": [...]}.

Create a new design document and make it active. It is NOT saved; call document_save only when the user asks to save.

units only sets how Fusion displays lengths; numbers passed to tools stay in mm.

Returns the new document's info (see document_list).

Example: document_new() -> parametric design in mm.

Open a document and make it active. Pass exactly one of file_id (a cloud file) or local_path (an existing local .f3d file; other formats such as STEP are not opened here).

A cloud file that is already open is activated instead of opened again ("already_open": true).

Returns the document's info (see document_list) plus "already_open".

Examples: document_open(file_id="urn:adsk.wipprod:dm.lineage:abc"); document_open(local_path="C:/parts/bracket.f3d").

Call ONLY when the user explicitly asked to save the document.

An already saved document gets a new version (name/folder_path are rejected: no Save As). A never-saved document needs name and is saved into the active project's root folder or the existing folder_path (missing folders are ENTITY_NOT_FOUND and never created). The upload to the cloud continues in the background ("upload": "pending").

Returns the document's info (see document_list) plus "upload": "pending".

Examples: document_save(name="Bracket"); document_save(description="hole moved").

Run Python code inside Fusion 360 on its main thread. Use it only when no dedicated tool can do the job.

In scope: adsk (adsk.core, adsk.fusion), app (adsk.core.Application), ui, design (active adsk.fusion.Design or None), root (design.rootComponent or None) and params (the params argument, default {}).

Units: the Fusion API itself works in CENTIMETRES and RADIANS. Convert yourself: 25 mm -> 2.5, 90 deg -> math.pi / 2. Strings passed to adsk.core.ValueInput.createByString are Fusion expressions ("25 mm", "width / 2").

Returns JSON {"result", "stdout", "stderr"}: result is the value of the variable result after the code runs (JSON as is, otherwise its repr); stdout/stderr are captured and cut at 64 KiB with a truncation marker. If the code raises, the result is an error FUSION_API_ERROR with the traceback in details, and timeline items the code added are rolled back (parametric designs only).

Example: code = "sk = root.sketches.add(root.xYConstructionPlane)\n" "sk.sketchCurves.sketchCircles.addByCenterRadius(" "adsk.core.Point3D.create(0, 0, 0), params['r_mm'] / 10)\n" "result = sk.name" params = {"r_mm": 12.5}

Export the design, a component or an occurrence to STEP, IGES, SAT, SMT, an F3D archive or USDZ (if this Fusion supports USD).

The path must be absolute, its directory must exist and its extension must match the format; an existing file is replaced only with overwrite=true (the old file is deleted first, so a failed export loses it). Exporting does not save the document (document_save does).

Returns {"files": [{"path", "size_bytes"}], "format", "scope": | "root"}.

Example: export_cad(path="C:/out/housing.step").

Export the design, a component, an occurrence or a body as a mesh: STL, 3MF or OBJ (OBJ also writes .mtl). refinement low|medium|high, or custom with at least one of surface_deviation / normal_deviation / max_edge_length / aspect_ratio (numbers only; giving them without refinement="custom" is an error).

The path must be absolute, its directory must exist and its extension must match the format; an existing file is replaced only with overwrite=true (the old file is deleted first). Exporting does not save the document.

Returns {"files": [{"path", "size_bytes"}], "format", "scope"} (+ "warnings", e.g. file_units ignored for 3MF).

Example: export_mesh(path="C:/out/bracket.stl", scope="", refinement="high").

Write a sketch to a DXF file (e.g. for laser cutting). Same path rules as export_cad; fails with FUSION_API_ERROR if this Fusion cannot export sketches to DXF.

Returns {"files": [{"path", "size_bytes"}], "format": "dxf", "scope": }.

Example: export_sketch_dxf(sketch="", path="C:/out/plate.dxf").

Bevel edges of a body with a chamfer.

Modes: equal (distance), two_distances (distance and distance2 on the two faces), distance_angle (distance and angle, default 45 deg); flip swaps which face gets which value. Units: distances in units (default mm), angle in degrees, strings are Fusion expressions. Edge refs from inspect_query on the latest body. The parent bodies are listed in modified_bodies.

Errors: distance2 / angle / flip with another mode, a missing distance2 -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a failed chamfer -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Examples:

• feature_chamfer(edges=[e], distance=1)

• feature_chamfer(edges=[e], mode="distance_angle", distance=2, angle=30)

Tilt faces by a draft angle relative to a neutral plane (moulding / casting draft).

The plane fixes the line the faces pivot about and its normal is the pull direction (flip reverses it). One angle, symmetric=true for both sides by the same angle, or angle + angle2 for two sides. Angles in degrees or Fusion expressions. Faces from inspect_query; the plane must not be one of the faces. The drafted bodies are listed in modified_bodies.

Errors: angle 0 or >= 90, angle2 with symmetric, a non-planar plane -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a failed draft -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Example: feature_draft(faces=[f1, f2, f3, f4], plane="origin:XY", angle=2)

Extrude sketch profiles, planar faces or sketch texts into a solid (or cut/join/ intersect existing bodies).

Units: plain-number lengths are in units (default mm), angles in degrees; a string is a Fusion expression ("wall * 2", "5 deg") and keeps the feature driven by it. Refs: profiles from sketch_draw / sketch_profiles ("profile:@x,y") or {"sketch": , "all": true}; planar faces and to_entity targets from inspect_query; planes from construction_plane or origin:XY|XZ|YZ; sketch texts from sketch_draw (kind "text"). Refs to faces/bodies go stale after later features - take them from the latest results.

Modes:

• one_side: side1 + direction (positive = sketch normal) + taper1;

• two_sides: side1 and side2 independent (each its own extent and taper);

• symmetric: side1 must be a distance; symmetric_full_length picks total vs half. A negative distance extrudes the other way. operation="cut" with through_all and direction="negative" cuts down through a body below the sketch.

Surface: is_solid=false extrudes a surface body (operation new_body / new_component, no thin); profiles may then also be open sketch curve refs or edge refs (one kind, connected curves are chained) - e.g. an open line becomes a wall sheet.

Errors: wrong field for the mode or a wrong entity kind -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a stale profile point -> ENTITY_NOT_FOUND with details.profiles (current profiles); a feature Fusion computes with an error -> FUSION_API_ERROR and the timeline is rolled back. A warning keeps the feature and is reported in health.

Returns {"feature": {ref, type, name}, "health": {"state": ok|warning|error|unknown, "message"}, "created_bodies": [{ref, type, name}], "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name}], "removed_bodies": [<refs of bodies consumed by join/cut>], "component"?: {ref, type, name} (new_component only)}. Body geometry is not repeated: describe the bodies with inspect_* if needed.

Examples:

• feature_extrude(profiles=["profile:@10,10"], side1={"type": "distance", "distance": 20})

• feature_extrude(profiles=[...], operation="cut", side1={"type": "through_all"}, direction="negative")

• feature_extrude(profiles=[...], mode="symmetric", side1={"type": "distance", "distance": 40}, symmetric_full_length=true, thin={"thickness": 2, "location": "center"})

Round edges of a body with a fillet.

Modes: constant needs radius; variable needs start_radius and end_radius, plus optional mid radii at positions 0 (edge start) .. 1 (edge end); chord needs chord_length. Fields of another mode are refused. Units: radii and lengths in units (default mm), strings are Fusion expressions ("wall / 2"). Edge refs come from inspect_query on the latest body (refs go stale after later features). The parent bodies of the edges are listed in modified_bodies.

Errors: a missing mode field, a non-edge ref -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); variable/chord fillets on an old Fusion API -> FUSION_API_ERROR "not available"; a fillet Fusion computes with an error (radius too big) -> FUSION_API_ERROR and the timeline is rolled back.

Returns {"feature": {ref, type, name}, "health": {"state", "message"}, "created_bodies": [], "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name}], "removed_bodies": []}.

Examples:

• feature_fillet(edges=[e1, e2, e3, e4], radius=5)

• feature_fillet(edges=[e], mode="variable", start_radius=2, end_radius=5, mid=[{"position": 0.5, "radius": 3}])

Drill simple, counterbore or countersink holes - optionally tapped - into a body.

Units: diameters, depths, offsets and points are in units (default mm); angles in degrees; a string is a Fusion expression ("bolt_d + 0.5"). Refs: planar faces and edges from inspect_query (refs go stale after later features - use the latest results), sketch points from sketch_draw (all points of one call in one sketch on the face), construction planes from construction_plane.

Kinds: simple needs only diameter; counterbore needs cb_diameter and cb_depth; countersink needs cs_diameter (cs_angle default 90). Fields of another kind are refused. tip_angle defaults to 118 deg (180 = flat bottom). The hole always cuts; participant_bodies limits which bodies.

Tapped hole: thread={"designation": "M6x1"} (ThreadSpec: thread_type default "ISO Metric profile", designation, thread_class, modeled=false (cosmetic), full_length=true or length + offset, location high|low). Drill the tap-drill diameter (M6x1 -> 5). If the thread cannot be created the whole call fails and neither the hole nor the thread stays. See feature_thread_options for valid designations.

Errors: a missing kind field, a non-planar face, a non-circular center edge, an unknown designation (details.available) -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a hole or thread Fusion computes with an error -> FUSION_API_ERROR and the timeline is rolled back.

Returns {"feature": {ref, type, name}, "health": {"state", "message"}, "created_bodies": [], "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name}] (the drilled body), "removed_bodies": [], "holes": , "thread"?: {"type", "designation", "class", "internal": true, "modeled", "feature": {ref, type, name}, "health", "faces"}}.

Examples:

• feature_hole(placement={"type": "sketch_points", "points": [p1, p2, p3, p4]}, kind="counterbore", diameter=5.5, cb_diameter=10, cb_depth=5.5, extent={"type": "through_all"})

• feature_hole(placement={"type": "point", "face": , "point": [10, 10, 20]}, diameter=5, extent={"type": "distance", "depth": 12}, thread={"designation": "M6x1"})

Loft a solid through two or more sections - transitions, ducts, bottle necks, domes ending in a point.

Sections: each is exactly one profile ('profile:@x,y' or a {"sketch", ...} spec selecting one region), a planar face (inspect_query), or a point - a sketch point, construction point (construction_point, origin:O) or vertex - which may only be the first or the last section. End conditions: free (default), tangent / smooth (with weight), direction (angle in degrees + weight), point_sharp / point_tangent (point sections only). Inner sections keep free unless asked otherwise.

Guides: rails (sketch curves or edges touching every section) or one centerline, never both. closed=true joins the last section back to the first (needs 3+ profile sections and no point section). is_solid=false lofts a surface body (new_body / new_component only).

Units: angles in degrees, weights plain numbers; units only applies to {"sketch", "point"} profile specs. Errors: fewer than 2 sections, rails with a centerline, a point in the middle, point_* on a profile, closed with a point, more than one profile in a section -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a feature Fusion computes with an error -> FUSION_API_ERROR and the timeline is rolled back.

Returns {"feature": {ref, type, name}, "health": {"state": ok|warning|error|unknown, "message"}, "created_bodies": [{ref, type, name}], "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name}], "removed_bodies": [<refs of bodies consumed by join/cut>], "component"?: {ref, type, name} (new_component only)}.

Examples:

• feature_loft(sections=[{"entity": "profile:@0,0"}, {"entity": "profile:@0,0"}], rails=[])

• feature_loft(sections=[{"entity": , "end_condition": "tangent"}, {"entity": , "end_condition": "point_tangent", "weight": 2}], operation="join")

Press-pull faces of a body: move them along their normals by a signed distance (positive grows the body outward, negative pulls the faces in).

Press-pull of a sketch profile = feature_extrude; press-pull of a fillet edge (change a rounding) = feature_fillet. Units: distance in units (default mm) or a Fusion expression. Faces from inspect_query on the latest body. The bodies are listed in modified_bodies.

Errors: distance 0, a non-face ref -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); an offset Fusion cannot compute -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Example: feature_offset_faces(faces=[], distance=2)

Revolve sketch profiles or planar faces around an axis - shafts, pulleys, bottles, grooves (operation="cut").

Units: angles are degrees (a string is a Fusion expression, e.g. "180 deg"); units only applies to {"sketch", "point"} profile specs. Refs: profiles from sketch_draw / sketch_profiles; the axis is a sketch line ref (sketch_draw refs), a construction axis (construction_axis, origin:X|Y|Z) or a straight BRep edge (inspect_query). The profile must lie on one side of the axis. is_solid=false revolves a surface body (new_body / new_component only).

Extents: full (default) = 360 deg; angle with symmetric=true splits the angle to both sides of the sketch plane; two_angles sets each side; to_entity revolves up to a face, body, construction plane, vertex or construction point, starting towards the sketch normal (direction="positive") or away from it ("negative").

Errors: an axis that is not linear (e.g. a circular edge) or a wrong extent field -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a feature Fusion computes with an error -> FUSION_API_ERROR and the timeline is rolled back.

Returns {"feature": {ref, type, name}, "health": {"state": ok|warning|error|unknown, "message"}, "created_bodies": [{ref, type, name}], "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name}], "removed_bodies": [<refs of bodies consumed by join/cut>], "component"?: {ref, type, name} (new_component only)}. Body geometry is not repeated: describe the bodies with inspect_* if needed.

Examples:

• feature_revolve(profiles=["profile:@5,20"], axis="origin:Z")

• feature_revolve(profiles=[...], axis=, extent={"type": "angle", "angle": 90, "symmetric": true}, operation="cut")

Add a rib (a thin stiffening wall) from open sketch curves, joined to the body it meets - gussets in housings, brackets, bosses.

Units: thickness and depth.distance are in units (default mm), a string is a Fusion expression ("wall"). Refs: open sketch curves from sketch_draw (a line or arc drawn in a sketch on a plane cutting the body, e.g. a construction_plane through the corner); circles and closed splines are refused. The rib is always joined to target_body (no operation parameter); without it, to the one solid body of the curves' component that a curve touches.

Errors: closed curve, wrong thickness_location or depth -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); no target_body and the curves touch no body or several -> INVALID_PARAMS with details.candidates (body refs to pass as target_body); thickness_location "side2" is not available in the current Fusion API (FUSION_API_ERROR, no change): use "side1" with the curve drawn the other way; a Fusion API version without rib features -> FUSION_API_ERROR "not available" with no change (use execute_python then); a rib Fusion computes with an error -> FUSION_API_ERROR and the timeline is rolled back.

Returns {"feature": {ref, type, name}, "health": {"state": ok|warning|error|unknown, "message"}, "created_bodies": [...], "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name}] (the body the rib joins), "removed_bodies": [...]}.

Example: feature_rib(curves=[], thickness=3)

Rule-based fillet: round every edge of the given faces/features (all_edges) or only the edges where faces meet faces2 (between_faces), with one radius.

Units: radius in units (default mm) or a Fusion expression. Faces come from inspect_query, features from earlier feature_* results (their "feature" ref). The parent bodies are listed in modified_bodies.

Errors: faces2 with all_edges or missing with between_faces -> INVALID_PARAMS; a Fusion API without rule fillets -> FUSION_API_ERROR "not available" (nothing changed; use feature_fillet with explicit edges); a failed fillet -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Example: feature_rule_fillet(faces=[], radius=1)

Hollow a body into a shell with walls of the given thickness.

Pass faces to remove (an open box: its top face) OR bodies (a closed hollow body), and inside_thickness and/or outside_thickness. Units: thicknesses in units (default mm) or Fusion expressions. The shelled bodies are listed in modified_bodies.

Errors: no faces and no bodies, both, or no thickness -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); walls Fusion cannot build (too thick) -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Example: feature_shell(faces=[], inside_thickness=3)

Sweep sketch profiles or planar faces along a path - pipes, handles, springs (with twist), rails, swept cuts (operation="cut").

Units: angles in degrees (a string is a Fusion expression, e.g. "pitch_angle"); path_extent is a plain share of the path length; units only applies to {"sketch", "point"} profile specs. Refs: profiles from sketch_draw / sketch_profiles; path and guide rail from sketch_draw (sketch curve refs, the path sketch usually lies on a plane perpendicular to the profile sketch) or BRep edges from inspect_query. Do not mix sketch curves and edges in one path. With path_chain=true one curve is enough to take the whole connected chain. is_solid=false sweeps a surface (new_body / new_component only); the profile may then be open sketch curves or edges.

Rules: twist_angle / taper_angle with guide_rail -> INVALID_PARAMS; path_extent outside (0, 1] -> rejected; a path with gaps -> FUSION_API_ERROR. A feature Fusion computes with an error -> FUSION_API_ERROR and the timeline is rolled back; a warning keeps the feature and is reported in health.

Returns {"feature": {ref, type, name}, "health": {"state": ok|warning|error|unknown, "message"}, "created_bodies": [{ref, type, name}], "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name}], "removed_bodies": [<refs of bodies consumed by join/cut>], "component"?: {ref, type, name} (new_component only)}.

Examples:

• feature_sweep(profiles=["profile:@0,0"], path=[, ])

• feature_sweep(profiles=[...], path=[], twist_angle=360)

• feature_sweep(profiles=[...], path=[], guide_rail=[], rail_scaling="stretch")

Add a cosmetic (default) or modeled thread to cylindrical faces - bolts, shafts, tapped holes made earlier.

Hole wall vs shaft is detected from the face orientation (override with internal). Without designation Fusion recommends one from the cylinder diameter (a 10 mm shaft -> M10x1.5 class 6g) and the result says which; without thread_class the first class offered for the designation is used. Strings (type, designation, class) are Fusion's own names - list them with feature_thread_options. Units: length/offset in units (default mm).

Errors: a planar or conical face, faces mixing holes and shafts, an unknown type/designation/class (details.available lists valid ones), length with full_length=true -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a thread Fusion computes with an error -> FUSION_API_ERROR and the timeline is rolled back.

Returns {"feature": {ref, type, name}, "health": {"state", "message"}, "created_bodies": [], "modified_bodies": [...] (modeled threads), "removed_bodies": [], "thread": {"type", "designation", "class", "internal", "modeled"}}.

Examples:

• feature_thread(faces=[])

• feature_thread(faces=[], designation="M8x1.25", modeled=true, full_length=false, length=12)

Look up Fusion's thread data (read-only) - which strings feature_thread and feature_hole(thread=...) accept.

Levels: no arguments -> {"thread_types"}; thread_type -> {"sizes"}; + size -> {"designations"}; + designation -> {"classes"} (internal or external); diameter (in units, with internal=true for a hole's bore / tap drill, false for a shaft) -> {"recommended": {"designation", "class"} or null}. size, designation and diameter without thread_type use "ISO Metric profile". diameter cannot be combined with size or designation.

Errors: an unknown type, size or designation -> INVALID_PARAMS with details.available.

Examples:

• feature_thread_options(thread_type="ISO Metric profile")

• feature_thread_options(diameter=8, internal=false)

• feature_thread_options(designation="M6x1", internal=true)

Add a web - a network of thin walls from several open sketch curves (e.g. a grid of stiffeners inside a shelled housing), joined to the body it meets.

Units: thickness and depth.distance are in units (default mm), a string is a Fusion expression. Refs: open sketch curves from sketch_draw, all in one sketch inside the body; circles and closed splines are refused. Always joined to target_body (no operation parameter); without it, to the one solid body of the curves' component that a curve touches.

Errors: closed curve, wrong thickness_location or depth -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); no target_body and the curves touch no body or several -> INVALID_PARAMS with details.candidates (body refs to pass as target_body); thickness_location "side2" is not available in the current Fusion API (FUSION_API_ERROR, no change); a Fusion API version without web features -> FUSION_API_ERROR "not available" with no change (use execute_python then); a web Fusion computes with an error -> FUSION_API_ERROR and the timeline is rolled back.

Returns {"feature": {ref, type, name}, "health": {"state": ok|warning|error|unknown, "message"}, "created_bodies": [...], "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name}] (the body the web joins), "removed_bodies": [...]}.

Example: feature_web(curves=[, , ], thickness=2, depth={"type": "distance", "distance": 15})

Make an independent B-Rep copy of a T-spline body's B-Rep (in a base feature in a parametric design) - the solid for further features (shell, fillet, join).

The copy is independent: later edits of the form do NOT change it, and the form stays in the timeline (hidden by default). The Fusion API has no "Convert" command.

Errors: a T-spline body without a B-Rep (e.g. an open or broken mesh) -> FUSION_API_ERROR, nothing left.

Returns {"body": ref of the new B-Rep body, "name", "source": T-spline body ref, "base_feature": ref | null, "is_solid": bool}.

Crease (sharp) or uncrease (smooth) control-mesh edges of a T-spline body; the B-Rep is regenerated.

Control-mesh edges have no stable ids: pick them by points (mm by default) - take the exact edge midpoints from form_inspect. A point with no edge within tolerance, or equally near two edges (symmetric meshes), fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.nearest; nothing is changed. On error the crease flags already changed are restored.

Returns {"body": , "changed": number of edges whose flag changed}.

Create a T-spline body from TSM (T-spline mesh) text or a .tsm file - exactly one of tsm and path.

This is the way to complex control-mesh edits the Fusion API lacks: form_get_tsm -> change the text -> form_create_from_tsm (then hide or delete the old form).

Errors: both / neither input, a path that is not absolute / missing / not .tsm, text over 8 MiB -> INVALID_PARAMS; TSM Fusion cannot read -> FUSION_API_ERROR "invalid TSM" (nothing is left).

Returns {"form": ref, "body": , "created_form": bool}.

Create a T-spline primitive body (Form environment) with its control mesh.

Sizes per shape (numbers in units): box: x_size, y_size, z_size (x_faces, y_faces, z_faces); plane: x_size, y_size (x_faces, y_faces); cylinder: radius, height (radial_faces, length_faces); sphere: radius (longitude_faces, latitude_faces); torus: major_radius, minor_radius < major_radius (major_faces, minor_faces); quadball: radius (faces). Face counts default to Fusion's. A parameter of another shape -> INVALID_PARAMS.

T-spline primitives are NOT parametric: sizes are numbers, not expressions or user parameters (a string -> INVALID_PARAMS), and the body does not follow parameter changes. Shape it afterwards with form_move / form_crease / form_insert_edge, get a solid with form_convert_to_brep. Pull, Bridge, Fill Hole, Weld, Subdivide and the like have no Fusion API: read the TSM (form_get_tsm), edit it and create the body again (form_create_from_tsm).

Returns {"form": ref, "body": , "created_form": bool}; the body has a B-Rep ("brep_body") once Fusion regenerated it - a body without one fails (rolled back).

Example: form_create_primitive(shape="box", x_size=40, y_size=20, z_size=10, x_faces=4)

Read the TSM (T-spline mesh) description of a T-spline body: the text (up to 1 MiB) or, with path, a .tsm file. Changes nothing in the design.

Errors: text over 1 MiB without path -> INVALID_PARAMS "use path"; a path that is not absolute / not .tsm / whose folder is missing, an existing file without overwrite=true -> INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"body", "tsm", "size_bytes"} or {"body", "files": [{"path", "size_bytes"}]}.

Insert edges next to control-mesh edges of a T-spline body (more faces where detail is needed); the B-Rep is regenerated.

Uses the preview Fusion API (FormFeature.insertEdge): when it is missing the tool fails with FUSION_API_ERROR reason=api_unavailable (nothing changed). The edges must be of one loop, else Fusion refuses (FUSION_API_ERROR).

Control-mesh edges have no stable ids: pick them by points (mm by default) - take the exact edge midpoints from form_inspect. A point with no edge within tolerance, or equally near two edges (symmetric meshes), fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.nearest; nothing is changed.

Returns {"body": , "changed": selected edges, "new_edges": n}.

Read the control mesh of a T-spline body in mm; changes nothing.

The positions are what form_move / form_crease / form_insert_edge match their near points to: vertex "position" (control point), edge "midpoint", face "center".

Returns {"body": , "vertices": [{"position", "smooth_position"}], "edges": [{"midpoint", "start", "end", "is_creased", "is_degenerate"}], "faces": [{"center", "vertex_count"}], "_truncated": bool, "truncated": bool}.

List the form (T-spline) features of the design or one component with their T-spline bodies; changes nothing.

Returns {"forms": [{"feature": ref, "name", "component", "health": {"state", "message"}, "bodies": []}], "count"};

Move control-mesh vertices or faces of a T-spline body, or the whole body, by a vector; the B-Rep is regenerated.

Control-mesh vertices and faces have no stable ids: pick them by points (mm by default) - take the exact positions for near from form_inspect (vertex position, face center). A point with no element within tolerance, or equally near two elements (symmetric meshes), fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.nearest; nothing is changed. On a symmetric body Fusion mirrors the move to the symmetric elements.

Errors: zero vector, missing near for vertex/face -> INVALID_PARAMS. If a move fails midway, the elements already moved are moved back.

Returns {"body": , "changed": n}.

Example: form_move(body="", kind="face", near=[[5, 5, 20]], vector=[0, 0, 5])

Check that Fusion 360 and the FusionMCP add-in are reachable; call this first.

Returns JSON with:

• fusion_version: Fusion build, e.g. "2.0.21000"

• addin_version: FusionMCP add-in version

• python_version: Python inside Fusion

• document: name of the active document, or null when none is open

• design_type: "parametric" (has a timeline; failed tools roll back), "direct", or null when the active document is not a design

• units: the design's default length unit ("mm", "cm", "in", ...); tool inputs are still millimetres unless a tool takes an explicit units

When Fusion or the add-in is not running the result is an error starting with NOT_CONNECTED and says how to fix it. After a TIMEOUT from another tool, call this before retrying: the timed-out operation may still be running in Fusion.

Import a CAD file (STEP, IGES, SAT, SMT, F3D) or a mesh (STL, OBJ, 3MF) into a component of the active design. CAD files usually arrive as a new occurrence, meshes as mesh bodies. A failed import leaves the design as it was.

Returns {"format", "target", "created": {"occurrences": [ref], "bodies": [ref], "mesh_bodies": [ref]}}.

Example: import_file(path="C:/in/bolt.step").

World-axis bounding boxes in mm. Tight (exact) boxes come from Fusion's measure manager; when it cannot compute one the looser boundingBox is used and the item has "tight": false. Components and occurrences are the union of their bodies.

Returns {"items": [{"ref", "min_mm", "max_mm", "size_mm", "tight"}], "union": {"min_mm", "max_mm", "size_mm"} | null, "errors": [...]}.

Example: inspect_bounding_box() -> overall size of the model in union.size_mm.

Describe entities by ref: faces (surface type, area_mm2, centroid_mm, outward normal, geometry such as cylinder radius/axis), edges (curve type, length_mm, ends, adjacent faces), vertices, bodies (volume, area, bbox, material), components, occurrences (transform), sketches, construction geometry and features (health).

Units: mm, mm², mm³, degrees; directions are unit vectors. Accepts origin:XY etc. A ref that does not resolve goes to errors and does not fail the call.

Returns {"items": [...], "errors": [{"ref", "code", "message"}]}.

Example: inspect_describe(refs=["origin:xy", ""], detail="brief").

Mass properties: mass_kg, volume_mm3, area_mm2, density_kg_m3, center_of_mass_mm (assembly coordinates for occurrences), inertia_kg_mm2 {xx, yy, zz, xy, yz, xz} about the world origin, principal_moments_kg_mm2 and the material name. Moments Fusion cannot compute are null.

Returns {"items": [...], "errors": [...]}.

Example: inspect_physical_properties(refs=[""]) -> check the volume.

Find faces, edges, vertices or bodies by geometry instead of writing code. All given filters must match; results are brief descriptions with refs (lengths mm, areas mm²). Filters only apply to their kind (e.g. surface_type needs kind="face") — a wrong combination or min > max fails with INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"items": [...], "total": , "truncated": bool}. On large models narrow scope to one body.

Examples:

• largest face: inspect_query(kind="face", sort_by="area", limit=1)

• planar faces facing +Z: inspect_query(kind="face", surface_type="plane", normal=[0, 0, 1])

• edges longer than 25 mm of one body: inspect_query(kind="edge", scope=[""], length_min_mm=25)

• 10 mm holes: inspect_query(kind="face", surface_type="cylinder", radius_min_mm=4.9, radius_max_mm=5.1)

• vertical edges: inspect_query(kind="edge", curve_type="line", direction=[0, 0, 1])

Model tree of the active design: bodies, sketches, construction geometry, timeline features (with health) and nested occurrences, each with a stable ref.

Start here to find what to work on. Every node is a brief description (lengths mm, areas mm², volumes mm³). Origin planes/axes/point are addressed as origin:XY, origin:XZ, origin:YZ, origin:X, origin:Y, origin:Z, origin:O and are not listed. Direct (non-parametric) designs have features: [].

Returns {"design_type": "parametric"|"direct", "root": {...component node with "bodies", "sketches", "construction", "features", "occurrences"}, "item_count", "truncated"}; when truncated is true narrow component/depth/include.

Example: inspect_tree(include=["bodies", "features"]).

Assign a physical material (density, mass) to a body, a component or an occurrence. An occurrence has no own material: the material is set on its component and so applies to all occurrences of that component. Take the id from material_list; a name found in several libraries fails with details.candidates. Check the new mass with inspect_physical_properties afterwards.

Returns {"target", "applied_to", "material": {"id", "name", "library"}, "previous": {...} | null} (+ "note" for an occurrence).

Example: material_assign(target="", material="").

Physical material and appearance of a body, a component or an occurrence (an occurrence reports its component's material and its own appearance override).

Returns {"target", "material": {"id", "name", "library"} | null, "appearance": {...} | null}.

Example: material_get(target="").

Physical materials of one library, of every library (default) or of the design (in_design=true), filtered by a name substring and paginated.

Returns {"items": [{"id", "name", "library"}], "total", "truncated"}; "library" is the library name or "design". Names are localized and not unique: pass the "id" to material_assign.

Example: material_list(query="steel", limit=10).

Loaded material libraries (physical materials and appearances).

Returns {"libraries": [{"id", "name", "is_native", "material_count", "appearance_count"}]}.

Example: material_list_libraries() -> pick a library for material_list(library=...).

Angle in degrees between two entities (faces, edges, axes, planes), or — with three operands — the angle at vertex b of the points/entities a-b-c.

Returns {"angle_deg"}.

Examples: measure_angle(a="", b="origin:XY"); measure_angle(a=[10, 0, 0], b=[0, 0, 0], c=[0, 10, 0]) -> 90.

Minimum distance between two entities or points, in mm.

Each operand is a ref from another tool or a point [x, y, z] in mm. Returns {"distance_mm", "point_a_mm", "point_b_mm"}: the closest points on each operand (null when Fusion does not report them).

Example: measure_distance(a="", b="") -> height.

Create user parameters in order (later ones may use earlier ones). All or nothing: names are checked first (pattern, not existing, no duplicates) and a Fusion error on any item removes the ones already created.

expression is a Fusion expression string ("40 mm", "width / 2") or a number in unit (default mm): 40 -> "40 mm". Use unit "deg" for angles and "" for counts.

Returns {"parameters": [...as in parameter_list], "warnings": [features that newly show a warning]}.

Example: parameter_create(parameters=[{"name": "width", "expression": 40}, {"name": "half", "expression": "width / 2"}]).

Delete user parameters, all or nothing. Model parameters cannot be deleted. A parameter still used by another parameter outside the list (or by features) is refused with INVALID_PARAMS and details.dependents; delete or change those first, or include them in names.

Returns {"deleted": [names], "warnings": [...]}.

Example: parameter_delete(names=["half", "width"]).

List parameters of the active design.

Each item: {"ref": "param:", "name", "kind": "user"|"model", "expression", "unit", "value" (lengths in mm, angles in degrees, unitless as is; missing for other units), "value_unit": "mm"|"deg"|"", "display" (Fusion's formatted value), "comment", "is_favorite", "created_by": {"ref", "type", "name"} | null (the feature that owns a model parameter), "role", "component", "dependents" (only with include_dependents)}.

Returns {"parameters": [...]}.

Example: parameter_list(kind="model") -> find d1 of an extrude to drive it.

Change expression, name, comment or favourite flag of user and model parameters — e.g. drive an extrude by setting its model parameter d1 to "width * 2".

All or nothing: if any change fails, or puts a timeline feature into the error state, every parameter keeps its previous values and the call fails with FUSION_API_ERROR and details.failed_features. Renaming updates the expressions that use the parameter.

Returns {"parameters": [...as in parameter_list], "warnings": [...]}.

Example: parameter_update(parameters=[{"name": "d1", "expression": "width * 2"}]).

Circular pattern: copy features, bodies, faces or occurrences around an axis.

Instances are spread evenly over total_angle (degrees, default 360 = full circle). Refs: bodies/faces from inspect_query, features from earlier feature_* results, the axis from origin:X|Y|Z, construction_* or inspect_query (a cylindrical face uses its axis). All entities must be of one kind.

Errors: mixed kinds, quantity < 1, a non-axis ref -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a pattern Fusion cannot compute -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"} (+ "created_occurrences" for occurrence input).

Example: pattern_circular(entities=[], axis="origin:Z", quantity=6)

Mirror features, bodies, faces or occurrences across a plane.

With combine=true (body input only) every mirrored body is joined with its original (a symmetric part from one half); the originals are then in modified_bodies. Refs: planes from origin:XY|XZ|YZ, construction_* or a planar face from inspect_query.

Errors: mixed kinds, combine with non-body input, a non-planar ref -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a mirror Fusion cannot compute -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"} (+ "created_occurrences" for occurrence input).

Example: pattern_mirror(entities=[], plane="origin:YZ", combine=true)

Path pattern: copy features, bodies, faces or occurrences along a path of sketch curves or edges.

Units: distance in units (default mm) or an expression; start is a share of the path length. Refs: curves from sketch_* results, edges from inspect_query. All entities must be of one kind.

Errors: mixed kinds, a path mixing curves and edges, start outside 0..1 -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a path with gaps or a pattern Fusion cannot compute -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"} (+ "created_occurrences" for occurrence input).

Example: pattern_path(entities=[], path=[], quantity=4, distance=100, orientation_along_path=true)

Rectangular pattern: copy features, bodies, faces or occurrences along one or two directions.

Quantities count the original (quantity1=3 -> the original + 2 copies). Units: distances in units (default mm) or Fusion expressions; quantities are whole numbers or expressions. Refs: bodies/faces from inspect_query, features from earlier feature_* results, directions from inspect_query edges, construction_* axes or origin:X|Y|Z. All entities must be of one kind (Fusion requirement).

Errors: mixed kinds (details.kinds), quantity < 1, direction2 with quantity2 > 1 but no distance2 -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a pattern Fusion cannot compute -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature": {ref, type, name}, "health": {"state", "message"}, "created_bodies": [{ref, type, name}], "modified_bodies": [...], "removed_bodies": [tokens]} plus "created_occurrences": [{ref, type, name, full_path_name}] for occurrence input.

Example: pattern_rectangular(entities=[], direction1="origin:X", quantity1=3, distance1=30, direction2="origin:Y", quantity2=2, distance2=25)

Make a rule the active sheet metal rule of a component (default: root).

A library rule is first copied into the design (the design never references the library). Fusion may refuse a rule on a component without sheet metal data (FUSION_API_ERROR) - then pass rule to the first flange tool instead. On error the previous rule is restored and a copy made by the call is deleted.

Returns {"component", "rule": , "previous": name | null, "copied_from_library": bool}.

Base flange: a flat sheet metal body from closed profiles; the thickness comes from the active rule.

Recommended order: rule (sheet_metal_create_rule / rule) -> base or contour flange -> sheet_metal_edge_flange -> sheet_metal_create_flat_pattern -> sheet_metal_export_flat_pattern. Bend along a sketch line is not available in the Fusion API: model bends with edge or contour flanges.

Uses the preview Fusion API: when it is missing the tool fails with FUSION_API_ERROR reason=api_unavailable (nothing changed) - check sheet_metal_capabilities first.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_sheet_metal}], "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies", "rule": active rule name}.

Report which sheet metal operations this Fusion API supports; changes nothing.

Call it before a sheet metal workflow: flanges, unfold/refold, convert, bend listing and STEP export of a flat pattern use the preview Fusion API, which may be missing. sketch_bend is always false: Fusion has no API for Bend along a sketch line - model the bend with sheet_metal_edge_flange or sheet_metal_contour_flange instead.

Returns {"rules", "flat_pattern", "flat_pattern_dxf", "flat_pattern_step", "convert", "base_flange", "contour_flange", "edge_flange", "list_bends", "unfold", "refold": bool, "sketch_bend": false, "preview_apis": [...], "fusion_version", "notes"}.

Contour flange: a bent sheet metal body from an open sketch profile (the profile is the bend line shape, the thickness and radius come from the rule).

Recommended order: rule -> contour flange (e.g. an L-shaped open sketch, c05 sketch_draw lines) -> sheet_metal_edge_flange on its outer edges (inspect_query) -> sheet_metal_list_bends / unfold / refold -> sheet_metal_create_flat_pattern -> sheet_metal_export_flat_pattern. Bend along a sketch line is not available in the Fusion API: add bends with edge flanges or draw them into the contour.

Uses the preview Fusion API: when it is missing the tool fails with FUSION_API_ERROR reason=api_unavailable (nothing changed) - check sheet_metal_capabilities first.

Errors: two_sides without distance_two or distance_two with another direction -> INVALID_PARAMS; a failing flange is rolled back and the previous rule restored.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_sheet_metal}], "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies", "rule"}.

Example: sheet_metal_contour_flange(profiles=["", ""], distance=40)

Convert a solid plate body to sheet metal from a planar base face.

The body thickness should match the rule thickness. Use it for a plate built with feature_extrude.

Uses the preview Fusion API: when it is missing the tool fails with FUSION_API_ERROR reason=api_unavailable (nothing changed) - check sheet_metal_capabilities first.

Errors: body already sheet metal, face of another body, non-planar face -> INVALID_PARAMS; Fusion refusing the conversion -> FUSION_API_ERROR (rolled back, the previous rule restored).

Returns {"body": ref (may differ from the input), "component", "rule": , "is_sheet_metal": true}.

Create the flat pattern of the component of a sheet metal body (one per component) and return its size, thickness and bends. The design workspace is active again afterwards.

Errors: a face of a non-sheet-metal body, an existing flat pattern without replace=true -> INVALID_PARAMS (the existing one is kept). replace=true is atomic: if the new flat pattern fails, the old one is recreated from its remembered stationary face. A flat pattern not made by this tool (or whose face changed) cannot be restored, so replace refuses it (INVALID_PARAMS reason=not_restorable, nothing changed) - delete it with sheet_metal_delete_flat_pattern first.

Returns {"component", "exists": true, "size_mm": [x, y], "thickness_mm", "bend_count", "bends": [{"angle_deg", "is_up"}], "replaced"}.

Create a design sheet metal rule by copying a base rule and setting values.

Units: a plain number is in units (default mm); a string is a Fusion expression and may use Thickness ("Thickness * 1.5") - write units in expressions ("2 mm"), a rule in inches reads bare numbers as inches. The rule is not used until sheet_metal_assign_rule or the rule argument of a flange tool.

Errors: name already in the design, k_factor outside 0..1, a negative length -> INVALID_PARAMS; unknown base_rule -> ENTITY_NOT_FOUND. On any error no rule is left.

Returns {"rule": , "base": {"name", "source"}}.

Example: sheet_metal_create_rule(name="Steel 2mm", thickness=2, bend_radius="Thickness * 1", k_factor=0.44, relief_shape="round")

Delete a component's flat pattern.

Errors: no flat pattern -> ENTITY_NOT_FOUND.

Returns {"component", "deleted": true}.

Edge flange: bend up a wall from linear edges of a sheet metal body.

Exactly one of height and to_entity. Refs: edges from inspect_query on the latest body (refs change after every flange - take them from the results again). Bend along a sketch line is not available in the Fusion API: an edge flange is the way to add a bend.

Uses the preview Fusion API: when it is missing the tool fails with FUSION_API_ERROR reason=api_unavailable (nothing changed) - check sheet_metal_capabilities first.

Errors: both / neither of height and to_entity, to_entity with several edges, an edge of a non-sheet-metal body or of several bodies, a non-linear edge -> INVALID_PARAMS; a failing flange is rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_sheet_metal}], "removed_bodies", "rule"}.

Example: sheet_metal_edge_flange(edges=[""], height=20)

Export a component's flat pattern to DXF (bend / extent lines, file units, optional spline-to-polyline) or STEP. STEP uses the preview Fusion API (api_unavailable when missing; see sheet_metal_capabilities).

The path must be absolute with a matching extension; an existing file is replaced only with overwrite=true. Errors: no flat pattern -> ENTITY_NOT_FOUND (create it with sheet_metal_create_flat_pattern).

Returns {"files": [{"path", "size_bytes"}], "format", "scope": component}.

Example: sheet_metal_export_flat_pattern(path="C:/out/bracket.dxf")

Read a component's flat pattern: size, thickness and bends, or exists=false.

Returns {"component", "exists", "size_mm", "thickness_mm", "bend_count", "bends"}.

List the bends of a sheet metal body: inner and outer bend face refs and the inner radius in mm (use the faces for sheet_metal_unfold).

Uses the preview Fusion API: when it is missing the tool fails with FUSION_API_ERROR reason=api_unavailable (nothing changed) - check sheet_metal_capabilities first.

Returns {"body", "bends": [{"inner", "outer", "radius_mm"}], "count"}.

List sheet metal rules: thickness, bend radius, gap and relief sizes in mm with their expressions, K-factor and relief shape.

Returns {"rules": [{"name", "source", "units", "thickness": {"mm", "expression"}, "bend_radius", "gap", "relief_width", "relief_depth", "relief_remnant", "k_factor", "relief_shape", "is_default" (library) | "is_used" (design)}], "count"}.

Refold the bends of an unfold feature.

Uses the preview Fusion API: when it is missing the tool fails with FUSION_API_ERROR reason=api_unavailable (nothing changed) - check sheet_metal_capabilities first.

Errors: a ref that is not an UnfoldFeature -> INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies", "rule"}.

Unfold all bends (or the given bend faces from sheet_metal_list_bends) of a sheet metal body about a stationary face, e.g. to add cuts across a bend; refold with sheet_metal_refold.

Uses the preview Fusion API: when it is missing the tool fails with FUSION_API_ERROR reason=api_unavailable (nothing changed) - check sheet_metal_capabilities first.

Returns {"feature": {ref of the UnfoldFeature, ...}, "health", "created_bodies", "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies", "rule"}.

Add geometric constraints in order, all or nothing.

Entities are refs from earlier results (sketch_draw refs, sketch_get) or origin. Types: coincident (point, entity) | horizontal / vertical (line, or points: [p1, p2]) | parallel / perpendicular / collinear (line1, line2) | tangent / equal / concentric (curve1, curve2) | midpoint (point, curve) | symmetry (entity1, entity2, line) | smooth (spline, curve) | fix (entity, fixed=true — sets isFixed, no constraint ref). Wrong entity types fail with INVALID_PARAMS (details.expected); an over-constrained sketch fails with FUSION_API_ERROR and details.index; nothing is kept on failure.

Returns {"constraints": [{ref, type}], "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_constrain(sketch=, constraints=[{"type": "horizontal", "points": [, ]}, {"type": "equal", "curve1": , "curve2": }]).

Create a 2D sketch on an origin plane, a construction plane or a planar face.

All sketch tools work in SKETCH SPACE, mm: [x, y] on the sketch plane. Fusion picks the sketch axes; the result transform = {origin, x_axis, y_axis, normal} (model mm and unit vectors) maps them: model = origin + xx_axis + yy_axis. Pitfall: on origin:XZ the sketch Y axis is model -Z (so a point drawn at y = 10 is at model z = -10) — always read transform, or give points as {"model": [x, y, z]} to sketch_draw. On origin:XY sketch x/y = model x/y.

A planar face gives a clean sketch unless project_edges=true. A non-planar face fails with INVALID_PARAMS (details.reason = "face_not_planar").

Returns {"sketch": {ref}, "name", "plane", "component", "transform"}.

Example: sketch_create(plane="origin:XY", name="Base") then sketch_draw(sketch=).

Delete sketch entities (not the sketch itself).

All refs are checked first: a stale or foreign ref fails with ENTITY_NOT_FOUND / INVALID_PARAMS and nothing is deleted. Then dimensions, constraints, texts, curves and points are deleted in that order; entities Fusion already removed with another one (e.g. a constraint of a deleted line) are listed in cascaded.

NOT ATOMIC (the only such sketch tool): Fusion cannot undo a deletion. If Fusion itself fails in the middle of the batch, the entities deleted so far stay deleted — the error is FUSION_API_ERROR with details.deleted; re-read the sketch with sketch_get before continuing.

Returns {"deleted": [refs], "cascaded": [refs], "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_delete(sketch=, entities=[, ]).

Add driving or driven dimensions in order, all or nothing — this is how sizes become exact and parametric.

value: a number is mm (degrees for angular) -> "25 mm"; a string is a Fusion expression kept as is ("plate_w * 0.6", "wall + 2 mm"); invalid expressions fail with INVALID_PARAMS before anything is created. parameter_name renames the dimension's parameter so later dimensions (in this call too) and parameter_update can use it. driven=true makes a reference dimension that only measures (no value). Types: distance (line, or point1 + point2; orientation aligned|horizontal|vertical) | offset (line, entity: parallel line or point) | radial / diameter (curve) | angular (line1, line2; text_at picks the measured quadrant) | ellipse_major / ellipse_minor (ellipse).

Returns {"dimensions": [{ref, type, value, unit, expression, parameter, driving}], "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_dimension(sketch=, dimensions=[{"type": "distance", "line": , "value": 100, "parameter_name": "plate_w"}, {"type": "radial", "curve": , "value": "plate_w / 20"}]).

Change existing dimensions: value/expression, driven state or parameter name. All or nothing: if any update fails the earlier ones get their previous values back.

value: number = mm/degrees, string = expression. Changing a dimension re-solves the sketch; profile refs taken before stay usable for moderate changes (re-read with sketch_profiles(contains=...) if a feature reports ENTITY_NOT_FOUND).

Returns {"dimensions": [...as in sketch_dimension], "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_dimension_set(sketch=, updates=[{"dimension": , "value": "plate_w + 10"}]).

Draw many sketch items, then constraints, then dimensions — one call, all or nothing (on any error the sketch is restored and details = {phase: geometry|constraints|dimensions, index, id}).

Coordinates: [x, y] sketch mm (numbers only — expressions like "w/2" are refused: draw approximately and fix exact sizes with dimensions), {"model": [x, y, z]} model mm (projected on the sketch plane; mind sketch_create's XZ pitfall), or a ref of an existing point / curve end. A point given by ref is shared (no coincident needed).

Local ids: give an item id (letters, digits, _; not origin) and later items, constraints and dimensions of THIS call can use id or id.<sub>; origin is the sketch origin point. Local ids live one call only: the result refs maps every local path to a real ref — use those refs in later calls.

Every item: {"kind", "id"?, "construction": false, ...}: | kind / mode | fields | sub-ids | | point | at | — | | line | start, end | start, end | | polyline | points (≥2), closed=false | e0..e{n-1} (edges), v0..v{n-1} | | rectangle two_point (default) | corner1, corner2 | bottom,right,top,left, bl,br,tr,tl | | rectangle center | center, corner | as two_point + center, diagonal | | rectangle three_point | p1, p2, p3 | e0..e3, v0..v3 | | circle center_radius (default) | center, radius | center | | circle two_point | p1, p2 (diameter ends) | center | | circle three_point | p1, p2, p3 | center | | arc three_point (default) | start, mid, end | start, end, center | | arc center_start_sweep | center, start, sweep (deg, + = CCW) | start, end, center | | arc tangent | from (curve end, e.g. "l1.end"), to | start, end, center | | ellipse | center, major_radius, minor_radius, angle=0 | center | | polygon | center, radius, sides 3..64, mode=inscribed|circumscribed, angle=0, constrain=true | e0.., v0.., center, circle | | spline | points (≥2 fit points), closed=false | start, end, fp0.. | | slot center_to_center (default) / overall | p1, p2, width | side0, side1, end0, end1, axis, c0, c1 | | text | text, height, corner, size=[w,h]?, font?, h_align=left, v_align=bottom | — |

constraints: [{"type": coincident (point, entity) | horizontal / vertical (line, or points [p1, p2]) | parallel / perpendicular / collinear (line1, line2) | tangent / equal / concentric (curve1, curve2) | midpoint (point, curve) | symmetry (entity1, entity2, line) | smooth (spline, curve) | fix (entity, fixed=true)}]. dimensions: [{"type": distance (line, or point1 + point2; orientation=aligned| horizontal|vertical) | offset (line, entity) | radial / diameter (curve) | angular (line1, line2) | ellipse_major / ellipse_minor (ellipse), "value": 25 (mm/deg) or "plate_w * 0.6", "parameter_name"?, "driven"=false, "text_at"?}]. A named dimension (parameter_name) can be used by later dimensions' expressions in the same call.

Returns {"sketch", "refs": {"r": {ref}, "r.bottom": {ref}, ...}, "constraints", "dimensions", "status" {fully_constrained, ...}, "profiles", "warnings"}.

Example — fully constrained 100 x 60 plate centred on the origin with a hole: sketch_draw(sketch=, items=[ {"kind": "rectangle", "mode": "center", "id": "r", "center": "origin", "corner": [50, 30]}, {"kind": "circle", "id": "h", "center": [30, 15], "radius": 4}], dimensions=[ {"type": "distance", "line": "r.bottom", "value": 100, "parameter_name": "plate_w"}, {"type": "distance", "line": "r.left", "value": "plate_w * 0.6"}, {"type": "diameter", "curve": "h", "value": 8}, {"type": "distance", "point1": "origin", "point2": "h.center", "orientation": "horizontal", "value": 30}, {"type": "distance", "point1": "origin", "point2": "h.center", "orientation": "vertical", "value": 15}]) -> status.fully_constrained = true; the plate profile has one inner loop.

Extend the end nearest point to the next intersecting curve. ONE curve per call (the curve may be replaced, so use the refs in the result). point farther than 5 mm from the curve fails with INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"created": [refs], "deleted": [the original ref, if replaced], "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_extend(sketch=, curve=, point=[39, 0]).

Round ONE corner between two curves with a tangent arc of radius. One corner per call: Fusion trims both curves, so their old refs may become stale — take the new ones from the result or sketch_get before the next fillet. Pick points default to the curves' shared end (or nearest ends).

Not fully atomic: Fusion cannot undo the fillet itself. If the radial dimension (dimension=True) cannot be added, only the dimension is rolled back — the arc stays and the call succeeds with warning fillet_dimension_failed. Dimension the arc yourself with sketch_dimension, or delete it with sketch_delete.

Returns {"arc": {ref}, "dimension"?: {...}, "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_fillet(sketch=, curve1=, curve2=, radius="r_corner").

Full state of a sketch, coordinates in sketch-space mm.

Sections: points [{ref, xy, fixed, reference, fully_constrained}], curves [{ref, type: line|arc|circle|ellipse|elliptical_arc|fitted_spline|fixed_spline|conic, construction, fixed, reference (projected), fully_constrained, length_mm, start, end, geometry (line {start, end}; circle {center, radius}; arc {center, radius, start, end, start_angle, sweep}; ...)}], constraints [{ref, type, entities}], dimensions [{ref, type, entities, value (mm|deg), unit, expression, parameter, driving}], texts, profiles (as sketch_profiles). Each section is an object {items: [≤ limit entries as above], total, truncated} — truncated: true when cut.

Returns {"sketch", the requested sections, "transform" (see sketch_create), "status": {fully_constrained, under_constrained_count, under_constrained: [≤ 50 refs]}}.

Example: sketch_get(sketch=, include=["dimensions"]) -> find a dimension ref for sketch_dimension_set.

List sketches of the design (or of one component).

Returns {"sketches": [{"sketch": {ref}, "name", "component", "plane", "fully_constrained", "curve_count", "profile_count", "visible"}]}.

Example: sketch_list() -> pick the sketch ref, then sketch_get / sketch_profiles.

Mirror entities about a line, all or nothing. Shared points stay shared and points on the axis are reused; other curve types fail with INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"mapping": {: }, "constraints", "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_mirror(sketch=, entities=[, ], axis=).

Offset curves (with chain=true the whole connected loop) by distance toward side_point. All or nothing.

When the Fusion version supports it the offset is parametric (parametric: true, a dimension carries the distance expression, e.g. "wall"); otherwise plain copies are made (parametric: false).

Returns {"created": [refs], "parametric", "dimension"?, "status", "profiles"}.

Example: inner wall of a closed outline: sketch_offset(sketch=, curves=[], distance="wall", side_point=[0, 0]).

Pattern sketch entities, all or nothing. Counts include the original.

• rectangular: count_x (≥1), spacing_x (Length), count_y=1, spacing_y=0, angle=0 (degrees from sketch X) or direction (a line ref).

• circular: center (point), count (≥2), angle=360 (total, degrees). Spacing/angle: number = mm/deg, string = expression. When the Fusion version has the pattern constraint the result is parametric (parametric: true, constraint); otherwise plain copies (parametric: false).

Returns {"instances": [[refs]...], "parametric", "constraint"?, "status", "profiles"}.

Example: 6 holes on a circle: sketch_pattern(sketch=, entities=[], kind="circular", center="origin", count=6).

Closed regions (profiles) of a sketch — the input of extrude/revolve/sweep/loft.

Each profile: {"ref": {"ref": "profile:@,", "type": "Profile", "name": "P1"}, "sketch", "point": [x, y] (an interior point of the region), "area_mm2", "centroid", "bbox": {min, max}, "outer_loop": {"curves": [refs]}, "inner_loops": [{"curves": [refs]}] (holes)}. All coordinates sketch mm.

A profile has no persistent id in Fusion, so its ref is the sketch plus a point inside the region: profile:<sketch token>@x,y. Pass this string as the profile of a feature (or {"sketch": ref, "point": [x, y]}). It survives moderate dimension changes; if the region moved away from the point the feature fails with ENTITY_NOT_FOUND listing the current profiles — call sketch_profiles(contains=[x, y]) again and use the new ref. name (P1, P2...) is only the order in this answer, never an address.

Returns {"profiles": [...]}.

Example: plate with 4 holes -> 5 profiles; the plate is the one with 4 inner_loops; sketch_profiles(sketch=, contains=[0, 0]) -> just the region around [0, 0].

Bring model geometry into the sketch as reference curves (to dimension or constrain against, or to close profiles). All or nothing.

Modes: project (projection onto the sketch plane; a body projects all its edges), include (linked copy of curves), intersect (intersection of the entities with the sketch plane), cut_edges (section of bodies by the sketch plane).

Returns {"created": {: [refs]}, "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_project(sketch=, entities=[]) -> the face outline as reference curves.

Turn curves into construction geometry (not part of profiles) or back. All or nothing.

Returns {"curves": [...], "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_set_construction(sketch=, curves=[]) -> the profiles bounded by that line merge.

Move/rotate sketch entities (or copies of them): rotate by rotate degrees about about, then translate by translate mm. All or nothing.

Entities tied by constraints/dimensions may be pulled back by the solver: the result has the actual solved geometry, check it.

Returns {"entities": [...] (moved) | "created": [...] (copy=true), "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_transform(sketch=, entities=[], translate=[30, 0], copy=true) -> a second circle 30 mm to the right.

Trim at the segment nearest point (cut back to the neighbouring intersections). ONE curve per call: trimming replaces the curve and Fusion cannot undo it inside a batch, so the old ref becomes stale — use the refs in the result for the next trim. point farther than 5 mm from the curve fails with INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"created": [refs of the remaining pieces], "deleted": [the original ref, if it was replaced], "status", "profiles"}.

Example: sketch_trim(sketch=, curve=, point=[10, 0]).

Extend a surface body beyond its free edges by a distance (Extend feature).

Units: a plain-number distance is in units (default mm), a string is a Fusion expression. Refs: free edges of surface bodies from inspect_query (edges of a solid have no free side). The extended body keeps its identity but may get a new ref - use modified_bodies.

Errors: distance 0, a face ref -> INVALID_PARAMS; alignment="align" on a Fusion API without extendAlignment -> FUSION_API_ERROR "not available" (nothing changed).

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies" / "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_solid}], "removed_bodies"}.

Example: surface_extend(edges=[], distance=5)

Offset surface: new surface bodies at a distance from faces (Offset feature).

The source faces stay unchanged. This differs from feature_offset_faces (c07), which moves faces of a solid; to give the result a thickness use body_thicken (c08). Units: distance in units (default mm). Refs: faces from inspect_query.

Errors: distance 0, a non-face ref, join/cut -> INVALID_PARAMS; offset_type rounded on an API without offsetType -> FUSION_API_ERROR "not available".

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies" / "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_solid}], "removed_bodies"}.

Example: surface_offset(faces=[], distance=2)

Patch surface: fill a closed boundary with a new surface body (Patch feature).

The boundary is a sketch profile, sketch curves or B-Rep edges (e.g. the free edges of an opening in a surface body). continuity/weight/flip apply to edges of bodies (ignored for sketch curves). Refs: profiles from sketch_profiles / sketch_draw, curves from sketch_* results, edges from inspect_query (refs of surface bodies change after trim/extend/stitch - take them from the latest results).

Next steps: close surfaces into a solid with surface_stitch and check is_solid; give a surface thickness with body_thicken.

Errors: join/cut operation, weight outside 0..1, a body ref -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed); a boundary Fusion cannot fill -> FUSION_API_ERROR, rolled back.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_solid}], "modified_bodies", "removed_bodies"}.

Example: surface_patch(boundary=["profile:@0,0"])

Ruled surface: a strip of straight rulings grown from edges or sketch curves.

Units: distance in units (default mm), angle in degrees; strings are expressions. ruled_type normal/tangent is measured against the face of the edges, direction follows the direction entity. Refs: edges from inspect_query, curves from sketch_*. Close the result with surface_stitch / thicken it with body_thicken.

Errors: ruled_type direction without direction (or direction with another type), edges mixed with sketch curves -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed).

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies" / "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_solid}], "removed_bodies"}.

Example: surface_ruled(edges=[], distance=10)

Stitch surface bodies / faces along shared edges into one body (Stitch feature).

If the surfaces enclose a volume the result is a solid: check "is_solid" in the result. is_solid=false means gaps remain - raise tolerance (default 0.1 mm), or patch the openings with surface_patch first. Refs: bodies / faces from inspect_query or earlier results.

Errors: fewer than 2 distinct surfaces, join/cut operation -> INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies" / "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_solid}], "removed_bodies", "is_solid": bool of the resulting body}.

Example: surface_stitch(surfaces=[, , ], tolerance=0.1)

Trim surfaces with a tool and remove the cells nearest to the given points.

Call surface_trim_cells first to see the cells (center / bbox / area in mm), then pass a point per cell to remove (in units, default mm). Several points in one cell remove it once. Cells are never addressed by index.

Errors: a point farther than max_distance from every cell -> INVALID_PARAMS with details.cells (the available cells) and nothing changed; a tool that cuts nothing -> INVALID_PARAMS reason "no_cells".

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies" / "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_solid}], "removed_bodies", "removed_cells": n}.

Example: surface_trim(trim_tool="origin:XY", remove_points=[[0, 0, 20]])

Preview of a trim: the cells the tool cuts the surrounding surfaces into.

Nothing changes in the design (the trim input is cancelled). Each cell has "center" [x, y, z] mm, "bbox" {"min", "max"} mm, "area_mm2" and "is_solid". Cells are temporary and have no refs: pick the ones to remove by a point near them and pass those points to surface_trim.

Errors: a tool of another type -> INVALID_PARAMS.

Returns {"cells": [{center, bbox, area_mm2, is_solid}], "count"}.

Example: surface_trim_cells(trim_tool="origin:XY")

Unstitch: split faces or whole bodies into separate surface bodies.

A face of a solid becomes its own surface body and the rest of the solid becomes a surface body too (check is_solid). Refs: faces / bodies from inspect_query.

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies" / "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_solid}], "removed_bodies"}.

Example: surface_unstitch(entities=[], chain=False)

Untrim faces of surface bodies: remove their boundary loops (holes / outer trim).

loop_type internal fills holes, external restores the outer boundary of the underlying surface, all does both. Faces of solid bodies are refused (unstitch them first). Refs: faces from inspect_query.

Errors: a face of a solid, extension_distance with internal -> INVALID_PARAMS (nothing changed).

Returns {"feature", "health", "created_bodies" / "modified_bodies": [{ref, type, name, is_solid}], "removed_bodies"}.

Example: surface_untrim(faces=[], loop_type="internal")

Recompute the whole design (Design.computeAll) and return the timeline_health report (Returns the same shape). Slow on big designs; use it when the model looks stale or after edits made with execute_python.

Example: timeline_compute_all() -> {"ok": true, "errors": [], ...}.

Group a contiguous range of top-level timeline items, first..last inclusive. Groups cannot be nested; the name must be unique in the timeline.

Returns {"group": item (ref 'timeline:'), "members": [item], "marker_position", "count"}.

Example: timeline_create_group(first=, last=, name="Base").

Delete a timeline item (feature, sketch, construction element; a group with its contents).

Without force the item is first suppressed as a probe: if other items fall into the error state, nothing is deleted and the call fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.dependents. The probe recomputes the model (slow on big designs). Items that cannot be suppressed are deleted without the check (dependents_checked = false). With force=true new problems are reported in problems_after.

Returns {"deleted": {"name", "type"}, "dependents_checked", "problems_after": [item], "marker_position", "count"}.

Example: timeline_delete(item=).

Set the distance of every equal-distance edge set of an existing chamfer.

Example: timeline_edit_chamfer(feature=, distance=1.5).

Returns {"feature": item, "changed": [{"key", "parameter", "old_expression", "new_expression", "value", "value_unit"}]} (values in mm / deg). All given keys are applied together; if the feature (or any other) falls into the error state everything is reverted and the call fails with FUSION_API_ERROR, details.reverted = true — unless allow_errors=true. A key that does not apply to this feature fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.available_keys; no key at all fails with 'nothing to change'.

Change an existing extrude: distance (only distance extents, not to-object/ through-all), distance_two (two-sided extrudes) and taper_angle (degrees).

Example: timeline_edit_extrude(feature=, distance=30).

Returns {"feature": item, "changed": [{"key", "parameter", "old_expression", "new_expression", "value", "value_unit"}]} (values in mm / deg). All given keys are applied together; if the feature (or any other) falls into the error state everything is reverted and the call fails with FUSION_API_ERROR, details.reverted = true — unless allow_errors=true. A key that does not apply to this feature fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.available_keys; no key at all fails with 'nothing to change'.

Set the radius of every constant-radius edge set of an existing fillet.

Example: timeline_edit_fillet(feature=, radius=3).

Returns {"feature": item, "changed": [{"key", "parameter", "old_expression", "new_expression", "value", "value_unit"}]} (values in mm / deg). All given keys are applied together; if the feature (or any other) falls into the error state everything is reverted and the call fails with FUSION_API_ERROR, details.reverted = true — unless allow_errors=true. A key that does not apply to this feature fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.available_keys; no key at all fails with 'nothing to change'.

Change an existing hole: diameter, depth (distance extents only), tip_angle, counterbore_diameter/depth (counterbore holes), countersink_diameter/angle (countersink holes). Lengths in mm (or units), angles in degrees.

Example: timeline_edit_hole(feature=, diameter=6.6, depth=12).

Returns {"feature": item, "changed": [{"key", "parameter", "old_expression", "new_expression", "value", "value_unit"}]} (values in mm / deg). All given keys are applied together; if the feature (or any other) falls into the error state everything is reverted and the call fails with FUSION_API_ERROR, details.reverted = true — unless allow_errors=true. A key that does not apply to this feature fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.available_keys; no key at all fails with 'nothing to change'.

Change an existing revolve's angle (degrees; angle extents only) and angle_two (two-sided revolves).

Example: timeline_edit_revolve(feature=, angle=180).

Returns {"feature": item, "changed": [{"key", "parameter", "old_expression", "new_expression", "value", "value_unit"}]} (values in mm / deg). All given keys are applied together; if the feature (or any other) falls into the error state everything is reverted and the call fails with FUSION_API_ERROR, details.reverted = true — unless allow_errors=true. A key that does not apply to this feature fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.available_keys; no key at all fails with 'nothing to change'.

Change the inside and/or outside wall thickness of an existing shell (mm or units).

Example: timeline_edit_shell(feature=, inside_thickness=2).

Returns {"feature": item, "changed": [{"key", "parameter", "old_expression", "new_expression", "value", "value_unit"}]} (values in mm / deg). All given keys are applied together; if the feature (or any other) falls into the error state everything is reverted and the call fails with FUSION_API_ERROR, details.reverted = true — unless allow_errors=true. A key that does not apply to this feature fails with INVALID_PARAMS and details.available_keys; no key at all fails with 'nothing to change'.

Model parameters created by a feature, and the keys its timeline_edit_* tool accepts.

Returns {"feature": ref, "parameters": [{"name", "expression", "value", "value_unit" ("mm", "deg", "" or "fusion_internal" for other units), "role", "comment"}], "editable_keys": [...]}.

Example: timeline_feature_parameters(feature=) -> [{"name": "d3", "expression": "20 mm", "value": 20.0, "value_unit": "mm", "role": "AlongDistance"}].

Health report of the whole timeline. Returns {"ok" (no item in error), "errors": [item], "warnings": [item], "suppressed_count", "rolled_back_count", "marker_position", "count"}. Call it after a series of edits to check the model.

Example: timeline_health() -> {"ok": false, "errors": [{"name": "Fillet1", "message": "..."}], ...}.

List the timeline of the active parametric design in order, with status.

Group members follow their group. Returns {"count", "marker_position", "items": [item], "total", "truncated"}; items after the marker are rolled back (not part of the current model). Address items by "ref", never by index.

Example: timeline_list(only_problems=true) -> which features are broken and why.

Item: {"index" (informational only, never an address), "name", "type" (ExtrudeFeature, Sketch, TimelineGroup...), "ref", "is_group", "group": "timeline:" | null, "is_suppressed", "is_rolled_back", "health": "ok"|"warning"|"error"|"unknown", "message" | null, "component": "component:" | null}.

Rename a feature, sketch, construction element or timeline group. Entity refs stay valid; a group's ref becomes 'timeline:'. Bodies are renamed with the body_* tools, not here.

Returns {"item": item, "marker_position", "count"}.

Example: timeline_rename(item=, name="Base").

Move the timeline marker. Items after the marker are rolled back.

WARNING: while the marker is not at the end, features created by other tools are inserted at the marker position, and they see the rolled-back model. Roll to "end" when done. Rolling into a collapsed group expands it.

Returns {"marker_position", "count", "rolled_back_count"}.

Example: timeline_roll_to(position="before", item=) -> add a feature that comes before the extrude, then timeline_roll_to(position="end").

Collapse or expand a timeline group (display only).

Returns {"group": item + "is_collapsed", "marker_position", "count"}.

Example: timeline_set_group_collapsed(group="timeline:Base", collapsed=true).

Set the expression of a model parameter (one created by a feature) by name.

If the owning feature (or any other) falls into the error state, the old expression is restored and the call fails with the feature's message and details.reverted = true, unless allow_errors=true. User parameters are changed with parameter_update.

Returns {"parameter": {"name", "expression", "old_expression", "value", "value_unit", "unit"}, "feature": item | null}.

Example: timeline_set_model_parameter(name="d3", value=30) -> "30 mm".

Suppress (or unsuppress) timeline items: a suppressed feature is skipped when the model is computed but stays in the timeline.

All or nothing: if any item fails, or the change puts a feature into the error state (e.g. unsuppressing a feature whose references are gone), every item gets its previous state back and the call fails with the feature's message and details.reverted = true. allow_errors=true keeps such a change.

Returns {"items": [item], "marker_position", "count"}.

Example: timeline_set_suppressed(items=[]).

Item: {"index" (informational only, never an address), "name", "type" (ExtrudeFeature, Sketch, TimelineGroup...), "ref", "is_group", "group": "timeline:" | null, "is_suppressed", "is_rolled_back", "health": "ok"|"warning"|"error"|"unknown", "message" | null, "component": "component:" | null}.

Remove a timeline group but keep its members in the timeline.

Returns {"members": [item], "marker_position", "count"}.

Example: timeline_ungroup(group="timeline:Base").

PNG picture of the active Fusion viewport, to check the model visually.

Sets the camera (and optionally the visual style) and leaves it there, so the user sees the same view. Size 64..2048 px. Returns an image and a JSON text with {"width", "height", "orientation"}.

Example: viewport_screenshot(orientation="top", visual_style="shaded_edges").