Enum used as a parameter type must be exported?

Aaron_Hoover

I am trying to use the BoundingType enum in a Featurescript that I'm developing that includes an extrude. I keep getting the error "Enum used as a parameter type must be exported" when I try to use the BoundingType like so: 

annotation { "End Type" : "End Type" }

definition.endType is BoundingType; 

The BoundingType enum seems to be used without issue in the Featurescript mentioned in this post about extruding a profile. What am I missing?

ilya_baran

Answering these types of questions is only really possible with a link to your document.  I would guess the difference is the "export" keyword preceding the geometry.fs import in the other post is missing in your document -- so your code should read:

FeatureScript NNN;
export import(path : "onshape/std/geometry.fs", version : "NNN.0");

Where NNN is the FeatureScript version you're using.

ilya_baran

Answering these types of questions is only really possible with a link to your document.  I would guess the difference is the "export" keyword preceding the geometry.fs import in the other post is missing in your document -- so your code should read:

FeatureScript NNN;
export import(path : "onshape/std/geometry.fs", version : "NNN.0");

Where NNN is the FeatureScript version you're using.

Aaron_Hoover

Yep. That did it. I didn't realize I needed to preceded the import with "export." Thank you. 

MBartlett21

@Aaron_Hoover
I would suggest just exporting the enum you need.

export import(path : "onshape/std/boundingtype.gen.fs", version : "937.0");

Some reasons can be found at https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/9583/multiple-declaration-warning

ilya_baran

I agree with Morgan -- adding the export to geometry.fs was the simplest solution, not the best one.