Welcome to the Onshape forum! Ask questions and join in the discussions about everything Onshape.
First time visiting? Here are some places to start:- Looking for a certain topic? Check out the categories filter or use Search (upper right).
- Need support? Ask a question to our Community Support category.
- Please submit support tickets for bugs but you can request improvements in the Product Feedback category.
- Be respectful, on topic and if you see a problem, Flag it.
If you would like to contact our Community Manager personally, feel free to send a private message or an email.
Options
API: Resolving "external" entities
Is it possible to resolve which external entity (origin, x-axis, etc.) is being referenced by a constraint when we do a "get feature list" call?
For example, here is the section of the returned JSON that indicates the external entity (the origin in this case) referenced by a particular coincident constraint:
For example, here is the section of the returned JSON that indicates the external entity (the origin in this case) referenced by a particular coincident constraint:
{
"type": 148,
"typeName": "BTMParameterQueryList",
"message": {
"queries": [
{
"type": 138,
"typeName": "BTMIndividualQuery",
"message": {
"geometryIds": [],
"hasUserCode": false,
"nodeId": "MqV5dh3AIMV6hPynr"
}
}
],
"parameterId": "externalFirst",
"hasUserCode": false,
"nodeId": "Ml8YqJ9PYw+lqfm8p"
}
}It appears that the necessary information to resolve the query and determine which external entity is involved is not present. Is there any way to resolve this?
Tagged:
0
Best Answer
-
Options
kevin_o_toole_1
Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 565 
I don't know of a way to get the exact entity that a sketch entity is constrained to, but you could get its position in space and other data about that sketch entity using either the "Sketch Information" call, or an "evaluate FeatureScript" call which queries the relevant entities and evaluates in anything that FeatureScript can compute.5
Answers