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Limitations in API functionality

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    The following table lists the features that are not supported through the API. Command line scripts written in Visual Basic (VB) can access more functionality than macros recorded in Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insight.

    All features not listed are available for inclusion in both macros and VB scripts.

    FeatureMacrosVB Scripts
    File Menu Functions:
    • Organize Project
    • Project Properties
    • Options (All options)
    Not availableNot available
    Print Functions:
    • Print
    • Print Preview
    • Print Setup
    Not availableAvailable
    Selection Functions:
    • Select By Properties
    • Select By Layers
    • Select All
    • Deselect All
    Not availableAvailable
    Selection Functions:
    • Expand Selection
    • Banding Selection options
    Not availableNot available
    Edit Menu Functions:
    • Study Notes
    • Copy Image to Clipboard
    Not availableNot available
    View Menu Functions:
    • Toolbars
    • Project
    • Notes
    • Layers
    • All Panels
    • Model Display on/off
    • Default Display
    • Lock/Unlock Views/Animations/Plots
    Not availableNot available
    Modeling Menu Functions:
    • Create Inserts
    • Query Entities
    • Surface Boundary Diagnostics
    • Surface Connectivity Diagnostics
    • Surface Repair Tools
    • Simplify elements to beam
    Not availableNot available
    Mesh Menu Functions:
    • Mesh Repair Wizard
    • Show Diagnostics on/off
    Not availableNot available
    Analysis Menu Functions:
    • Import Data From MPX
    Not availableNot available
    Report Menu Functions:
    • All entries
    Not availableNot available
    Tools Menu Functions:
    • New Personal Database
    • Edit Personal Database
    • Search Databases
    • Edit Default Properties Database
    • Import Legacy Moldflow/C-Mold Materials
    • Assign Macro/Command Button
    • Criteria Editor
    • Workspace
    Not availableNot available
    Windows Menu Functions:
    • New Window
    • Cascade, Tile, Split
    • Arrange Icons
    Not availableNot available
    Help Menu Functions:
    • All entries
    Not availableNot available
    Project Panel-right click menu:
    • Compare Studies
    • New Report
    Not available Not available
    Study Tasks Pane-right click menu:
    • Hide Report Images
    Not available Not available
    Standard Toolbar:
    • Search Help
    • What's This
    Not available Not available
    Select Toolbar:
    • All items except Select by properties
    Not available Not available
    Viewer Toolbar:
    • Banding Zoom
    • Move and Edit Cutting Plane
    • Add XY curve
    • Examine results
    • Split windows
    Not available Not available
    Analysis Toolbar:Not availableAvailable
    Results Toolbar:
    • Plot Notes
    • New Report
    • Comparison Criteria Editor
    Not available Not available
    Animation Toolbar:
    • All items
    Not availableNot available
    Modeling Toolbar:
    • Create Mold Insert
    • Runner System Wizard
    • Cooling Circuit Wizard
    • Mold Surface Wizard
    • Locate/Edit/Delete Surface Ties
    Not available Not available
    Mesh Manipulation Toolbar:
    • Define Local Mesh Densities
    • Mesh Repair Wizard
    • Fix Aspect Ratios
    • All Diagnostics
    Not available Not available
    Diagnostic Navigator Toolbar:
    • All items
    Not available Not available
    Report Toolbar:
    • All items
    Not available Not available
    Macro Toolbar:Not available Not available
    User Macro/Command Buttons Toolbar:Not available Not available
    Scaling Toolbar:Not available Available