Rmfg Images
Block that downloads RMFG's rendered pictures. The API's image links need the account's credentials, so a bare URL is useless downstream; this block fetches the PNG and hands it on as a platform media file.
RMFG Get Image
What it is
Downloads RMFG's rendered picture of a design or part, with holes and bends labelled
How it works
Requests /v1/designs/{id}/image, /v1/designs/{id}/parts/{part_id}/image, or /v1/dfm/{id}/parts/{part_id}/image with the chosen view (iso, top, bottom, front, back, left, right, or flat for a sheet part's flat pattern) and optional width (0 uses RMFG's default, up to 4096). Setting dfm_id without part_id is rejected before any request, since a DFM picture is always of one part. Part pictures label every hole and bend by ID, which is how an agent decides which hole_id to tap or countersink; DFM part pictures additionally mark the configured operations.
The block always asks for PNG and checks the bytes it gets back: anything else (the SVG the API can also render, or an HTML error page) is refused with RMFG returned <type> instead of a PNG rather than stored as a media file. Unknown IDs and other HTTP errors are reported as RMFG <code>: <message>. The PNG goes through the platform's media pipeline, so the output is a workspace file in CoPilot and a data URI in graphs.
Inputs
design_id
Design ID from Analyze Design
str
Yes
part_id
Draw only this part, with every hole and bend labelled by ID. Empty draws the whole design.
str
No
dfm_id
With part_id, draw the part as configured in this DFM report, taps, studs, nuts and countersinks marked.
str
No
view
Camera angle; flat shows a sheet part's flat pattern.
"iso" | "top" | "bottom" | "front" | "back" | "left" | "right" | "flat"
No
width
Image width in pixels; 0 uses RMFG's default.
int
No
Outputs
error
Error message if the request failed
str
image
The rendered PNG
str (file)
Possible use case
Hole Selection: Show the customer the flat view of a part with labelled holes before asking which to tap.
Quote Attachment: Attach an iso render of the whole design to the quote email.
Configuration Proof: Send the DFM part picture so the customer can see where the hardware will go.
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