Problem with cabling XML import file

hello to all ,

I have the same problem with the spools , but when importing the XML in creo 3.0 .

does anyone have a solution how to replace "_" with "." , in the XML/spools ?

Thx 

Hello,

We have exactly same issue :

- how do I replace automatically "_" instead of "."?

OR

- We request support for additional characters, especially "."

Regards

Hi,

I believe the xml import restricted some characters a fairly long time ago. Documentation tells the following

In the Creo Schematics file, ensure that the parameters such as, spool_name, full_name, and term_name that are used to create feature names do not contain the following:
• Spaces
• Begin with “-“
• Characters such as !,”,£,$,%,^,&,*,( ), and . (dot) 
	
The limitations for these parameters are the same as the limitations for cable names.
However, the parameter names can contain the following characters:
• Letters
• Digits
• “_”
• “-“
• An ASCII character greater than 127

If the extended ASCII works (as the document claims) then you could replace the (.) with a bullet (149) or a middle dot (183)?

I would replace the . (dot)  with the underscore (_). You could write a simple python script to do this. Copilot suggest a following code example...

(replaces the . from spool name only). This sample may not work for your specific needs... We don't use the . (dot) on our spool library component names.

import os
import sys
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

# Function to replace dots with underscores in the name attribute
def replace_dot_with_underscore(file_path):
 # Parse the XML file
 tree = ET.parse(file_path)
 root = tree.getroot()

 # Iterate through all SPOOL elements
 for spool in root.findall('.//SPOOL'):
 # Get the name attribute
 name = spool.get('name')
 if name:
 # Replace dots with underscores
 new_name = name.replace('.', '_')
 # Set the new name attribute
 spool.set('name', new_name)

 # Write the modified XML back to the file
 tree.write(("output.xml"), xml_declaration=True, encoding='UTF-8' )

# Example usage
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
	print("Usage: python test.py <file_path>")
else:
	file_path = sys.argv[1]

	if os.path.exists(file_path):
		print("Converting File "+ file_path)
		replace_dot_with_underscore(file_path)
	else:
		print("File does not exist")

Br, Lars