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May 30, 2022
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Feature name for pattern members

  • May 30, 2022
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Hello Dear Community,

 

Is there any way to automatically assign the Feature Name (KE-Name in German) to every pattern element?

In the model tree it looks like the instance gets the parent's name with a [x] extension, but the real Feature Name is empty for these objects. (Of course, when I modify the instance's name by hand, it will be transferred to the Feature Name as well.)

I've found no configuration option or anything for this.

 

Thank you in advance!

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tbraxton
22-Sapphire II
tbraxton22-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
May 30, 2022

I do not believe that the UI has any function to automate this. One of the API customization tools may do it if you generate the code, I am nto sure if that function call exists in the API. You could certainly semi automate this but there is no looping or indexing function available for macros in Creo.

 

Are you attempting to create a unique name for each pattern instance automatically? If you explain why you need this then perhaps an alternative may be proposed.

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TB_98576653-NewcomerAuthor
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May 31, 2022

I need to assign different layers to different features (mostly for sketches). And since I always name the sketches consistently (and there is no other distinction between these sketches), I thought a rule-based layer assignment based on the feature's name is the easiest way to spare the layer-assignment time. It would be a kind of "automation", and it works just as I expected for the single sketches but not within the patterns.

tbraxton
22-Sapphire II
tbraxton22-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
May 31, 2022

There is a bit of a challenge with your stated goal.

Pattern Members are System references (and not Feature references) of the Pattern feature

 

This makes building a search query to collect pattern members a bit convoluted.

See this article:

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS327028 

 

There may still be a away to collect all pattern members within a pattern but it is not obvious using the search tool. I will need to consider this some more.

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