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
