ProCableCosmeticFeatureCreate()

[Joey]

Hello,

Has anyone experience using the ProCableCosmeticFeatureCreate() function in Pro Toolkit? 

cable.ParentAsm.ProAssemblyHandle = a assembly that holds an existing cable.

cable.ProCableHandle = a cable inside a harness

Running:

ProCablelocation* proCableLocations;
ProFeature cosmeticCable;
ProSelection selection;

ProCableLocationsCollect(cable.ParentAsm.ProAssemblyHandle, &cable.ProCableHandle, &proCableLocations);
ProSelectionAlloc(NULL, proCableLocations, &selection);
ProCableCosmeticFeatureCreate(ProCableCosmeticType::PRO_CABLECOSMTYPE_TAPE, selection, L"TapeBundle", L"TapeSpool", &cosmeticCable);

I'm getting this error:

PRO_TK_INVALID_TYPE

The type of the reference selection is not valid for the type of cosmetic feature to be created.

I've tried different combinations but cant get it to work.

[RPN]

• Is the ProArray size greater 0.

• proCableLocations[0]

[Joey]

Yes, it contains 4 location points taken from the cable. 

The pro toolkit documentation states " The selected cable location or cable segment point to use for the feature creation." making it sound like one cable location should suffice. But should it not be able to create a cosmetic between two location points?

Regarding the feature name and spool name, will this ProCableCosmeticFeatureCreate() create both a tape feature and spool or should there exist a spool for it to use?

[RPN]

Ok, but 

&proCableLocations

is a model item array, not a single one, as expected during selection allocate.

It’s valid afik 

ProCableCosmeticFeatureCreate(ProCableCosmeticType::PRO_CABLECOSMTYPE_TAPE,…

but did you try ( I do it always like this):

ProCableCosmeticFeatureCreate(PRO_CABLECOSMTYPE_TAPE,…

this?

[Joey]

I tried:

ProErrorNotOk(ProSelectionAlloc(NULL, proCableLocations[1], &selection), "Unable to select cable location");

ProErrorNotOk(ProSelectionAlloc(NULL, proCableLocations, &selection), "Unable to select cable location");

with not luck.

Using PRO_CABLECOSMTYPE_TAPE did also not change the outcome.  

Thank you for the feedback!

[YaroslavSin]

1. Use proCableLocations[1], as mentioned early and as expected during selection allocate

2. Try to put component path to ProSelectionAlloc. The path to the component where a cable location is.

3. I think, need to use the name of existing spool.