Selecting all identical parts asynchronous mode

[EA_8293306]

Hi

I'm trying to make an asynchronous app that help automate some processes.

is it possible to iterate through all parts/sub assemblies in an assembly and add all components with a specific file name (test.prt for example) and add them to the selection buffer?

I want the user to have the option to right click and hide/exclude/delete the selected components.  

any example of how to add components to selection buffer will be appreciated.

thanks

[AbySelvaraj]

Hey,

You have to go through the following procedure to achieve what you need.

1. Visit all the features of Assembly thru ProSolidFeatureVisit.

2. Get ProSelection reference to all the features in it.

3. These ProSelection objects can be added to a ProSelbuffer object.

But I'm afraid that you might not need to add all the components in the Selection Buffer. Because once you add a component in the buffer those components will be actively selected in the graphics window and it affects the User Experience.

[RPN]

Asyn Session, proc developed without Creo restart.

# final call with model name pattern c*

# c* will add parts and assemblies, for sure this works as well without wildcards 😁

# see image for some Debug output

::TEST::Add_To_Buffer c*

namespace eval ::TEST	 {

#::TEST::Add_To_Buffer fly*
proc Add_To_Buffer {match} {
	# configure selction Object
	ps_sel selBuff -modelitem SelMiBuf -comppath SelCPBuf
	# Get current Assembly
	set MODEL [ps_model cur]
	# Comppath Model/owner is always this assy
	SelCPBuf config -model $MODEL
	# Get component Datta NAME1 PATH1 NAME2 PATH2 NAMEX PATHX 
	set compData [ps_visit compo -model $MODEL]
	# clear current buffer
	selBuff buffclear
	#walk through
	foreach {model path} $compData {
		#Debug_Var  model path
		if { ![string match -nocase $match $model] } {
			Debug "Not matching '$model'"
			continue
		}
		Debug "match '$model' path $path"

		# configure the path	
		SelCPBuf config -path $path
		# Get the modelname from this path this is index end
		set SelMdl [SelCPBuf model end]
		# get the model type equal to modelitem type
		ps_model to_modelitem -model $SelMdl -- SelMiBuf
		Debug "cp exist [SelCPBuf exist] "
		Debug "mi exist [SelMiBuf exist] "
		Debug "sel exist [selBuff exist] "
		# now add to the buffer
		selBuff buffadd
	}
}
}

 

# plain code without comments and type check
proc Add_To_BufferPlain {match} {
	ps_sel selBuff -modelitem SelMiBuf -comppath SelCPBuf
	set MODEL [ps_model cur]
	SelCPBuf config -model $MODEL
	set compData [ps_visit compo -model $MODEL]
	selBuff buffclear
	foreach {model path} $compData {
		if { ![string match -nocase $match $model] } {
			continue
		}
		SelCPBuf config -path $path
		set SelMdl [SelCPBuf model end]
		ps_model to_modelitem -model $SelMdl -- SelMiBuf
		selBuff buffadd
	}
}

Did some changes, ToModelItem may better.

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