Partbrowser: Getting PartAssembly structure by script
Hello alls,
For setting up an automated process for PartBrowser, I have the need to extract the PartAssembly structure by script.
With these lines, I get all existing Part(assembly)IDs:
*createmark parts 1 all
set Part_List [hm_getmark parts 1]
But how can I identify:
- Which of the IDs is a Part and which a PartAssembly?
- How can I identify, which Parts/PartAssemblies are included in one specific Partassembly (for extracting the assembly structure)?
Thanks a lot
and
best regards
Manuel
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Hi Manuel,
I think you can use this Querry comand hm_allentitiesinfo to get the id of part in assemblies.
This command will return the details in nested list.
To check the command use below location,
https://2019.help.altair.com/2019/hwd/topics/reference/hm/hm_allentitiesinfo.htm
I think this will help you.
Regards,
Manoj Muthusamy
Hi Manuel,
You can do the following to get a list of Part Assemblies:
# Select Part Assemblies
*createmark parts 1 "equal to value" structural_type Assembly
# Select occurences (filter out hidden prototypes)
*createmark parts 2 "equal to value" config 2
# Intersect the two selections
*markintersection parts 1 parts 2
# Get IDs of Part Assemblies
set part_assem_list [ hm_getmark parts 1 ]
In general, to check if a part/module entity is an assembly or a part, you can query the structural_type data name:
hm_getvalue parts id=<part_id> dataname=structural_type
To get the content of a Part Assembly, you can query the childrenids data name:
hm_getvalue parts id=<part_id> dataname=childrenids
This will return a list of IDs (those can be Parts or Part Assemblies if you have a nested structure). If it returns 0, it means the <part_id> is either a Part or an empty Part Assembly.
Thanks,
Michal Stefuca
Program Manager – API and Customization Infrastructure at Altair