export bodies from assembly retaining the component name on bodies

Submitted by uwe.a on Sat, 06/22/2013 - 09:27
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.NET programming

Hi cowski,
try to put every thing together I found on engtips, code you offered
and change to export, the way I want , the snipped:

For Each obj As Body In mySelectedObjects
If obj.IsOccurrence Then
If obj.OwningComponent.DisplayName.Length > 30 Then
obj.SetName(obj.OwningComponent.DisplayName.Substring(0, 30))
Else
obj.SetName(obj.OwningComponent.DisplayName)
End If
Else
If obj.OwningPart.Leaf.Length > 30 Then
obj.SetName(obj.OwningPart.Leaf.Substring(0, 30))
Else
obj.SetName(obj.OwningPart.Leaf)
End If
End If
' lw.WriteLine(" Solid Body " + obj.name)
tagList.Add(obj.Tag)
Next

II = taglist.Count

Dim options as UFPart.ExportOptions
With options
.expression_mode = UFPart.ExportExpMode.CopyExpShallowly
.new_part = True
.params_mode = UFPart.ExportParamsMode.RemoveParams
End With

ufs.Part.ExportWithOptions(str_allcatprt, II, tagList.ToArray, options)

my problem is that the names of the bodies not get exported to the new part
... get lost
any help would be nice
regards

NXJournaling - Wed, 06/26/2013 - 05:32

Unfortunately, I have not found a method to retain names when exporting to a new part with the 'remove parameters' option. It appears that 'remove parameters' not only removes the model parameters but also any metadata associated with the geometry (names, attributes, etc).

uwe.a - Wed, 06/26/2013 - 08:12

any other idea / way how to get the result
tia

NXJournaling - Wed, 06/26/2013 - 09:59

This idea is untested, but I think it could be made to work:
Before exporting, loop through the solids and save information such as bounding box size and/or number of faces and/or number of edges; then after the export, loop through the solids in the new file and try to match them up. Once you find a match you can transfer object name, attributes, material, etc.

Not necessarily an easy or straightforward method, but it might work. Potentially problematic if you have an assembly with a lot of parts of similar shape/size.