Access some info to rename all imported bodies

Submitted by JXB on Tue, 05/18/2021 - 01:32
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Journaling / NXOpen API

To all,

If I import a parasolid file I get all the bodies with name
Body (1)
Body (2)
etc

If I hoover the mouse over a body I can see an info “box” such as
'Solid Body : AM123456 of Body (2)'
Where AM123456 is the name of the original CAD file or part

I’d like to write a piece of code that loop through all the bodies and rename them. So that (for example) Body (2) becomes AM123456

I cannot seem to find where SimCentre get/store this ‘AM123456’ description. There is nothing in the ‘Information’ or ‘Properties’

Does any know or can help with this?

Thanks
JXB

NXJournaling - Tue, 05/18/2021 - 11:08

It sounds like the name has been applied to the body itself. The names "Body(1)", "Body(2)", etc are the names of the features. I posted some code on eng-tips a while back that will look for bodies that have been assigned a name and will rename the feature to match. See the thread below (specifically the post with the timestamp: 30 May 13 17:20

https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=345441

JXB - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 00:07

Thanks @NXJournaling
This is exactly what I was looking for. Full mark as usual
It's been a long time since I did a bit of NX coding but 1st idea (for a "macro") for a long time and it was solved in no time. Thanks a lot
Regards
John

Thanks
Regards