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[angmyto]

For example, if we look at Lesson 3 - Objects, Selections, Named Selections, we see the functions GetAllBodies/GetBodies/etc. and GetAllComponents/etc. I want to select all components containing a string and all the bodies under it to merge it.

Looking at this, let's say I have another component called Capacitors 2, with the bodies CAP_4, 5, 6. How would I call all bodies under both Capacitors groups without using GetAllBodies("CAP")?

[NickFL]

Is there a reason why you don't want to use the answer you provided with GetAllBodies("CAP")?

This may not be the most elegant solution, but it could work for your case:

# Get the Components with name Capacitors
q = GetRootPart().GetComponents('Capacitors')
# Create Empty Selection
sel = BodySelection.Empty()

# Loop through each component in q and get the bodies and add to selection
for component in q:
    newSel = BodySelection.Create(component.GetBodies())
    sel = Selection.Union(sel, newSel)

[angmyto]

The geometry that I am using is imported from solidworks so I have multiple parts whose bodies have the name "Sweep[   ]" and I wanted to seperate it by the part names. I originally had to change the body names individually when I was using GetAllBodies. Thank you for the solution!