{"id":366839,"date":"2024-05-14T23:11:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T23:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/select-all-objects-in-layer\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T21:46:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T21:46:42","slug":"select-all-objects-in-layer","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/select-all-objects-in-layer\/","title":{"rendered":"Select all objects in Layer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, I’d like to enumerate through all layers, select all objects on a layer, then perform a custom function on the selected objects. I’m not able to identify if the objects i have selected are part of the active layer. i would expect it to work similar to this:<\/p>\n

def selectObjinLayer():<\/div>\n
    doc = Window.ActiveWindow.Document<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
    for layer in Layers.GetAllLayers():<\/div>\n
        #print(layer.GetName())<\/div>\n
        Layers.Activate(layer.GetName())<\/div>\n
        selection = Selection.Clear()<\/div>\n
        selection = Selection.Create(Layers.GetActive())<\/div>\n
        secondarySelection = Selection.Empty()<\/div>\n
        <\/div>\n
        #this is the point where the script fails<\/div>\n
        # the GetAllBodies returns empty, so no iteration occurs<\/div>\n
        for design_body in doc.MainPart.GetAllBodies():<\/div>\n
            print(“check if “, design_body,” is in layer “, layer)<\/div>\n
#this is a nonsense getter and comparison:<\/div>\n
           if design_body.Layer == layer:<\/div>\n
                selection.AddToActive()<\/div>\n
        return selection<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
selectedOBJS = selectObjinLayer()<\/div>\n
customFunction(selectedOBJS)<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
the customFunction fills all objects, then renames the associated Surfaces based on the layer name.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-366839","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-macros-scripting-2","topic-tag-python","topic-tag-spaceclaim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t