{"id":37371,"date":"2019-08-28T12:46:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T12:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/act-script-assign-items-to-a-named-selection\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T07:40:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T07:40:24","slug":"act-script-assign-items-to-a-named-selection","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/act-script-assign-items-to-a-named-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT Script: Assign items to a named selection"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the best way to assign items to a named selection in ACT?<\/p>\n

I know how to browse through items (parts, bodies, etc.) in the structure tree. But it seems to me that it is not possible to assign an item, for example a body directly to a named selection. An intermediate step seems to be to gather items in a selection and then assign the contents of the selection to a named selection.<\/p>\n

However, I do not manage to add the items to a selection programmatically. The methods NewSelection as well as AddSelection need an input argument of type ISelectionInfo but I do not know how to obtain this from the Items I am browsing. <\/p>\n

Below is an example where I have tried to assign each part to a named selection.<\/p>\n

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#Model
model = ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model <\/p>\n

# Get parts
Parts = model.Geometry.GetChildren(DataModelObjectCategory.Part,True)<\/p>\n

# The procedure will be included in a loop later. Just using first part in test.
MyPart = Parts[0]<\/p>\n

# Selection
SlMn = ExtAPI.SelectionManager
SlMn.ClearSelection()<\/p>\n

#<\/p>\n

\n>>> Missing part: Adding “MyPart” to current selection <<<<\/p>\n
\n
# SlMn.NewSelection()<\/p>\n

# Create named selection
NSn = model.NamedSelections
MyNS = NSn.AddNamedSelection()
MyNS.Name = “Part0”
MyNS.Location = SlMn.CurrentSelection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-37371","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"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