Is it possible to write a featureScript that deletes parts depending on their name?

timo_schmid

I didn't find any query that depends on the name of a part, so I was wondering if it is possible to delete parts depending on their name with a FeatureScript?
Thank you,
Timo

NeilCooke

Not by name because you cannot read properties, only write. You could have another feature which tags parts with attributes that your delete feature could read and then delete the associated body. 

NeilCooke

Not by name because you cannot read properties, only write. You could have another feature which tags parts with attributes that your delete feature could read and then delete the associated body. 

jacob_corder805

@NeilCooke

Is there a possibility that some day we will be able to get a body by Name? There are a lot of cases where this would be helpful.

thanks

NeilCooke

Ideally. There are a lot of technical reasons why we don’t allow this currently, but may be sometime in the future. 

john_mcclary

You can have multiple bodies with the same name. So that is probably the biggest problem with exposing that ability to us. It could be misused by naive coders and cause a lot of odd behavior that the forum or Onshape support would need to troubleshoot. 

Honestly I think multiple bodies able to share the same name is a good feature. Worst part about other CAD is you need to rename files in a specific way to make sure there are never two files of the same name. Lest you open an older assembly at the same time. Now all of your parts got replaced anb broke your assembly.. (stupid solidworks.) 

Code relying on part/body name is a proven problem that i'm thankful Onshape didn't repeat.