Check the entity type of an Id using featurescript

mohammad_sadil_khan

Hello Onshape Community,

I would like to know if there is any way, given Ids like ("JHD", "JKC"), I can know if these ids correspond to parts, edges, vertices, faces or mate connectors using Featurescript?

Thank you.

Caden_Armstrong

You can turn an entity id into a query like so:

var specificEntity = { "queryType" : QueryType.TRANSIENT, "transientId" : "JHD"} as Query;

and then do a filter like qEntityType and a isQueryEmpty check to see if it matches.

Caden_Armstrong

Mate connectors are a type of body:

qBodyType(myquery, BodyType.MATE_CONNECTOR);

Caden_Armstrong

You can turn an entity id into a query like so:

var specificEntity = { "queryType" : QueryType.TRANSIENT, "transientId" : "JHD"} as Query;

and then do a filter like qEntityType and a isQueryEmpty check to see if it matches.

_anton

^ NB, the shorthand is qTransient("JHD").

Caden_Armstrong

@_anton
As soon as I posted, I remembered there was a proper function for it. Old habits die hard.

mohammad_sadil_khan

Hello,

This is working, Thanks.
I have another question. Since Mate Connector is not an Entitytype, mate connectors ids are being identified as body.
Is there way around it? Thanks

Caden_Armstrong

Mate connectors are a type of body:

qBodyType(myquery, BodyType.MATE_CONNECTOR);

NeilCooke

You should never deal in transient IDs. If you are using println on an evaluated query then you’ll see the transient id but it can change if other features before it in the feature list change the context. Use specific queries only. 

mohammad_sadil_khan

I am using the rollbackbarindex to query on the time the entities are first referred or created.
Will it solve it?

If not, can you please elaborate on the specific queries?

Thanks