Set Category with Featurescript?

EvanReese

I'm trying to change a part category via FS. Some properties (like "Not Revision Managed") don't autocomplete, but can be set anyway as a "CUSTOM" property with the property ID. I hoped to do the same thing for a Category. Here's what I'm trying, but it isn't working. Has anyone else proven whether or not this is possible?

        const categoryID = "57f3fb8efa3416c06701d625";
        const categorySelectionID = "6983854abad5b851116b0a88";
        
        setProperty(context, {
                "entities" : entities,
                "propertyType" : PropertyType.CUSTOM,
                "customPropertyId" : categoryID,
                "value" : categorySelectionID
        });

Caden_Armstrong

Formatting the value is very counterintuitive, you need to put the property inside of a literal array - quotes and all:
(And the forum is being weird with formatting so you get a screenshot)

This is the value that goes into set property.
If you do multiple categories, you add a comma between each and surround them with quotes.

Caden_Armstrong

Formatting the value is very counterintuitive, you need to put the property inside of a literal array - quotes and all:
(And the forum is being weird with formatting so you get a screenshot)

This is the value that goes into set property.
If you do multiple categories, you add a comma between each and surround them with quotes.

EvanReese

Everyone needs to hire this man 👆

Sam_Forster

I'm trying to do the same thing, assign a category using featurescript. I get this error:

"Precondition of setProperty failed (definition.value is string)"

// trying to assign the category
const categoryString = "68c877ccca741af3fb44da75";
                
setProperty(context, {                            
  "entities" : part,                              
  "propertyType" : PropertyType.CUSTOM,                        
  "customPropertyId": "57f3fb8efa3416c06701d625",
  "value" : [ "\"" ~ categoryString ~ "\"" ]
});

Caden_Armstrong

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/129653#Comment_129653

The brackets are part of the string. You need the exact format in my earlier post.

wille_j

I'm looking at a computed part property FeatureScript and I'm trying to get the category. It seemed related to this thread.

I have the code below but it doesn’t work.

CATEGORY_ID is the custom property "Category" id. It don't seem to work with the category selection id either. Is there anything I'm missing?

Thanks, Wille

const CATEGORY_ID = "57f3fb8efa3416c06701d625";
const category = getProperty(context, {
 "entity" : part,
 "propertyType" : PropertyType.CUSTOM,
 "customPropertyId" : CATEGORY_ID
 });

wille_j

Update on the getProperty for category, I'm not doing anything wrong apparently. It is (currently) not supported.

EvanReese

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/130520#Comment_130520

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