Annotation filters - what should I expect to work?

traveler_hauptman · April 2016

So, to grab wires in a sketch, shouldn't the following work?

annotation { "Name" : "Sketch Edges", "Filter" : EntityType.EDGE && BodyType.WIRE   }

If I'm filtering from everything, why does this not work?

annotation { "Name" : "Sketch Edges", "Filter" : BodyType.SOLID}

Evan · April 2016

Thanks for the feedback. You are correct. This filter:

annotation { "Name" : "Sketch Edges", "Filter" : EntityType.EDGE && BodyType.WIRE }

should include sketch edges. (It would also include helices, which are wire bodies.) I've logged this as an issue.

You could use a more specific filter that just includes sketch edges:

annotation { "Name" : "Sketch Edges", "Filter" : EntityType.EDGE && SketchObject.YES }

With regards to this filter:

annotation { "Name" : "Sketch Edges", "Filter" : BodyType.SOLID }

I would expect that to allow selection of any entity (face, edge, vertex) that belongs to a solid body (i.e., a part). What are you expecting in this case?

traveler_hauptman · April 2016

Regarding

annotation { "Name" : "Sketch Edges", "Filter" : BodyType.SOLID <span>}</span>

I was expecting something different (select only parts) but I'm still learning what entities and bodies are and how your query system works..

ilya_baran · April 2016

For that, you would need to do EntityType.BODY && BodyType.SOLID

Annotation filters - what should I expect to work?

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