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Featurescript Instantiator - addInstance result not evaluating to any bodies

Jacob_CorderJacob_Corder Member Posts: 126 PRO
I am creating an instantiator featurescript. everything works great, i'm pulling in sketches into another part. I'm building the PartStudioData myself using maps. Everything is working as expected besides the Query returned from addInstance. when a sketch profile is all that is imported (instantiated), it resolves to no entities. these sketch profiles are closed sketches.

however, when i do this
var createdFaces = evaluateQuery(context, qCreatedBy(id + "instantiator1", EntityType.FACE))
size(createdFaces) returns the expected number of faces and i can proceed. however, the order these faces are returned, is not consistent.
 
i cant exactly share the code as it is for a client. 

any help would be much appreciated.  Thank you 

Comments

  • kevin_o_toole_1kevin_o_toole_1 Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 565
    What you're suggesting should work fine, with sketches or any other geometry (example).

    Make sure you use the query returned by addInstance() after you call the instantiate() function. instantiate() is where geometry is actually created, so before it's called, the query returned by addInstance() is just an order form for entities that don't yet exist.
  • kevin_o_toole_1kevin_o_toole_1 Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 565
    Note that when not using a reference parameter, the default partQuery excludes sketches, so you'll need to specify it like
    const instanceQuery = addInstance(instantiator, PROFILE::build, {
        "partQuery" : qConstructionFilter(qEverything(EntityType.BODY), ConstructionObject.NO) // include sketches, only exclude default planes
    });
    Leaving that out would cause instantiate to fail outright since the instance has no geometry.
  • Jacob_CorderJacob_Corder Member Posts: 126 PRO
    @kevin_o_toole_1

    i am instantiating first. then execute the query created by addinstance.

    qCreatedBy InstantiatorID  returns everything created even the wire bodies in each instance as expected
    however evaluateQuery (context, addinstanceReturnQuery) returns nothing for each instance. i have shared the featurescript with support if you want to see it. 


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