How can I make a composite part of all of the bodies I create in a feature?

monroe_weber_shirk · January 2021

I'm writing a feature script to create a ruler or a scale that includes tick marks and numbers. I want to combine all of the ticks and numbers into a single composite part at the end of the feature script.

I first tried

 opCreateCompositePart(context, id, {
            "bodies" : qAllModifiableSolidBodies(),
            "closed" : false
        });

but that put all of the bodies in the part studio into the composite and I only want the parts created in this feature to be in the composite.

I tried creating an array of all of the bodies as I create them.

tickbodies[i] = qCreatedBy(currentID + "tick", EntityType.BODY);
and then used

opCreateCompositePart(context, id, {
                    "bodies" : tickbodies,
                    "closed" : true
                });

That fails because "bodies" is not expecting an array.

What is the elegant way of putting all of these ticks and numbers into a composite part?

NeilCooke · January 2021

Just use qCreatedBy(id) for all bodies created in the current feature.

konstantin_shiriazdanov · January 2021

presumably you creating tick bodies in a loop? if so then before loop you need to define an empty array:

var tickBodies=[];

//then if the loop you create new body with operation id depending on some "i" and you append the query of that body to the array.

for (var i=0, i<N, i+=1; )

{

//here you apply some operations creating new body with body creation operation id: id+("tickBody"~i)

//here you appending array with operation id

tickBodies = append(tickBodies, qCreatedBy(id+("tickBody"~i), EntityType.BODY));

}

//and finally outside of the loop you turn array of queries into the query for multiple bodies wich you can pass to opCreateCompositePart()

tickBodies = qUnion(tickBodies);

NeilCooke · January 2021

Just use qCreatedBy(id) for all bodies created in the current feature.

monroe_weber_shirk · January 2021

Elegant! Thank you!

How can I make a composite part of all of the bodies I create in a feature?

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