Access selection of surface profile from python

[[Si...]]

 

Dear,

For surfaces, the selection used for the surface on the actual element can be visualized via "Restore Point Selection". Is there a way to access the selection parameters of this selection in a skript? So that this selection can be recreated automatically via a skript on another part without exporting and importing the whole surface.

 

Thanks for your help!

[[De...]]

Not sure how you created your actual surface, but assuming it was created w a Nominal Surface --> Measuring Principle: Fitting Element, the software is going to need that nominal surface to re-create that actual surface.

If you created your nominal surface with a manual selection, you can record that function (see pictures)
if its based on a CAD Patch, you could segment the CAD & export it out & into your new project (maybe as a separate 'part' ?)

hope it helps.

[[Si...]]

Thanks for your help, Devon!  It is a good idea which will help me in the future, but I need it for an already manually created selection on an actual element. I guess this coordinates array and the corresponding view_direction array is what i would need for an already created selection to recreate that selection. Does anybody know how to access these arrays for an already created actual surface? The selection has been created by selecting the whole actual part and then manually deselecting certain areas.

Edited November 26

[[Ja...]]

Can i ask what the intent is?  I cant see that you can do this because usually it doesnt make sense.  The parametrics like having a nominal driving the actual selection.  I'm struggling to see you end intent application for an actual ' mask' even if it were possible .usually one part is different to another so a copy of any selection will not make sense.  Im sure you have good reason , but understanding the reason and the goal may allow to give some other ideas how to approach

[[Si...]]

Hi James,

For example you have an surface comparison in Gom V23 with a selected surface selection with many stages and you want to provide this comparison to a customer with an older Gom-Version like V2020 which cannot open Zeiss/Gom-Session of GomV23. Giving him the CAD, actual files for the stages and a script will allow him to create the same surface comparisons in his GOM/Inspect-Version. Of course you could export the comparison as XML, but that will not allow to create an surface comparison for all stages but just for the one mesh. So for many stages it would be better to create  surface comparison based on a selection which can then be applied to all the different stages.

This can be necessary if the mesh has certain artefacts and you dont want them to be included in the surface comparison.

 

[[Ja...]]

Could they not just use the free viewer to look at the project you created ?

a script would imply the client has an old professional licence.

Trying to handle backwards compatibility is going to be very challenging , it is hard to imagine how you could recreate the project and reports by code , there are simply too many non scriptable things you would need to consider.

I appreciate its awkward but id be looking for other methods of sharing the results rather than effectively require double work to create the inspection again.