Getting the part name

[SaUt1]

Hi!

I have an Object that includes different parts. How is it possible to get those parts names?
A Little example:

theSession = Session.GetSession()
workPart = theSession.Parts.Work
displayPart = theSession.Parts.Display
MsgBox(workPart.name)

Thank you very much!

 

[cowski]

To get the full path of the file use: workPart.FullPath
To get the name of the file use: workPart.Leaf

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[SaUt1]

Thank you very much for your response! I am using NX as a Virtual Application, therefore debugging with VB using NX is not possible. I have problems understanding the class hierarchy, for example I need to get the parent of a part. In Catia I have the option to directly access the parent with product.parent or product.parent.parent. Does a documentation of the class hierarchy exist online for free?

 

[cowski]

In the NX object model there are part objects and component objects (among many others); parts do not have parents, components do. If you have a reference to a component, you can use compRef.Parent, which will return another component reference (the parent) or a null reference (the component doesn't have a parent, or it is not loaded in session).

If you have a reference to a part object, you can use the .ComponentAssembly property to query what components the part references, if any.

If you have a valid NX license, you can download the help files (if you don't have them already) from the GTAC website.

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[SaUt1]

Thank you for your answer.
I am finaly able now to use the Debugger. I saw that there is the Option "OwningComponent" and "DirectOwner". What is the difference between parent and that?

 

[cowski]

In the context of components, .OwningComponent and .Parent are essentially the same, they both return a reference to a Component object (the next level up, if there is one); .DirectOwner will return a reference to the ComponentAssembly object that the component belongs to.

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