NX OPEN How to get Sheet_Metal_Material_Thickness 1

[spadazenon]

Hello everyone,

I would like to get the value to string for the Sheet_Metal_Material_Thickness of a Sheet Metal Part using NXOpen.

I am trying the following but with no luck:

For Each exp As Expression In exps
expression_name = exp.Description
index1 = expression_name.IndexOf("Thickness")
If index1 > 0 Then
hstring2=exp.RightHandSide.ToString
msgbox(exp.name & " = " & hstring2)
End If
Next

I don't know what Iam doing wrong.

Thank you

 

[moudy1]

Is expression name declared as a string? Have you tried outputing your expression_name to the listing window?
Add the following prior to your For Each.

Dim lw As ListingWindow = session.GetSession.ListingWindow
lw.Open()

add this after the expression_name = exp.Description line

lw.WriteLine("The expression name is: " & expression_name)

Is the expression name mixed case?

 

[spadazenon]

Dear Moudy1,

I did place the code you told me and I get blank lines and other expressions but not the expression I was looking for. For example:

...
The expression name is: (Simple Hole(7) Positioning Dimension Perpendicular Distance )
The expression name is: (Pattern Face(13) Offset in YC...)
The expression name is: (Extrude(16) Start Limit)
The expression name is:
The expression name is:
The expression name is: (Extrude(19) Parallel Dimension between Line16 and Line16)
The expression name is: (Extrude(19) Start Limit)
The expression name is:
The expression name is: (Move Face(21) Displacement)
...

But I cannot get the value (as a string) for the named expression "Sheet_Metal_Material_Thickness". This is what I am looking for.

 

[moudy1]

Instead of exp.Description try exp.Name

 

[spadazenon]

Thank you very much moudy1. This was the problem.

Thank you.