part file names

[bcorley]

Les,
I'm attempting to make an enhanced Autoload plugin that will iterate through each part in the Parts tree and compare its filename to the one detected. If it's a match, then, select the part, else, add a new part to the list, select it, then do the LoadDrawing operation.

Can you give me the syntax for the part filename property?

[Les Newell]

Parts don't always include the drawing file name (e.g a copy won't) but something like this should work:

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function LoadFile(fileName)
   local parts = sc.Parts:Get()
   for idx=0, parts:GetCount() -1 do
      local part = parts:op_index(idx)
      if fileName == part:GetFileName() and not part:IsDuplicate() then
         parts.Selected:Set(part)
         part:Load(fileName)
         return
      end
   end
   local part = parts:AddNew()
   part:Load(fileName)
end