Ferdo, Thanks for the response. I understand the idea you are expressing, and I have no issue with the string functions etc to get the name (I have more background in VB than in CATIA), but perhaps what I am missing is the proper search command you are referring to. I have tried this method...
Ok here is my attempt at an example:
The geometrical set template is along the lines of this (the numbering here doesnt really matter it is just an example):
|- 1234 Part Category A
| |- 1234_456 Part Category B
|- 789 Part Category A
|- 567 Part Category A
| |- 5678 Part Category B
So the...
I have a CATPart template that consists of a number of empty geometrical sets that all begin with a smart number followed by their name. The process that I'm attempting to automate is to import .stl point clouds (already named with the same smart numbers) and then move them to their appropriate...