XYZ spotweld points HELP

[mnash60]

I have been trying for weeks now to write a journal file that wille select all the spotweld points and input them into a txt file or a excel sheet, but having no luck. I there anyone out the that can help? I am using UGNX 8.

 

[cowski]

What do you have so far?

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[mnash60]

unfortnally nothing as i read on forums they all say i need a grips program. i don't have a clue where to start.

 

[cowski]

What is your "spotweld point"? An associative point feature? A dumb point object? A custom object?

If it is a point object/feature, what differentiates it as a spotweld? object name? some attribute? other?

Can you post a small sample file along with what you would want to see as output?

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[mnash60]

I've attached the part file and a screen dump

 

[cowski]

It appears that the "retained" features have all the info added to them as attributes.

Perhaps the following code will get you started:

Option Strict Off
Imports System
Imports NXOpen
Imports NXOpen.UF

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

        Dim theSession As Session = Session.GetSession()
        Dim theUfSession As UFSession = UFSession.GetUFSession()
        Dim workPart As Part = theSession.Parts.Work

        Dim lw As ListingWindow = theSession.ListingWindow
        lw.Open()

        For Each myFeature As Features.Feature In theSession.Parts.Work.Features.GetFeatures()

            If myFeature.FeatureType.ToUpper = "WELD_POINT" Then

                Dim weldID As String = ""
                Try
                    weldID = myFeature.GetStringAttribute("ID")
                Catch ex As NXException
                    Continue For
                End Try

                Dim weldX As Double
                Try
                    weldX = myFeature.GetRealAttribute("X_Pos")
                Catch ex As NXException
                    Continue For
                End Try

                Dim weldY As Double
                Try
                    weldY = myFeature.GetRealAttribute("Y_Pos")
                Catch ex As NXException
                    Continue For
                End Try

                Dim weldZ As Double
                Try
                    weldZ = myFeature.GetRealAttribute("Z_Pos")
                Catch ex As NXException
                    Continue For
                End Try

                lw.WriteLine("ID: " & weldID & ", " & weldX.ToString & ", " & weldY.ToString & ", " & weldZ.ToString)
                lw.WriteLine("")

            End If
        Next
        lw.Close()


    End Sub


    Public Function GetUnloadOption(ByVal dummy As String) As Integer

        'Unloads the image when the NX session terminates
        GetUnloadOption = NXOpen.Session.LibraryUnloadOption.AtTermination

        '----Other unload options-------
        'Unloads the image immediately after execution within NX
        'GetUnloadOption = NXOpen.Session.LibraryUnloadOption.Immediately

        'Unloads the image explicitly, via an unload dialog
        'GetUnloadOption = NXOpen.Session.LibraryUnloadOption.Explicitly
        '-------------------------------

    End Function

End Module

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