Function pfcCreateSelectionFromString

See Also:

pfcCreateModelItemSelection(pfcModelItem_ptr, optional pfcComponentPath_ptr), pfcCreateComponentSelection(pfcComponentPath_ptr)

Parameters:

SelectionString

The selection string. The string should follow the following formats (items in brackets [] are optional): TopLevelObject:[SubAsm]:[SubAs:LeafComponent]/[ModelItem]

The top level object should provided as: "name.type"

Each component in the path can have one of the following formats:

• "name.type"
• "name.type(#comp_id)"
• "name.type(comp_name)"

The component name is the name of the component feature in the context of its parent assembly.

The model item can have one of the following formats:

• "itemtype(#item_id)
• "itemtype(item_name)

Itemtype must one of the following:

• Feature
• Dimension

Returns:

The created selection object.