::GetValidLocationToAddItem
From the current selected item(s) in the browser, this command will return the deepest valid (full variable name) container (Assembly/System/Analysis/Template..etc) for adding an instance of the specified registered entity type.
Syntax
::model::GetValidLocationToAddItem argRegType
Application
MotionView Tcl
Description
From the current selected item(s) in the browser, this command will return the deepest valid (full variable name) container (Assembly/System/Analysis/Template..etc) for adding an instance of the specified registered entity type.
Inputs
- argRegType
- We need to send registered entity type (Point,Body,Vector,….) that we are getting the valid location to add to as an argument.
Example
set varParentOfSystem [::model::GetValidLocationToAddItem Point]
if { [::model::IsValidVarname $varParentOfSystem] } {
::model::GetHandleFromFullVarname sh varParentOfSystem
set new_varname "p_test"
sh InterpretEntity ph Point $new_varname "\"Point 1\""
ph InterpretSet SetPoint p_0 10 20 30
::model::EvaluateModel
ph ReleaseHandle
sh ReleaseHandle
}
# After this, a point gets created in the deepest container for all of the selected entities in the model browser
Errors
Returns the full varname of a container if successful.