topic Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset? in PowerMill Forum

[macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

danmic7JH66 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:10:07 GMT

Trying to mirror all my project entities and I can mirror pretty much everything but featuresets. Anyone have a way around this?

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

artur.boszczyk — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:59:26 GMT

maybe someone has a macro which can mirror all holes in the feature set? Please share

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

krasimir.vasilev — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 07:17:04 GMT

hi,
this doesn't look straight forward...
have you considered to export the hole featureset as *.XLM and manipulate the file in python and re-import the new xml

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET # Parse the XML file tree = ET.parse('features.xml') root = tree.getroot() # Define the namespace namespaces = {'ns': 'x-schema:Features.xml'} # Iterate over each 'compound_hole' element in the XML for compound_hole in root.findall('.//ns:compound_hole', namespaces): # Create a new 'compound_hole' element new_compound_hole = ET.Element('compound_hole') # Copy attributes from the original 'compound_hole' to the new one new_compound_hole.attrib = compound_hole.attrib.copy() # Append '_mirrorX' to the 'name' attribute of the new 'compound_hole' new_compound_hole.set('name', new_compound_hole.get('name') + '_mirrorX') # Iterate over each 'point' element in the original 'compound_hole' for point in compound_hole.findall('ns:point', namespaces): # Create a new 'point' element new_point = ET.Element('point') # Copy attributes from the original 'point' to the new one new_point.attrib = point.attrib.copy() # Change the sign of the 'X' attribute of the new 'point' new_point.set('X', str(-float(new_point.get('X')))) # Add the new 'point' to the new 'compound_hole' new_compound_hole.append(new_point) # Iterate over each 'axis' element in the original 'compound_hole' for axis in compound_hole.findall('ns:axis', namespaces): # Create a new 'axis' element new_axis = ET.Element('axis') # Copy attributes from the original 'axis' to the new one new_axis.attrib = axis.attrib.copy() # Add the new 'axis' to the new 'compound_hole' new_compound_hole.append(new_axis) # Add the new 'compound_hole' to the parent of the original 'compound_hole' compound_hole.getparent().append(new_compound_hole) # Write the modified XML to a new file tree.write('features_modified.xml') # Print a success message print("The XML file was successfully modified and saved as 'features_modified.xml'.")

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

icse — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:56:10 GMT

try this:

if not entity_exists(entity('featureset','')) { message info 'no active featureset' return } ENTITY $featureset = entity('featureset','') string List $mirrorPlanes = {'Y-Z','X,Z'} int $plane = input Choice $mirrorPlanes 'Select mirror plane' ACTIVATE WORKPLANE FROMENTITY FEATURESET $featureset EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL Graphics lock if $plane == 0 { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[$plane] * -1 EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION X $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } else { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[$plane] * -1 EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION Y $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } graphics unlock

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

artur.boszczyk — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:49:03 GMT

thanks for this. It is a good starting point. I'm looking for a more general - mirror about any plane, which may involve setting the axis, and not only positions.

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

hrh46 — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 13:50:12 GMT

Very good.

Please add commands to ask for keeping original or not.

Thanks in advance

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

icse — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:35:15 GMT

try this:

if not entity_exists(entity('featureset','')) { message info 'no active featureset' return } bool $keepOriginal = 0 $keepOriginal = query 'Keep The Original Featureset?' ENTITY $featureset = entity('featureset','') if $keepOriginal { string $newFSName = new_entity_name('featureset',$featureset.Name) copy featureset ${featureset.Name} activate featureset ${newFSName} $featureset = entity('featureset','') } string List $mirrorPlanes = {'Y-Z','X,Z'} int $plane = input Choice $mirrorPlanes 'Select mirror plane' ACTIVATE WORKPLANE FROMENTITY FEATURESET $featureset EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL Graphics lock if $plane == 0 { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[$plane] * -1 EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION X $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } else { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[$plane] * -1 EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION Y $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } graphics unlock

also here i'm not 100%sure if it works ive still dont have a powermill licence...

but it should give you at least a good starting point.

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

hrh46 — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:19:32 GMT

Thanks again. Awesome.

There was a little typewriting mistakes, I corrected and works

fine.

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

evo80 — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:23:27 GMT

@icse ,

I've been trying to rename the mirrored featureset to the original featureset name + '-Mirrored'

but I can't seem to get rid of the _1 that's added when you copy an entity??

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

icse — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:34:55 GMT

to do this the KeepOriginal ifstatement should look something like this:

if not entity_exists(entity('featureset','')) { message info 'no active featureset' return } bool $keepOriginal = 0 $keepOriginal = query 'Keep The Original Featureset?' ENTITY $featureset = entity('featureset','') if $keepOriginal { string $newFSName = new_entity_name('featureset',$featureset.Name) copy featureset ${featureset.Name} activate featureset ${newFSName} $newFSName = $featureset.Name + '_Mirrored' if entity_exists('featureset',$newFSName) { $newFSName = new_entity_name('featureset',$newFSName) } $featureset = entity('featureset','') rename featureset ${featureset.Name} ${newFSName} } string List $mirrorPlanes = {'Y-Z','X,Z'} int $plane = input Choice $mirrorPlanes 'Select mirror plane' ACTIVATE WORKPLANE FROMENTITY FEATURESET $featureset EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL Graphics lock if $plane == 0 { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[$plane] * -1 EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION X $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } else { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[$plane] * -1 EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION Y $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } graphics unlock

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

iamcdn79 — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:43:29 GMT

My solution

if not entity_exists(entity('featureset','')) { message info 'no active featureset' return } bool $keepOriginal = 0 $keepOriginal = query 'Keep The Original Featureset?' ENTITY $featureset = entity('featureset','') string $newFSName = new_entity_name('featureset',$featureset.Name) if $keepOriginal { copy featureset ${featureset.Name} // Activate the copied featureset activate featureset ${newFSName} $featureset = entity('featureset','') } string List $mirrorPlanes = {'YZ','XZ'} int $plane = input Choice $mirrorPlanes 'Select mirror plane' ACTIVATE WORKPLANE FROMENTITY FEATURESET $featureset EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL Graphics lock if $plane == 0 { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[$plane] * -1 EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION X $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } else { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[$plane] * -1 EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION Y $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } graphics unlock // Add "-Mirrored" to the end of the featureset name $newFSName = $newFSName + "-Mirrored" // Rename the featureset with the new name rename featureset ${featureset.Name} ${newFSName}

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

evo80 — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:38:49 GMT

@icse ,

Cheers, that nailed it!

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

artur.boszczyk — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:46:21 GMT

no one has done this in macros?

https://www.gamedev.net/forums/topic/411626-mirror-a-vector-around-a-plane/

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

evo80 — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:24:06 GMT

@iamcdn79

That is what I did originally, only thing with this is it doesn't rid the _1 or whatever when you copy an entity,

however, the code from @icse does.

Thanks for the help btw!

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

iamcdn79 — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:38:47 GMT

@icse if the workplane from the featureset doesn't exist would this be a good way to use the world workplane instead?

if not entity_exists(entity('featureset','')) { message info 'No active featureset' return } bool $keepOriginal = 0 $keepOriginal = query 'Do you want to copy the active hole featureset?' ENTITY $featureset = entity('featureset','') string $newFSName = new_entity_name('featureset', $featureset.Name) if $keepOriginal { copy featureset ${featureset.Name} // Activate the copied featureset activate featureset ${newFSName} $featureset = entity('featureset','') } string List $mirrorPlanes = {'YZ','XZ'} int $plane = input Choice $mirrorPlanes 'Select mirror plane' // Check if the workplane entity exists bool $workplaneExists = entity_exists(entity('workplane', $featureset.Name)) if $workplaneExists { ACTIVATE WORKPLANE FROMENTITY FEATURESET $featureset } else { // Activate a default workplane if the specified workplane does not exist ACTIVATE WORKPLANE " " } EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL Graphics lock if $plane == 0 { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[0] * -1 // X value if not $workplaneExists { // Apply the transformation using the world workplane $newValue = $feature.Point[0] * -1 // X value using world workplane } EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION X $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } else { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[1] * -1 // Y value if not $workplaneExists { // Apply the transformation using the world workplane $newValue = $feature.Point[1] * -1 // Y value using world workplane } EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION Y $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } graphics unlock // Add "mirror" to the end of the featureset name $newFSName = $newFSName + " mirrored " // Add the workplane used to mirror to the end of the featureset name if $plane == 0 { $newFSName = $newFSName + " in the X" } else { $newFSName = $newFSName + " in the Y" } // Rename the featureset with the new name rename featureset ${featureset.Name} ${newFSName}

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

icse — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:57:09 GMT

With my macro if the featureset does not got a workplane the line

ACTIVATE WORKPLANE FROMENTITY FEATURESET $featureset

should deactivate the current active workplane eg activate the global workplane

then the holes should be mirrored arround the global workplane.

No edit necessary

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

iamcdn79 — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:06:59 GMT

it didn't work with this code, it just left the featureset hole where it was

if not entity_exists(entity('featureset','')) { message info 'no active featureset' return } bool $keepOriginal = 0 $keepOriginal = query 'Do you want to copy the active hole featureset?' ENTITY $featureset = entity('featureset','') string $newFSName = new_entity_name('featureset',$featureset.Name) if $keepOriginal { copy featureset ${featureset.Name} // Activate the copied featureset activate featureset ${newFSName} $featureset = entity('featureset','') } string List $mirrorPlanes = {'YZ','XZ'} int $plane = input Choice $mirrorPlanes 'Select mirror plane' ACTIVATE WORKPLANE FROMENTITY FEATURESET $featureset EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL Graphics lock if $plane == 0 { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[$plane] * -1 EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION X $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } else { foreach $feature in components($featureset) { real $newValue = $feature.WPPoint[$plane] * -1 EDIT FEATURESET $featureset SELECT $feature EDIT FEATURESET ; FEATURE SELECT POSITION Y $newValue EDIT FEATURESET ; DESELECT ALL } } graphics unlock // Add "mirror" to the end of the featureset name $newFSName = $newFSName + " mirrored " // Add the workplane used to mirror to the end of the featureset name if $plane == 0 { $newFSName = $newFSName + "in the X" } else { $newFSName = $newFSName + "in the Y" } // Rename the featureset with the new name rename featureset ${featureset.Name} ${newFSName}

Re: [macro]Mirror a hole featureset?

icse — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:30:25 GMT

You right it does not work correctly if the featureset does use the global workplane....

But it actually should work 😛

if you keep alternating between the mirror planes x-z / y-z it seems to work

if you use the same plane multipe times in a row (mirror the featureset back) it stops working but i dont know why...

if the featureset got a linked workplane everything seems to work fine.