How to reference a feature by its name?

[luca.giorcelli]

I'm sure it's incredibly simple, but I've been searching for hours and haven't figured it out yet. 

I just want to suppress a feature named "myFeature" in timeline using the Feature.isSuppressed Property

In API reference I find the following

feature_var.isSuppressed = True

Where "feature_var" is a variable referencing a Feature object.

QUESTION
What the right way to reference a Feature by its name? I suppose something like this...

getFeatureByName("myFeature").isSuppressed = True

Please can you tell me the right syntax?

[JeromeBriot · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Try something like this :

features= rootComp.features

myFeature = features.itemByName('myFeature')

myFeature.deleteMe()

[luca.giorcelli]

@JeromeBriot thanks, it works!

[JeromeBriot]

Sorry, I should have posted a complete code:

import adsk.core, adsk.fusion, traceback

def run():
        
    app = adsk.core.Application.get()
    ui = app.userInterface

    try:

        design = app.activeProduct

        rootComponent = design.rootComponent

        features= rootComponent.features

        myFeature = features.itemByName('myFeature')

        if myFeature:
            myFeature.deleteMe()

    except:
        if ui:
            ui.messageBox('Failed:\n{}'.format(traceback.format_exc()))

[luca.giorcelli]

itemByName seems to works only if the feature belongs to root component. But I'm not able to reference a feature inside a child component.

In the example below I unsuccessfully try to suppress featureB inside childComponent:1

The code used is the following

import adsk.core, adsk.fusion, traceback

def run(context):
    ui = None
    try:
        app :adsk.core.Application = adsk.core.Application.get()
        ui  :adsk.core.UserInterface = app.userInterface
        design :adsk.fusion.Design = app.activeProduct
        rootComp = design.rootComponent
        features = rootComp.features

        features.itemByName("featureB").isSuppressed = True


    except:
        if ui:
            ui.messageBox('Failed:\n{}'.format(traceback.format_exc()))

The error I get is the following one

Instead, everything works well if I try tu suppress featureA (belonging to root component) using the same code above.

Is there some syntax to reference features inside subcomponents? E.g. something like "childComponent1:/featureB".

[JeromeBriot]

Hello,

You can iterate through all the components in the current design:

import adsk.core, adsk.fusion, traceback

def run(context):
        
    app = adsk.core.Application.get()
    ui = app.userInterface

    try:

        design = adsk.fusion.Design.cast(app.activeProduct)

        allComponents = design.allComponents

        for component in allComponents:

            features = component.features

            feature = features.itemByName('featureA')

            if feature:
                ui.messageBox('{} - {}'.format(component.name, feature.name))
                feature.deleteMe()

            feature = features.itemByName('featureB')

            if feature:
                ui.messageBox('{} - {}'.format(component.name, feature.name))
                feature.deleteMe()

    except:
        if ui:
            ui.messageBox('Failed:\n{}'.format(traceback.format_exc()))

[luca.giorcelli]

Thanks! It works

[luca.giorcelli9CG7C]

I've run the script with a more complex design. The differences are as follows:

• nested components (on multiple levels)
• shared designs
• sheet metal bended components.

While iterating trough components, I get this error:

I cannot understand the meaning. Some advice? Thanks.