timelineGroups problem

[brad.bylls]

I am working on naming my timelineGroups.

This code works in one of my scripts:

moldBaseTimelineGroups = design.timeline.timelineGroups

moldBaseIndex = newOcc.timelineObject.index

chamferInputIndex = newChamferFeats.timelineObject.index

moldBaseTimelineGroup = moldBaseTimelineGroups.add(moldBaseIndex, chamferInputIndex)

moldBaseTimelineGroup.name = _inputSelectBaseSize + ' Mold Base'

This works and puts puts the name '1012 Mold Base' at the bottom of the group in the timeline.

This code however just puts Group# at the bottom of the group.

fhscsTimelineGroups = design.timeline.timelineGroups

fhscsIndex = newOcc.timelineObject.index

hexExtIndex = hexExt.timelineObject.index

fhscsTimelineGroup = fhscsTimelineGroups.add(fhscsIndex, hexExtIndex)

fhscsTimelineGroup.name = strResult + ' x ' + strBoltBodyLength + ' FHSCS'

strResult = '1/4-20'

strBoltBodyLength = '1.0'

So the name should be '1/4-20 x 1.0 FHSCS'  (I've verified the variables during debugging)

However, what I get is 'Group 6' as the timlineGroup name at the bottom of the group in the timeline.

I tried:

fhscsBolt = strResult + ' x ' + strBoltBodyLength + ' FHSCS'

fhscsTimelineGroup.name = fhscsBolt

I verified that fhscsBolt did equal '1/4-20 x 1.0 FHSCS'

But fhscsTimelineGroup.name still comes out 'Group 6'

Not much to go on, but any ideas would help.

Thank you.

[nnikbin · Accepted solution]

A timelineGroup name can not contain characters "/" and "=", because when you directly rename a timeline group in user interface, if it contains these characters you get the following error message:

[nnikbin]

You can use unicode character U+2215 (Division Slash) = "∕" instead of "/"

[brad.bylls]

Thanks.

I'll give it a try.

[brad.bylls]

What would be the syntax?

Don't find anything.

[navid.nikbin · Accepted solution]

Just use '\u2215' instead of '/'. You can also use replace or other string functions:

strResult = strResult.replace('/', '\u2215')

[nnikbin]

It was me in previous reply. I used my company user account by mistake.