Find all parts excluded from nesting via model browser, un-exclude programatically?

Find all parts excluded from nesting via model browser, un-exclude programatically?

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Find all parts excluded from nesting via model browser, un-exclude programatically?

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Hi All!

 

I have several models which at one point in time or another have had certain parts excluded from nesting for various reasons. This was done by right click in model browser and select "exclude from nesting." Now, through part and assembly re-use in newer projects, I find myself constantly missing parts because the "exclude from nesting" property followed the part through the copy design operation into the new assembly. 

 

I really don't want to have to manually look at every part to see if that property is set. I was hoping I could just use "Find Component" and search for those with that property set (this is how I find all invisible parts in an assembly) but I do not see that property available in the search parameters. 

 

Does anyone know of a way to identify the parts which have been excluded from nesting? Or perhaps a bit of iLogic to iterate the model and clear that flag from every part?

 

Other ideas of ways to fix/work through this besides the obvious policy fix of "quit using the exclude from nesting flag"?

 

Thanks!

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@MjDeck That's a huge help. Thank you, sir!

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