Highlight set

[NachoShaw]

Hi

I have a routine that allows the user to select a part and then that part gets copied multiple times into the same assembly. These parts are likely placed into the assembly to allow positioning and that is done by a mouse click.

I have created a highlight set to highlight all of the parts until the routine ends however, it's not working correctly. What happens is:

The initial part highlights when selected
The copied part highlights, the original parts unhighlights
The copied part highlights, the previous copied part dehighlights and so on. I can only get 1 part to highlight at any one time. There isn't any code cancelling the highlight set.

How can I retain the highlight set until I no longer need it?


Cheers

Nacho

[bshbsh]

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@nmjshaw150 wrote:
There isn't any code cancelling the highlight set.

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I've had an issue with this too. The HLS was cleared as soon as I ran an internal command via the command manager - don't know why. If you're using an internal command to select components (such as Pick), it may be the same case.

I guess if this is the case, then you would have to add your selected component to a permanent ObjectCollection and then recreate the HLS every time after the internal command finished? Just guessing.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

this  http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2015/01/highlightset-does-not-work.html

should help.

[ekinsb · Accepted solution]

Highlighting is somewhat fragile and changes to the model will typically clear any current highlighting.  I would suggest saving a list of the objects you want to highlight and then re-create the highlight after you've done all of the changes.

[NachoShaw]

Hi

I managed to get it working ok. I moved the call to add objects to the highlight collection to the end. I also added in a secondary object collection and iterated through that to do the final highlight. it all works fine 🙂

Cheers

Nacho