Space Claim script to detect overlapping selections

Landon Mitchell Kanner

In Space Claim is there a command for detecting overlapping named selections? It is not possible to record "Named Selections" > "Detect Overlapping Selections"

 Are any examples available?

Landon Mitchell Kanner

# Python Script, API Version = V23
def detect_group_overlap():
    """
    detect overlapping groups
    Inputs: 
    None
    Outputs:
    new_groups (List[Group]): List of the newly created groups. Each group contains the objects
    that appear in multiple groups. Each group has the name 'Overlap <group_1_name>:<group_2_name>'
    """
    new_groups=[]
    all_groups=list(Window.ActiveWindow.Groups)
    all_members=[member for group in all_groups for member in group.Members]
    for i,group_a in enumerate(all_groups[:-1]):
        members_a=group_a.Members
        group_a_name=group_a.GetName()
        for group_b in all_groups[i+1:]:
            members_b=group_b.Members
            group_b_name=group_b.GetName()
            overlap=set(members_a) & set(members_b)
            if len(overlap)>0:
                new_group=Group.Create(GetRootPart(),"Overlap "+group_a_name+":"+group_b_name,List[IDocObject](overlap))
    return new_groups       
 




def fix_group_overlap():
    """
    fix overlapping groups
    Inputs: 
    None
    Outputs:
    None
    """
    new_groups=[]
    all_groups=list(Window.ActiveWindow.Groups)
    all_members=[member for group in all_groups for member in group.Members]
    for i,group_a in enumerate(all_groups[:-1]):
        members_a=group_a.Members
        group_a_name=group_a.GetName()
        for group_b in all_groups[i+1:]:
            members_b=group_b.Members
            group_b_name=group_b.GetName()
            print(group_a_name+"<>"+group_b_name)
            overlap=set(members_a) & set(members_b)
            if len(overlap)>0:
                new_members_b=list(members_b)
                for obj in overlap:
                    new_members_b.remove(obj)
                if len(new_members_b)==0:
                    group_b.Delete()
                else:
                    NamedSelection.Replace(group_b_name,Selection.Create(new_members_b),Selection.Empty())
    return     
 
 #detect_group_overlap()
 #fix_group_overlap()