How to use SearchConnectionsForDuplicatePairs() ?

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

Mechanical offers an option to find duplicate contacts:

Can this be used in scripting?

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

The function to use is SearchConnectionsForDuplicatePairs(). This method triggers the search, but does not return a list of identified objects. It just writes a warning message in Mechanical that a duplicate contact region has been found:

However, it is possible to retrieve the contacts identified in the warning message, and suppress those contacts. Below is a script example:

connections = ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model.Connections # reference connection
duplicates = connections.SearchConnectionsForDuplicatePairs() # search duplicates
duplicate_contacts = [] # empty list
listMessages=ExtAPI.Application.Messages # retrieve messages in Mechanical
for message in listMessages:
    if message.Severity == MessageSeverityType.Warning and message.DisplayString.Contains('This connection object'):
        print('There are duplicate contacts')
        duplicate_contacts.append(message.Source) # add contact to contact list
for contact in duplicate_contacts:
    print('Suppressing ' + contact.Name)
    contact.Suppressed = True