How to use SearchConnectionsForDuplicatePairs() ?
Pernelle Marone-Hitz
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Mechanical offers an option to find duplicate contacts:
Can this be used in scripting?
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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
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