getChildrenInAssembly

Overview

This utility is used to get the Sub Model or Bodies of a Model or Sub Model.

Syntax

OutputList = simlab.getChildrenInAssembly("ModelName","ModelName or SubModelName","Method Type(SUBASSEMBLIES or BODIES or ALLBODIES)")

Method Type

• SUBASSEMBLIES It returns the first level child sub models of the given model name or sub model name
• BODIES It returns the first level bodies of the given model name or sub model name
• ALLBODIES It returns all bodies of the given model name or sub model name

User Case

Below are some of the use cases of GetChildrenInAssembly.

• To export any specific Sub-model or Bodies from the Database
• To perform any operation on specific Sub-model or Bodies

  

Why we need this utility?

In case of assemblies having large number of Sub Assemblies, and we need to get each Sub Assembly as a separate database and work on them individually, we can use this utility to get the Sub Assemblies and export as separate database.

Utility Input/output

Sample