dealing with process type

[ancelin-charpentier]

Hey there,
I do have some issues with the process types.
We can now rename the process types in 3d. I'd like to find the list of process type retuned from cadwork so I know the process type name to work with.

I tried that but :
process_type = attribute_controller.get_output_type(element)
But the result is a bit cryptic to me: See next line.
<cadwork.process_type object at 0x0000017110250B30>

does the following still work if process type "Panel 1" has a different name?

def is_panel_1(self) -> bool:
    is panel 1
    Returns:
        bool

[Brunner246]

Hey,

get_output_type returns an object. https://github.com/cwapi3d/cwapi3dpython/blob/main/src/cadwork/process_type.pyi

import cadwork
import element_controller as ec
import attribute_controller as ac

element_ids = ec.get_active_identifiable_element_ids()

for element_id in element_ids:
    process_type = ac.get_output_type(element_id)
    if (process_type.is_panel_1()):
        print("Element is ....")

[ancelin-charpentier]

Hey,
Thanks for your answer.
I wanted to compare the process type of some elements against a list of process type names. That would have been handy to update and to have a consistent mindset than other checks I do in this code for Name, Element type, Element color and a dozen of attributes

Below the way I imagined. Could that be achievable somehow?

import cadwork
import element_controller as ec
import attribute_controller as ac

element_ids = ec.get_active_identifiable_element_ids()

list_of_acceptable_process_type = ['Panel 1', 'Panel 2', 'User 1', 'User 2', 'User 3']

for element_id in element_ids:
    process_type = ac.get_output_type(element_id)
    if process_type in list_of_acceptable_process_type:
        print('All good with your process type')
    else:
        print('Check your process type')

Based on your sample I would to go as follow right?

import cadwork
import element_controller as ec
import attribute_controller as ac

element_ids = ec.get_active_identifiable_element_ids()

for element_id in element_ids:
    process_type = ac.get_output_type(element_id)
    if (process_type.is_panel_1()):
        print('All good with your process type')
    elif (process_type.is_panel_2()):
        print('All good with your process type')
    elif (process_type.is_user_1()):
        print('All good with your process type')
    elif (process_type.is_user_2()):
        print('All good with your process type')
    elif (process_type.is_user_3()):
        print('All good with your process type')
    else: 
        print('Check your process type')

[Brunner246]

@ancelin-charpentier
yes, or you could also do something like this, but your solution is also good :)

process_type_methods = {
    "is_panel_1": lambda pt: pt.is_panel_1(),
    "is_panel_2": lambda pt: pt.is_panel_2()
}

for element_id in element_ids:
    process_type = ac.get_output_type(element_id)
    print(process_type)
    for method_name, method in process_type_methods.items():
        if method(process_type):
            print(f"Element ID: {element_id}, Process Type: {method_name}")
            break

[ancelin-charpentier]

Sweet thanks for clarifying!