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Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

DomenicLaritz — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:34:50 GMT

Hello folks,

a colleague asked me if I knew a way to copy the name of a selected model tree element to the clipboard.
Since I could not find an out-of-the-box solution, I developed a small tool for this purpose myself:
"Copy Model Tree Element Name To Clipboard"
Maybe someone else would like to use the tool.

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

DomenicLaritz — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 06:41:39 GMT

I have released a new version 1.2.0 of the tool.
With this you can specify an optional second command line parameter /noext after the trail directory.
This will remove file extensions like ".PRT" or ".ASM".

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

Trebla — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:13:12 GMT

Domenic, Thank you very much for your new version.

I tested in creo4, when I pasted the 'part name' the result was: "End of Trail File" not the name...

This program only works in creo7? Thanks

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

Trebla — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:42:21 GMT

Sorry, I checked it again, I had a typo in the OS mapkey.

It works fine in creo4. Thank you

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

ptc-4988041 — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 15:43:03 GMT

Hi,
I'm very interested in your script but I tried it and, with Creo Parametric 5, Paste give extra characters before and after the the name to copy.

The of the part (the name to COPY) is:
PROVA01
The result of the PASTE operationd is:
%CIPart 'PROVA01' not changes s

I checked the trail file and this 9 characters before and 15 characters after the part name.

I also tried checking the source code .au3 , but my code skills are VERY rusty.
Perhaps the character count to be parsed in the trail.txt file is in one of these files (File.au3; FileConstants.au3) that can't be downloaded?

Any suggestions?

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

Trebla — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:15:56 GMT

Hi,

I use the tool in Creo8 and it works fine, so if you use Creo5 I think it would work well also.

I don't understand the meaning of "not changes s".

If your part name is PROVA01, when you paste the name, I don't see the relation with any "s"...

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

ptc-4988041 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:09:46 GMT

Hi Trebla,
the text:

"%CIPart 'PROVA01' not changes s"

is exactly the sequence of characters that the Paste command returns after launching the script.
Not only the name I would like, that is, PROVA01, but also all the characters before and after how I wrote them between ""
So it seems that the .exe script makes a copy of characters higher than that it should copy from the trail.txt file

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

Trebla — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:22:33 GMT

ok, sorry for my misundestanding...

I can tell you that without changing anything from the exe file; it works well for me in creo4 and also in creo8.

I would check your OS mapkey instead of the exe file...

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

Trebla — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:52:07 GMT

This is my mapkey, you could compare it with yours...

mapkey gn @MAPKEY_LABELget name;\
mapkey(continued) @SYSTEM"C:\\temp\\CopyModelTreeElementNameToClipboard.exe" \
mapkey(continued) "C:\\temp" /noext;

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

ptc-4988041 — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 07:03:05 GMT

Hi Trebla,
my mapkey, obviolusly except for the path, is exactly the same.
I don't understand...

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

Trebla — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:39:07 GMT

Hi,

I have the exe file saved in the "temp" directory.

You also need "trail files" saved in the same directory.

Therefore, in my case I have the config option:

trail_dir C:\temp

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

ptc-4988041 — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:39:22 GMT

Ah, ok! I'll try this...

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

ptc-4988041 — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:22:21 GMT

Again, this procedure in my system copy a wrong string of charater:
"%ClPart "PROVA-A" not changed s"
instead of:
"PROVA-A"

I give up!

Re: Copy name of model tree element to clipboard

falcaopf — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:56:42 GMT

Realy, REALY helpfull! Thanks a lot, it will save me a lot of time.