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Documentation Altium NEXUS Documentation ... PCB Query Functions Attribute Checks

IsMechanicalComponent

Created: September 11, 2015 | Updated: August 09, 2021 | Applies to versions: 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2
Now reading version 1.0. For the latest, read: IsMechanicalComponent for version 4

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Parent page: PCB Query Functions - Attribute Checks

Summary

Returns component objects whose Component Type property is Mechanical. These components do not have electrical properties, are not synchronized (you must manually place them in both editors), and are included in the BOM. An example is a heatsink.

Syntax

IsMechanicalComponent : Boolean/Boolean_String

Example Usage

IsMechanicalComponent
IsMechanicalComponent = True
IsMechanicalComponent = 'True'
Returns all component objects whose Component Type property is set to Mechanical.

Not IsMechanicalComponent
IsMechanicalComponent = False
IsMechanicalComponent = 'False'
Returns all objects except component objects whose Component Type property is set to Mechanical.

Tips

  1. The associated child primitive objects are not returned by this Query.

 

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