Exchange source file .dat file

Question

I need to exchange the Data File Name of a Source File Object:

I tried to do that by python code:

import zospy

zos = zospy.ZOS()

oss = zos.connect()

oss.load(‘zmx_file.zmx’)

led = oss.NCE.GetObjectAt(1)

TypeSet_LED = led.GetObjectTypeSettings(zp.constants.Editors.NCE.ObjectType.SourceFile)
TypeSet_LED.FileName1 = 'filename.dat'

I wrote that code according to section #! [e21s03_py] in example 21 of the ZOS-API Python examples

Apparently, the code does not work.

Did anyone ever manage to exchange source files via python?

Can you provide a code snippet that works?

Thanks in advance

chaasjes · Accepted Answer

Hi ​@dsotm,Thank you for asking this question and nice to see you’re using ZOSPy!I checked the example code and this works for me:import zospy as zpzos = zp.ZOS()oss = zos.connect("extension")oss.new()oss.make_nonsequential()# Add new catalog MISCoss.SystemData.MaterialCatalogs.AddCatalog('MISC')# Set Wave #1 to 0.47 micronoss.SystemData.Wavelengths.GetWavelength(1).Wavelength = 0.47# Use lumens as the source unitoss.SystemData.Units.SourceUnits = zp.constants.SystemData.ZemaxSourceUnits.Lumens # ZOSAPI.SystemData.ZemaxSourceUnits.Lumens#! [e21s01_py]#! [e21s02_py]# Add 4 more objectsoss.NCE.AddObject()oss.NCE.AddObject()oss.NCE.AddObject()oss.NCE.AddObject()#! [e21s02_py]#! [e21s03_py]# Set 1st object as a Source FileObject_1 = oss.NCE.GetObjectAt(1)Typeset_SourceFile = Object_1.GetObjectTypeSettings(zp.constants.Editors.NCE.ObjectType.SourceFile)Typeset_SourceFile.FileName1 = 'RAYFILE_LB_T67C_100K_190608_ZEMAX.DAT'Object_1.ChangeType(Typeset_SourceFile)Object_1.GetObjectCell(zp.constants.Editors.NCE.ObjectColumn.Par1).IntegerValue = 5Object_1.GetObjectCell(zp.constants.Editors.NCE.ObjectColumn.Par2).IntegerValue = 1000Object_1.GetObjectCell(zp.constants.Editors.NCE.ObjectColumn.Par3).DoubleValue = 2.485572Object_1.GetObjectCell(zp.constants.Editors.NCE.ObjectColumn.Par8).DoubleValue = 0.47Object_1.GetObjectCell(zp.constants.Editors.NCE.ObjectColumn.Par9).DoubleValue = 0.47#! [e21s03_py]Your code seems to be missing this line:led.ChangeType(Typeset_LED)And the specified source file must be located inZemax/Objects/Sources/Source Files.Does that help?

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