smbPSBlockname

by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - SimMechanics
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 3.2, Creation date: 2016-12-25, Last change: 2025-09-14

return the name of a block realtive to Library

Description

search for "Rotational Friction Force"
smbPSLibname = "/Users/lueth/Desktop/tmp_SG_LIB_EXP_23/+mechPS_Tim_Lueth/Rotational Friction Force"
smbPSBlockname = "mechPS_Tim_Lueth_lib/Rotational Friction Force"

See Also: smbPSBlockname , smbPSLibname

Example Illustration

Syntax

bn=smbPSBlockname(block)

Input Parameter

block: block description

Output Parameter

bn: Block path

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Algorithm (Workflow)

This function, smbPSBlockname, is designed to return the name of a block relative to a library in the SG-Library. It was created by Tim Lueth and is part of the SIMMECHANICS class.

Input Parameters

block: A string that describes the block. This is an optional parameter, and if not provided, it defaults to an empty string.

Output Results

bn: The path of the block within the library.

Algorithm Steps

Initialize the variable block as an empty string.
Check if there is at least one input argument and if the first argument is not empty. If so, assign this argument to block.
Call the function smbPSLibname to get the library path and store it in variable a.
Use the strfind function to locate the position of the character '+' in the string a and store the result in b.
Extract the substring from a starting from the position after '+' to the second last character and store it in bn.
Concatenate bn with the string '_lib/' and the block variable to form the final block path.

Algorithm explaination created using ChatGPT on 2025-08-18 23:15. (Please note: No guarantee for the correctness of this explanation)

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