Assembly: Create SoSwitchMarker.py to externalize the coin stuff that draw the joint's markers(JCS)

src/Mod/Assembly/UtilsAssembly.py

@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def extract_type_and_number(element_name):
         return None, None
 
 
-def findElementClosestVertex(assembly, ref, mousePos):
+def findElementClosestVertex(ref, mousePos):
     element_name = getElementName(ref[1][0])
     if element_name == "":
         return ""
@@ -767,6 +767,21 @@ def openEditingPlacementDialog(obj, propName):
     dialog.exec_()
 
 
+def setPickableState(obj, state: bool):
+    vobj = obj.ViewObject
+    if hasattr(vobj, "Proxy"):
+        proxy = vobj.Proxy
+        if hasattr(proxy, "setPickableState"):
+            proxy.setPickableState(state)
+
+
+def setJointsPickableState(doc, state: bool):
+    """Make all joints in document selectable (True) or unselectable (False) in 3D view"""
+    for obj in doc.Objects:
+        if obj.TypeId == "App::FeaturePython" and hasattr(obj, "JointType"):
+            setPickableState(obj, state)
+
+
 def applyOffsetToPlacement(plc, offset):
     plc.Base = plc.Base + plc.Rotation.multVec(offset)
     return plc
@@ -799,6 +814,23 @@ def arePlacementZParallel(plc1, plc2):
     return zAxis1.cross(zAxis2).Length < 1e-06
 
 
+def removeTNPFromSubname(doc_name, obj_name, sub_name):
+    rootObj = App.getDocument(doc_name).getObject(obj_name)
+    resolved = rootObj.resolveSubElement(sub_name)
+    element_name_TNP = resolved[1]
+    element_name = resolved[2]
+
+    # Preprocess the sub_name to remove the TNP string
+    # We do this because after we need to add the vertex_name as well.
+    # And the names will be resolved anyway after.
+    if len(element_name_TNP.split(".")) == 2:
+        names = sub_name.split(".")
+        names.pop(-2)  # remove the TNP string
+        sub_name = ".".join(names)
+
+    return sub_name
+
+
 """
 So here we want to find a placement that corresponds to a local coordinate system that would be placed at the selected vertex.
 - obj is usually a App::Link to a PartDesign::Body, or primitive, fasteners. But can also be directly the object.1