From 6bbefe94f526052f0b3ec1c81e7af71abc846e71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Lampert <markus@bibi.ca>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 21:34:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added optional name parameter to Part.show()

---
 src/Mod/Part/App/AppPartPy.cpp | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/AppPartPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/AppPartPy.cpp
index 8c5fcd9ee2..b758ae652e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/AppPartPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/AppPartPy.cpp
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public:
             "read(string) -- Load the file and return the shape."
         );
         add_varargs_method("show",&Module::show,
-            "show(shape) -- Add the shape to the active document or create one if no document exists."
+            "show(shape,[string]) -- Add the shape to the active document or create one if no document exists."
         );
         add_varargs_method("makeCompound",&Module::makeCompound,
             "makeCompound(list) -- Create a compound out of a list of shapes."
@@ -607,15 +607,16 @@ private:
     }
     Py::Object show(const Py::Tuple& args)
     {
-        PyObject *pcObj;
-        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "O!", &(TopoShapePy::Type), &pcObj))
+        PyObject *pcObj = 0;
+        char *name = "Shape";
+        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "O!|s", &(TopoShapePy::Type), &pcObj, &name))
             throw Py::Exception();
 
         App::Document *pcDoc = App::GetApplication().getActiveDocument(); 	 
         if (!pcDoc)
             pcDoc = App::GetApplication().newDocument();
         TopoShapePy* pShape = static_cast<TopoShapePy*>(pcObj);
-        Part::Feature *pcFeature = (Part::Feature *)pcDoc->addObject("Part::Feature", "Shape");
+        Part::Feature *pcFeature = (Part::Feature *)pcDoc->addObject("Part::Feature", name);
         // copy the data
         //TopoShape* shape = new MeshObject(*pShape->getTopoShapeObjectPtr());
         pcFeature->Shape.setValue(pShape->getTopoShapePtr()->getShape());