DATAKIT API  V2025.1
How to use Persistent Name


You can get Persistent Name on several entities using

// Get Dtk_InfoPtr class
Dtk_InfoPtr infos = inObject->GetInfos();
// Get Persistent Name
Dtk_string name = infos->GetPersistentName();

Here are the supported Persistent Name following different readers


The intention of persistent name is to give the same identifier for a same prototype, face or edge between

  • different versions of a file if the geometry is not affected by the change
  • different versions of a Datakit API on a same file (except if we solve an issue)
  • prototypes representing the same file

PesistentName are computed using information in binary file for CatiaV5, CatiaV6, Solidworks, SolidEdge, NX and Creo readers

Dtk_Info::GetPersistentName
Dtk_string GetPersistentName() const
Dtk_string
This is a high level string class.
Definition: dtk_string.hpp:58
Dtk_SmartPtr< Dtk_Info >