Add ComponentOccurence / Work planes

[wannensn]

Hi,

when I add a new ComponentOccurence (Assembly) using

assDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences.Add(FileName, mInventorApp.TransientGeometry.CreateMatrix)

all workplanes of the new component become visible.

How can I turn off the workplanes again.

Thanks,

Stephan

[philippe.leefsma]

Hi Stephan,

You can try iterating through the workplanes of the ComponentOccurrence.Definition. For each workplane, create a proxy in toplevel assembly context and use WorkPlane.Visible = false.

If you are not familiar with assembly proxies, please refer to the API Help Overview topic "Objects in Context - Proxies".

Regards,

Philippe.

[wannensn]

Hi Philippe,

thanks your solution is working the workplanes are hidden again. But what happens to workplanes which are visible in the added component? I think with your solution they will be invisible too.

I found out that resetting the DesignViewRepresenation manually will make them disappear. But it didn't work through the API.

When I add a component manually the workplanes don't become visible.

--Stephan

[philippe.leefsma]

Hi Stephan,

This very much looks like an issue unfortunately, the API behavior should be consistent with the UI...

If you control the component insertion from your code, you may want to check which workplanes are visible and which are not before add the occurrence to the assembly, then restore the original visibility state with the workaround described previously...

I hope it helps,

Philippe.