Changing hole termination

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

How can I change the termination of an existing hole feature ?.

If app.ActiveDocument Is PartDocument Then
    Dim doc as PartDocument 
    doc = app.ActiveDocument

    Dim hole as HoleFeature
    hole = doc.ComponentDefinition.Features.HoleFeatures(1)

    ...

End If

Thanks,

Pascal Langlais

[nagwani]

Hi Pascal,

The sample VBA code shown below changes the extent of hole from ToExtent to Through hole and vice versa. 

Hope this helps!

-Ishwar N

Sub changeHoleTermination()
    Dim app As Inventor.Application
    Set app = ThisApplication
    If TypeOf app.ActiveDocument Is PartDocument Then
        Dim doc As PartDocument
        Set doc = app.ActiveDocument
        Dim def As PartComponentDefinition
        Set def = doc.ComponentDefinition
        Dim hole As HoleFeature
        Set hole = def.Features.HoleFeatures.Item(1)
        If hole.ExtentType = kToExtent Then
            ' Make it a through hole
            hole.SetThroughAllExtent (kPositiveExtentDirection)
        ElseIf hole.ExtentType = kThroughAllExtent Then
            ' In this sample the 4th workplane is at center of extruded part
            Call hole.SetToFaceExtent(def.WorkPlanes.Item(4), True)
        End If
    End If
End Sub

[Anonymous]

Thank you Ishwar,

I will take a look this week-end and I'll give you feedback next week

Pascal