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[#1]

Does anybody know how to suppress a pattern in *.iam by ilogic?

I used ilogic to suppress the main components, but the rest are not suppressed.

For example, I have component "A" and make it a pattern (Colum and Row are variable). How to use ilogic to suppress rest not just "A".

I think I asked this questions before, but still I am waiting somebody may could help to solve it in 2009 Inventor.

If somebody coudl help, it will be much appreciated.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Let's say your component pattern is called Component Pattern 1:1 (this is the default naming of new patterns).  The code looks like this:

Component.IsActive("Component Pattern 1:1") = False

I like to change the default browser name for patterns so that they are more descriptive and useful.  So if you changed your pattern name to Part A Pattern, then the code would likewise be:

Component.IsActive("Part A Pattern") = False

[#3]

Great! It is what I want. Thanks lot, cwhetten.

Before I put "Solution" mark, I would like to dig a little deeper.

Suppose in this pattern, I have two or more group components.

I want in case "A", the components in Group "A" to be suppressed only. But in case "B", I want only the components in Group "B" to be suppressed.

Could any code do so?

If not, I have to use different patterns for different groups (I have lot of group).

[#4]

It's possible...  But you would have to hard-code in the component names for each component you want to control.  And this would only work if your pattern quantity never changes.

So, like I said, it's possible...just not very practical.

I think your best bet for controlling these components with iLogic is to do separate patterns for each group of components.

I just don't know of any other way to group components within patterns in a way that iLogic can turn them all off or on.  Maybe Curtis Waguespack would know?  He's a Grand Wizard when it comes to iLogic.