Using material iProperties in ilogic forms

[mlouisiana]

I'm trying to build a simple ilogic form to fill out iproperty infomation for parts we generate.  Our company only uses a few of fields that are available.  The problem is that the Physical tab is not available in the form editor.  I would like to add this field to my form to be able to select the material for the part.  The style/standard editor in our part template file holds all materials we use.  Summary, Project, Status, and Custom are all available, why isn't Physical? 

[wayne.brill]

Hi,

I believe you can work around this.

First create a Text Parameter. Name it something like myMaterial. (The value is the name of a material).

 Then create a rule with this conent:

iProperties..Material=myMaterial

Then add the Parameter (myMaterial) to the Form. In my tests when i change the myMaterial parameter on the Form the iProperties for the Material on the Physical Tab is updated. (and the Part changes to the new material)

I attached an ipt file with the rules and the form I used to test.

I hope this helps.

Wayne Brill

Autodesk Developer Network

[mlouisiana · Accepted solution]

Thanks Wayne,

Using your suggestion, I was able to take it one step further.  I setup a multi-value list parameter, then created a rule to suck in all the material data from my template file into the parameter on file startup.  I then placed the parameter on my form to allow the user to select the material they need from the list.  Then finally I had to create another rule to save-back the selection back to the iproperties physical material variable.  It sure would have been easier if Autodesk just put those variables in the forms dialog box!

[wayne.brill]

Hi,

I wanted to let you know that I created a Change Request with engineering to have the Physical iProperties made available on the iLogic form dialog like the other iProperties.

Thanks,

Wayne Brill

Autodesk Developer Network.

[mies07]

I sure would like to see the code for:

" then created a rule to suck in all the material data from my template file into the parameter on file startup"

Thanks

[mlouisiana]

Hello First, make sure you add the parameter in your template file for the material. [cid:image001.png@01CD5DBA.D37E1C50] Then use the rule below to populate the parameter [cid:image002.png@01CD5DBA.D37E1C50] Then use the following rule to saveback the material from the parameter to the iproperties. [cid:image003.png@01CD5DBB.43F8D1A0] And here is my event triggers to make sure it all happen automatically when you start up a new part. [cid:image004.png@01CD5DBB.43F8D1A0] Hope this helps, [cid:image005.jpg@01CD5DBB.43F8D1A0]

[jcorson8499]

is there any way you could attach a file with this in it? 

[mlouisiana]

I just went back and looked at my last post. It didn't look like I expected. I took that info and cut & pasted to a .doc file. This should be easier to read. Mike Louisiana Metal-Matic Inc.

[jcorson8499]

i still dont see anything.

[mies07]

See also:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor-Customization/iLogic-Multi-Value-list-from-Materials...

and attached

[jcorson8499]

great, i cant open that file.

i posted the error here

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor-Customization/iLogic-Multi-Value-list-from-Materials...

[mlouisiana]

Boy I'm sure having troubles getting my attachments to show up properly.  I'll try again to show how I set it up.

[jcorson8499]

Thank you, this works great. 

[mlouisiana]

Hello,

I know this post is a little old but did it ever get done?  We just upgraded to 2015 ultimate but don't see a "Physical" section in the list.

[jcorson8499]

Yes we did. we use this everyday now in our new templates.

[mlouisiana]

Hello, I'm just going thru the process of upgrading all my templates from our last version (2015 to 2017)  I wanted to streamline and get rid off all the workarounds I had to do for materials on the ilogic form.  It doesn't appear that Autodesk ever followed thru and add the physical tab to the ilogic forms?  I still don't see it.  Am I missing something?

[JanekPop]

Still missing, 5 years on.