Re: disable parameters when part is supressed... or?

LSA-skan · ‎02-18-2013

Hi All

I have a configurator assy, which is controlled with an iLogic rule.

one of the parts is being changed in a lot of ways according to the different configurations. But in one of the Configurations the part must be supressed, which works fine, however next time i run the rule i get an error message from all the other instances where it would change a parameter if the part was active.

I have tried adding if [the configuration that makes the part supressed] = False then, in the beginning of the the code that fails, to simply prevent it from running, but it still makes an error.

and as you can see i have a lot of lines where the part normally would be configurated..

Error on Line 628 : Method arguments must be enclosed in parentheses.
Error on Line 629 : Method arguments must be enclosed in parentheses.
Error on Line 633 : Method arguments must be enclosed in parentheses.
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Error on Line 0 : Maximum number of errors has been exceeded.

I don't understand how to enclose the argument in parentheses..

hope some knows a trick to bypass/Disable these lines...

/LSA-Skan

xiaodong_liang · ‎02-24-2013

hi,

hope the code below self explained your question:

Dim oAsmCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition
oAsmCompDef = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition

'Iterate through all of the occurrences
Dim oOcc As ComponentOccurrence

	For Each oOcc In oAsmCompDef.Occurrences
		Dim oName As String
		oName = oOcc.Name
		
 		oOcc.Suppress (True)  
		'the argument is SkipDocumentSave, in default it is false.
		' so you can also write as
		'oOcc.Suppress()
		 
	Next

LSA-skan · ‎02-24-2013

Hi Xiaodong Liang

Thanks for the reply.. 🙂

I will try this, i´ll be back with a result 🙂

/LSA-Skan

LSA-skan · ‎04-07-2013

Hi Xiaodong Liang

Sorry for the late response, i was put on another project, and had to pause this.

I have now tried to use your code, but im affraid my rookie skills is not sufficient, to make it work as i want to.

First i tried to paste it in the beginning of my code to see what happend, and i just supressed the first part in the browser.

Then i tried pasting the code to within the IF sentence making the problems, leaving the Dim's at the beginning.

This supressed my entire assy.

can you maybe help me specify how and where to paste the code..?

/LSA-skan

jddickson · ‎04-08-2013

If you want you can post the code on here and I will try to fix it for you. A lot of our code deals with suppressing features and part. I think I might be able to help.

Thanks

JD

LSA-skan · ‎04-08-2013

Hi JD

The code is fairly long, 1600 lines or so, and many of the variables is in danish, and might not have any meaning to you.. :), but i have tried to narrow it down to what i think is enough for you to help me.. 🙂

If sekskant = True Then
	booleanseks = InputRadioBox("Udvendig eller indvendig", "Lejehus med Udvendig ", "Lejehus med Indvendig", booleanseks, Title := "6-kant type")
		If booleanseks = True Then
		Component.Replace("kombihus:1", "M:\tegn\Standard bibliotek\90000 Indkøbt standard\90093.ipt", True)
		Component.IsActive("Rulle-2:1") = False
		End If
		If booleanseks = False Then
		Component.Replace("kombihus:1", "M:\tegn\Standard bibliotek\90000 Indkøbt standard\90092.ipt", True)
		Component.IsActive("Rulle-2:1") = True
		Rulle-2.ipt.ADiameter = "15"
		Rulle-2.ipt.Sekskant = True
		Constraint.IsActive("LejeAksel:1") = False
		Constraint.IsActive("LejeAksel:2") = False
		Constraint.IsActive("Sekskant:1") = True
		Constraint.IsActive("Sekskant:2") = True
		End If
	End If
Else
Rulle-2.ipt.Sekskant = False
Component.IsActive("Rulle-2:1") = True
Constraint.IsActive("LejeAksel:1") = True
Constraint.IsActive("LejeAksel:2") = True
Constraint.IsActive("Sekskant:1") = False
Constraint.IsActive("Sekskant:2") = False
End If

This is the part of the code i use to supress my part (Rulle-2:1) and this part is normally being altered in many diffrent ways, but in this case it needs to be supressed. which works ok, but i get an error message, and when i wanna make a new configuration it will not unsupress the part again... and i have to do it manually even though i put this at the top of the code. I have attached a picture of the error im getting. "Fatal error"

Component.IsActive("Rulle-2:1") = True

xiaodong_liang · ‎04-22-2013

Hi LSA-skan,

it is still hard to jump into with the information you provided. Could you try to create a simplest assembly, adding with some parts to build a reproducible scenario? In addition, please do try t isolate your rule till it can occur. By these, it can be helpful to any peer to offer a hand. I understand it is a bit hard to isolate, but addressing your problem is more important.

LSA-skan · ‎04-23-2013

Hi Xiaodong Liang

Im pretty sure that if i make a simple assembly, the problem would not occur... as the supressing function itself shouldn't be that complicated, so my guess is that it´s something small some place else in the code making thie issue... (up to 2600 lines now)

I will try to disable parts of the code till i find the bit that is causing the problem. then i can post again... and maybe you guys can help me solve it.. 🙂

/LSA

xiaodong_liang · ‎04-23-2013

So, if this occurs with specific dataset, it is also important to provide a copy. Thanks.

jddickson · ‎04-23-2013

I’m sorry things have been out of control around here (Super busy). I still haven’t had a chance to look this over. Sorry for that will try to look at it soon. I thought some of this code might be helpful to you.

This will delete all suppressed parts in the assembly. If you don’t want a new level of detail I would suggest turning off the Visibility and using the code below it.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

oAsmDoc = ThisDoc.Document

oCompDef = oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition

Dim oCompOcc As ComponentOccurrence

'Find all occurrences

For Each oCompOcc In oCompDef.Occurrences

'If the occurrence is a part and suppressed, delete it

If oCompOcc.DefinitionDocumentType = kPartDocumentObject And oCompOcc.suppressed = False Then

oCompOcc.Delete

End If

oAsmDoc = ThisDoc.Document

oCompDef = oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition

Dim oCompOcc As ComponentOccurrence

'Find all occurrences

For Each oCompOcc In oCompDef.Occurrences

'If the occurrence is a part and Invisible, delete it

If oCompOcc.DefinitionDocumentType = kPartDocumentObject And oCompOcc.Visible = False Then

oCompOcc.Delete

End If

If you want to delete features in a part I would suggest using this code:

oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

Dim oFeatures As PartFeatures

oFeatures = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.Features

Dim oFeature As PartFeature

'Remove suppressed features

For Each oFeature In oFeatures

featureName = oFeature.Name

If Not Feature.IsActive(featureName) Then

oFeature.Delete

End If

Thanks

JD

jddickson · ‎04-23-2013

This code below will make all invisible part reference so they will not show up in your drawing or your BOM. This might help with any constraining errors because the part is not suppressed. You would just have to change your code from suppressing parts to turning off the visibility. I hope some of this might help…

' set a reference to the assembly component definintion.

' This assumes an assembly document is open.

Dim oAsmCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition

oAsmCompDef = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition

'Iterate through all of the occurrences

Dim oOccurrence As ComponentOccurrence

For Each oOccurrence In oAsmCompDef.Occurrences

'check for and skip virtual components

If Not TypeOf oOccurrence.Definition Is VirtualComponentDefinition Then

'set BOM as default if the component is visible

If Component.Visible(oOccurrence.Name) = True Then

Component.InventorComponent(oOccurrence.Name).BOMStructure = _

BOMStructureEnum.kDefaultBOMStructure

'set BOM as reference if the component is not visible

ElseIf Component.Visible(oOccurrence.Name) = False Then

Component.InventorComponent(oOccurrence.Name).BOMStructure = _

BOMStructureEnum.kReferenceBOMStructure

End If

Else

End If

Next

disable parameters when part is supressed... or?

disable parameters when part is supressed... or?

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