Generate files automically

[juha.lievonen]

Hi,

I have lot of iPart and iAssembly files. Could I generate files without clicking every member? Now I right click member and I choose "Generate files"

I mean that Could I use for example task scheduler to this works?

[Jon.Dean]

Check out the following code, it is not mine but written by Bob Van der Donck our Technical Lead who also write Blog postings; http://beinginventive.typepad.com/being-inventive/

Here is the API equivalent of  what you can do through the UI:

• Open an existing iPart
• Shift select all iPart members in the browser
• Use the “Generate files” context menu

Code that uses a For…next loop

Public Sub ipart_member_generation()

Dim odoc As Inventor.PartDocument

Set odoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

Dim rowindex As Long

For i = 1 To odoc.ComponentDefinition.iPartFactory.TableRows.Count

rowindex = odoc.ComponentDefinition.iPartFactory.TableRows.Item(i).index

Call odoc.ComponentDefinition.iPartFactory.CreateMember(rowindex)

Next i

End Sub

Code that uses a For each.. Next loop

Public Sub  ipart_member_generation()

    Dim oDoc As PartDocument

    Set oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

    Dim factory As iPartFactory

    Set factory = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.iPartFactory

    Dim row As iPartTableRow

    For Each row In factory.TableRows

        Dim member As iPartMember

        Set member = factory.CreateMember(row)

    Next

End Sub

Code to generate all member of an iAssembly factory

Public Sub iassembly_member_generation()

Dim oDoc As AssemblyDocument

Set oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

Dim factory As iAssemblyFactory

Set factory = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.iAssemblyFactory

Dim rowindex As Long

For i = 1 To oDoc.ComponentDefinition.iAssemblyFactory.TableRows.count

rowindex = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.iAssemblyFactory.TableRows.Item(i).index

Call oDoc.ComponentDefinition.iAssemblyFactory.CreateMember(rowindex)

Next i

End Sub

Maybe you can adapt the code to work for you.

Jon

[karthur1 · Accepted solution]

Here is something that I have used in the past when I need to "Re" generate my ipart members.

[imbroke2]

Thanks jon.dean for reposting this. You just saved me at least a days worth of work. I have hundreds of ipart configurations that needed to be Re-generated.