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.
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Solved by cwhetten. Go to 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
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).
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.
Hi,
I have the similar doubt. Will be thankful if somebody can help me.
I am doing a simplified stair using iLogic.
Basically stair can be with/ without intermediate stanchion and in order to achieve that from single model I need to hide/delete the components/stanchion including pattern as per requirement so that it should be visible and should not appear in bill of material & vice versa..