In assembly or not

[mk92]

Hello,

ist there a way to check if a assembly is open alone or in an other assembly?

I need to switch the level of detail after opening the assembly. But these assemblys can be i another assembly which is also switching the level of detail.

And then Inventor shows up an error message.

The Code is:

Dim doc as AssemblyDocument = ThisDoc.Document 

Dim oLOD As LevelOfDetailRepresentation 

Dim oAsmCompDef As ComponentDefinition 
oAsmCompDef = doc.ComponentDefinition

Try
    oLOD = oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.LevelOfDetailRepresentations.Item("iLogic").Activate(True)
Catch
Dim nLOD As LevelOfDetailRepresentation
    nLOD = oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.LevelOfDetailRepresentations.Add("iLogic")
    oLOD = nLOD
Finally
    oLOD = oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.LevelOfDetailRepresentations.Item("iLogic").Activate(True)
End Try

[ekinsb · Accepted solution]

I think you should be able to compare the document you got back from ThisDoc.Document to the Application.ActiveDocument.  Even if another document has been in-place activated within an assembly, the top-level assembly remains the active document.  You can compare them using the Is statement like:

If ThisDoc.Document Is ThisApplication.ActiveDocument Then
	MsgBox("Top-Level assembly is being edited.")
Else
	MsgBox("A component in the assembly is being edited")
End If

[mk92]

I'll try it!

But in the meantime i had the idea to suppress the rule in the subassembly from the Top-Level Assembly.

Is this possible?

It should also solve my problem!