Rename component in model browser with ilogic after placing component

[waynehelley]

Does anybody know how to do this??

I'm using the following code to place the component with imates and I just need the code to rename components in the model browser.

oAsmCompDef = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition
Dim oOccEnumerator As ComponentOccurrencesEnumerator
oOccEnumerator = oAsmCompDef.Occurrences.AddUsingiMates("C:\Work\Designs\Products\IEC Switchgear\Low Voltage\09090 IEC Type 439 EuroCentre\"&location & "\" & Busbars & ".iam", False)

My part numbers correspond to files names so i know the default name in the browser will be the property 'Busbars' + ":1". for example 09090G00106432:1

[falkmassmann]

I believe you will need to reference the document to get the browsername (DisplayName). I´m not sure if there is another way but I did it with the document reference.

Dim refDocs As DocumentsEnumerator = oInvDoc.AllReferencedDocuments

Dim refDoc As Document

For Each refDoc In refDocs

     Dim oldDisplayName As String = refDoc.DisplayName

oldDisplayName now holds the browsername.

I´m pretty sure that you can get a reference to the document over the ComponentOccurence, take a look at the programming help in Inventor.

In my case I´m copying referenced documents in an assembly to a new assembly file with Save As, but I want to keep the old browsernames for iLogic rules so these keep working.

refDoc.SaveAs(Path & NewFileName &".iam", False)  / path just leads to the folder where all contents should be saved

                                                                                 / NewFileName is done by User

refDoc.DisplayName = oldDisplayName

I copy the whole assembly first and then iterate through all component Occurances. The preceding lines are for component occurances that are assemblies.

For parts it´s pretty much the same.

Hope that helps

Cheers Falk

[waynehelley]

Hi falkmassmann,

Thanks for you reply but I'm a little lost.

I just simply need to rename on instace in the model browser.  I was hoping something simple like this would do it...

Component.Name("Old_Component_Name")="New_Component_Name"

[rjay75 · Accepted solution]

Here you go.

Component.InventorComponent("default_name").Name = "new_name"