pos rep, view rep and ilogic

[Anonymous]

Hi

Is it in ilogic possible to check which pos rep that is active using a rule? Is it possible to activate a view rep using a rule?

I'd like to do something like:

If this "pos rep name" is active, then activate this "view rep name"

[Yijiang.Cai]

I did not get the existing function in iLogic, but this can be accomplished via Inventor API -

Sub Main()
    Dim oDoc As AssemblyDocument
    Set oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
   
    Dim oCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition
    Set oCompDef = oDoc.ComponentDefinition
   
    Dim sActivePR As String
    sActivePV = oCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name
   
    Dim sActiveDV As String
    sActiveDV = oCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActiveDesignViewRepresentation.Name
   
    Dim sActiveLOD As String
    sActiveLOD = oCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActiveLevelOfDetailRepresentation.Name
End Sub

And you could also use this code sample in iLogic, and maybe the error shows up, and you could remove the "Set" in code line to fix it.

Thanks,
River

[Curtis_Waguespack · Accepted solution]

Hi amasva, 

Here is an example that might help, along with some sample files.

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

' set a reference to the assembly component definintion.
' This assumes an assembly document is open.
Dim oAsmCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition
oAsmCompDef = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition

'toggle Between Positional Representations
If oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name = "Master" Then
oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.PositionalRepresentations.Item("Stacked").activate
ElseIf oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name = "Stacked" Then
oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.PositionalRepresentations.Item("Master").activate
End if

'set View Representation based on of the active Positional Representation
If oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name = "Master" Then
oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("Blue").activate
ElseIf oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name = "Stacked" Then
oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("Red").activate
End if

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much Curtis 🙂