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    <title>topic Determine BOM Structure of a part from within a drawing in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;I have a drawing of an assembly. Inside the .iam I have a configurator that turns certain parts invisible AND turns their BOM Structure to Reference so they don't show up on the BOM anymore.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now I am doing drawing automation. Is it possible to determine the BOM Structure of one of these parts from within my drawing so I can tell my code to only place a dimension if my part is&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;BOMStructureEnum.kNormalBOMStructure&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;but not when it is&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;BOMStructureEnum.kReferenceBOMStructure&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;The reason it is still placing dimensions on invisible parts is that I am using Attribute Helper to create my attributes from work points. But they are still technically there even though the part is invisible.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Also, we don't want to work with Level Of Details, so I'm not looking for any suggestions involving suppression of parts.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2016 14:20:07 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>iogurt1</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2016-09-10T14:20:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Determine BOM Structure of a part from within a drawing</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/determine-bom-structure-of-a-part-from-within-a-drawing/m-p/6554567#M66716</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have a drawing of an assembly. Inside the .iam I have a configurator that turns certain parts invisible AND turns their BOM Structure to Reference so they don't show up on the BOM anymore.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now I am doing drawing automation. Is it possible to determine the BOM Structure of one of these parts from within my drawing so I can tell my code to only place a dimension if my part is&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;BOMStructureEnum.kNormalBOMStructure&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;but not when it is&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;BOMStructureEnum.kReferenceBOMStructure&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;The reason it is still placing dimensions on invisible parts is that I am using Attribute Helper to create my attributes from work points. But they are still technically there even though the part is invisible.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Also, we don't want to work with Level Of Details, so I'm not looking for any suggestions involving suppression of parts.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2016 14:20:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>iogurt1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-09-10T14:20:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Determine BOM Structure of a part from within a drawing</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/determine-bom-structure-of-a-part-from-within-a-drawing/m-p/6559677#M66768</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Since the BOMStructureEnum can only be used within an assembly you could place a rule in the assembly that look like this:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;SyntaxEditor Code Snippet&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;sArg1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;RuleArguments&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Item Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;sArg1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt; A&lt;SPAN&gt;nd&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;sArg1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;""&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Then&lt;/SPAN&gt;

    &lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Component&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;InventorComponent&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;sArg1&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;BOMStructure&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;BOMStructureEnum&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;kReferenceBOMStructure&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Then&lt;/SPAN&gt;
        &lt;SPAN&gt;SharedVariable&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;BOM Structure&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Reference&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
        &lt;SPAN&gt;MsgBox&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Reference&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
    &lt;SPAN&gt;Else&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;MsgBox&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Normal&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
        &lt;SPAN&gt;SharedVariable&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;BOM Structure&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Normal&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
    &lt;SPAN&gt;End&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;End&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Then place a rule in the dwg that looks like this:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;SyntaxEditor Code Snippet&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;map&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Inventor&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;NameValueMap&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
&lt;SPAN&gt;map&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;TransientObjects&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;CreateNameValueMap&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;()&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;map&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Add&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Item Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Inlet Section&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;iLogicVb&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;RunRule&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Meter Assembly.iam&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Rule10&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;map&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;


&lt;SPAN&gt;AssyBOMStruct&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;SharedVariable&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;BOM Structure&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;AssyBOMStruct&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Normal&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Then&lt;/SPAN&gt;
    &lt;SPAN&gt;MsgBox&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Run This Stuff&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;End&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Just change the variable names to fit your application and it should work!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:58:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/determine-bom-structure-of-a-part-from-within-a-drawing/m-p/6559677#M66768</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-09-13T16:58:56Z</dc:date>
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