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    <title>topic Re: string of code to check the symbol clipping box in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
    <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/string-of-code-to-check-the-symbol-clipping-box/m-p/11196329#M138649</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;This should do it. Source is the API help and search&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-FE8D1453-8F41-4CCE-B7E6-8DDB3653FAA0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;sketched symbol object&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Syntax&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbol.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;SymbolClipping&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;() As Boolean&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 00:30:08 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>A.Acheson</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-05-27T00:30:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>string of code to check the symbol clipping box</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/string-of-code-to-check-the-symbol-clipping-box/m-p/11195834#M138644</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have a code that will insert sketch symbol that works great, and now want to put a line of code in that will check the symbol clipping box or set it before inserting it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="nowellcolsenXK53F_0-1653593963371.png" style="width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1072519iFDF4AB406199D571/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="nowellcolsenXK53F_0-1653593963371.png" alt="nowellcolsenXK53F_0-1653593963371.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oApp&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Application&lt;/SPAN&gt;: &lt;SPAN&gt;oApp&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingDocument&lt;/SPAN&gt;: &lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oApp&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;ActiveDocument&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oSheet&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Sheet&lt;/SPAN&gt; : &lt;SPAN&gt;oSheet&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;ActiveSheet&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oSketchedSymbol&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbol&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
			 
&lt;SPAN&gt;'assigns layer and leader&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oLayer&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;StylesManager&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Layers&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;"Auto Tag"&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oLeader&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;StylesManager&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;LeaderStyles&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;"Auto Tag"&lt;/SPAN&gt;)

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oDrawDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingDocument&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisDrawing&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Document&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oSketchSymLib&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbolDefinitionLibrary&lt;/SPAN&gt; _
    = &lt;SPAN&gt;oDrawDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbolDefinitions&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbolDefinitionLibraries&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Item&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;"Global Form Drawing Library"&lt;/SPAN&gt;)

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oSSDEf&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbolDefinition&lt;/SPAN&gt; _
    = &lt;SPAN&gt;oDrawDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbolDefinitions&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;AddFromLibrary&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oSketchSymLib&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;"AUTO TAG"&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;True&lt;/SPAN&gt;)


&lt;SPAN&gt;'This uses a sketch symbol with the name "'View On' View Label"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oSymDef&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbolDefinition&lt;/SPAN&gt; : &lt;SPAN&gt;oSymDef&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbolDefinitions&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Item&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;“AUTO TAG"&lt;/SPAN&gt;)


&lt;SPAN&gt;'This is the selected view&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oView&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingView&lt;/SPAN&gt;: &lt;SPAN&gt;oView&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;CommandManager&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Pick&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;SelectionFilterEnum&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;kDrawingViewFilter&lt;/SPAN&gt;,&lt;SPAN&gt;"Select View To Place Symbol:"&lt;/SPAN&gt;)

&lt;SPAN&gt;'This takes the label items of the selected view&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;'And adds it To an array that will link To the prompted entry&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;sPromptStrings&lt;/SPAN&gt;(4) &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;sPromptStrings&lt;/SPAN&gt;(0) = &lt;SPAN&gt;"String 0"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;sPromptStrings&lt;/SPAN&gt;(1) = &lt;SPAN&gt;"String 1"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;sPromptStrings&lt;/SPAN&gt;(2) = &lt;SPAN&gt;"String 2"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;sPromptStrings&lt;/SPAN&gt;(3) = &lt;SPAN&gt;"String 3"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;sPromptStrings&lt;/SPAN&gt;(4) = &lt;SPAN&gt;"String 4"&lt;/SPAN&gt;


&lt;SPAN&gt;'This is the position for the sketched symbol under the selected view'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oPosition&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Point2d&lt;/SPAN&gt;: &lt;SPAN&gt;oPosition&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oView&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Center&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;'oPosition.Y = oPosition.Y - (oView.Height/1.90625)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;'oPosition.X = oPosition.X - (oView.Width / 500)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;oPosition&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Y&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oPosition&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Y&lt;/SPAN&gt; + (&lt;SPAN&gt;oView&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Height&lt;/SPAN&gt;/6)
&lt;SPAN&gt;oPosition&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;X&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oPosition&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;X&lt;/SPAN&gt; + (&lt;SPAN&gt;oView&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Width&lt;/SPAN&gt;/5)

&lt;SPAN&gt;'This inserts the sketched symbol and fills in the prompted entry.&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oSymbol&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbol&lt;/SPAN&gt; : &lt;SPAN&gt;oSymbol&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oSheet&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbols&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Add&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oSymDef&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;oPosition&lt;/SPAN&gt;, , , &lt;SPAN&gt;sPromptStrings&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
&lt;SPAN&gt;oSymbol&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Layer&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oLayer&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;oSymbol&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;LeaderStyle&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oLeader&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 19:40:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/string-of-code-to-check-the-symbol-clipping-box/m-p/11195834#M138644</guid>
      <dc:creator>nowell.colsenXK53F</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-05-26T19:40:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: string of code to check the symbol clipping box</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/string-of-code-to-check-the-symbol-clipping-box/m-p/11196329#M138649</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;This should do it. Source is the API help and search&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-FE8D1453-8F41-4CCE-B7E6-8DDB3653FAA0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;sketched symbol object&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Syntax&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;SketchedSymbol.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;SymbolClipping&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;() As Boolean&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 00:30:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/string-of-code-to-check-the-symbol-clipping-box/m-p/11196329#M138649</guid>
      <dc:creator>A.Acheson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-05-27T00:30:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: string of code to check the symbol clipping box</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/string-of-code-to-check-the-symbol-clipping-box/m-p/11197310#M138668</link>
      <description>I get this error&lt;BR /&gt;"Error on Line 10 : Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference."</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 10:41:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/string-of-code-to-check-the-symbol-clipping-box/m-p/11197310#M138668</guid>
      <dc:creator>nowell.colsenXK53F</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-05-27T10:41:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: string of code to check the symbol clipping box</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/string-of-code-to-check-the-symbol-clipping-box/m-p/11198101#M138689</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;The error message suggest you have an object not correctly referenced. Did you by chance place the symbol clipping snippet directly into the code as is without referencing the object?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AAcheson_0-1653668822302.png" style="width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1072940iD5076ADE0C0F0D7A/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="AAcheson_0-1653668822302.png" alt="AAcheson_0-1653668822302.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;oSymbol&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;SymbolClipping&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;True&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 16:29:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/string-of-code-to-check-the-symbol-clipping-box/m-p/11198101#M138689</guid>
      <dc:creator>A.Acheson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-05-27T16:29:22Z</dc:date>
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