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    <title>topic Re: Supress all components with the same name in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
    <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/supress-all-components-with-the-same-name/m-p/11261242#M139739</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi Zach,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Your code works perfectly. This is much much better.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks a lot.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Tom&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:57:14 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>tomislav.peran</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-06-27T14:57:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Supress all components with the same name</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/supress-all-components-with-the-same-name/m-p/11260552#M139724</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hello,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would like to suppress all components in my assembly which contain the name "Cube: " in itself.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I tried making a code by using other codes as an example but, even though the code does what I want, it is not a good one.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have no idea how to stop the code iteration backwards so I just inserted Try &amp;amp; Catch as a quick fix.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Otherwise, I will get an error "Cube:0" can not be found.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If somebody knows how to do this properly please let me know,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Tom&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&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;AssemblyDocument&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Document&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oCubeOccPrefix&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;"Cube:"&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; = 0
&lt;SPAN&gt;'count existing cubes, if any&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;For&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Each&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oOcc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;In&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;ComponentDefinition&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Occurrences&lt;/SPAN&gt;
	&lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oOcc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;name&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;contains&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oCubeOccPrefix&lt;/SPAN&gt;) &lt;SPAN&gt;Then&lt;/SPAN&gt;
		&lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; + 1
	&lt;SPAN&gt;End&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Next&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; = 1
&lt;SPAN&gt;'renumber&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;For&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Each&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oOcc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;In&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;ComponentDefinition&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Occurrences&lt;/SPAN&gt;
	&lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oOcc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;name&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;contains&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oCubeOccPrefix&lt;/SPAN&gt;) &lt;SPAN&gt;Then&lt;/SPAN&gt;
		&lt;SPAN&gt;oOcc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Name&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oCubeOccPrefix&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;'set  name&lt;/SPAN&gt;
		&lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; + 1
	&lt;SPAN&gt;End&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Next&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Try&lt;/SPAN&gt;	
	&lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; - 1
	
	&lt;SPAN&gt;For&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Each&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oOcc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;In&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;ComponentDefinition&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Occurrences&lt;/SPAN&gt;
		
&lt;SPAN&gt;Component&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;IsActive&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oCubeOccPrefix&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt;) = &lt;SPAN&gt;False&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Next&lt;/SPAN&gt;

	&lt;SPAN&gt;For&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Each&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oOcc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;In&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;ComponentDefinition&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Occurrences&lt;/SPAN&gt;
		
	&lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt; - 1 
		
&lt;SPAN&gt;Component&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;IsActive&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oCubeOccPrefix&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;i&lt;/SPAN&gt;) = &lt;SPAN&gt;False&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Next&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;SPAN&gt;Catch&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;End&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Try&lt;/SPAN&gt;	&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:06:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/supress-all-components-with-the-same-name/m-p/11260552#M139724</guid>
      <dc:creator>tomislav.peran</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-06-27T10:06:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Supress all components with the same name</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/supress-all-components-with-the-same-name/m-p/11260816#M139730</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;For something like this I think you can do everything in a single loop instead of multiple loops and trying to keep track of everything. Try this.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI-CODE lang="general"&gt;Dim assemblyDoc As Inventor.AssemblyDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

Dim cubeOccurrencePrefix = "Cube:"

Dim numberOfOccurrences As Integer = 0

For Each occurrence As Inventor.ComponentOccurrence In assemblyDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences
	If occurrence.Name.Contains(cubeOccurrencePrefix) Then 
		numberOfOccurrences += 1
		occurrence.Name = cubeOccurrencePrefix &amp;amp; numberOfOccurrences
		Component.IsActive(occurrence.Name) = False
	End If
Next&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:36:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/supress-all-components-with-the-same-name/m-p/11260816#M139730</guid>
      <dc:creator>Zach.Stauffer</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-06-27T12:36:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Supress all components with the same name</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/supress-all-components-with-the-same-name/m-p/11261242#M139739</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi Zach,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Your code works perfectly. This is much much better.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks a lot.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Tom&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:57:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/supress-all-components-with-the-same-name/m-p/11261242#M139739</guid>
      <dc:creator>tomislav.peran</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-06-27T14:57:14Z</dc:date>
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