topic Import a sheet metal style in iLogic in Inventor Programming Forum

Import a sheet metal style in iLogic

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:31:47 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering if you anyone could help me with importing a sheet metal style (STYLENAME.styxml) into a sheet metal part.

I would like to automatically import the style using an iLogic script.

Thanks!

Re: Import a sheet metal style in iLogic

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:08:17 GMT

Any idea would be appreciated!

So far I have gone to this solution:

1- Copy an existing sheet metal style

2- Modify the parameters to my own style

(Using the code provided in the help- Attched here)

The problem is the materials. I have a custom aluminum in my original style that I can't create/import. Is tehre a way to import or mody an existing material in iLogic code?

Re: Import a sheet metal style in iLogic

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:57:46 GMT

I have got ths for material creation:

Sub Main
CreateMaterial 
End Sub 
Public Sub CreateMaterial()
    ' Set a reference to the part document.
    ' This assumes a part document is active.
    Dim oPartDoc As PartDocument
    Set oPartDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

    ' Create a new material.
    Dim oNewMaterial As Material
    Set oNewMaterial = oPartDoc.Materials.Add("My Material", 11.37)
    
    ' Define the other properties of the material
    oNewMaterial.LinearExpansion = 5.73
    oNewMaterial.PoissonsRatio = 0.38
    ' Arbitrarily assigns the first render style in the render styles collection.
    oNewMaterial.RenderStyle = oPartDoc.RenderStyles.Item(1)
    oNewMaterial.SpecificHeat = 124.3
    oNewMaterial.ThermalConductivity = 310.2
    oNewMaterial.UltimateTensileStrength = 210.45
    oNewMaterial.YieldStrength = 185.5
    oNewMaterial.YoungsModulus = 76.37
End Sub

But importing the styxml file would have been much easier!

Any ideas? Please!

Re: Import a sheet metal style in iLogic

xiaodong_liang — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 02:33:36 GMT

Hi rc3ng,

The loading/importing styxml is still a wish which has not been implemented. Sorry if this is bad news for you. The wish number is: 667891.

Re: Import a sheet metal style in iLogic

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 02:36:38 GMT

Thanks for your tip! Now I can stop wondering around to find a command that does not exist yet 🙂

Re: Import a sheet metal style in iLogic

mrattray — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:37:14 GMT

Is this true of all .styxml's, or only sheet metal styles? I'm trying to import a custom unfold style via iLogic.

Re: Import a sheet metal style in iLogic

VdVeek — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:34:58 GMT

Xiaodong Liang, i can't find this Wish number in the Ideastation, can you provide a link.

Rob.