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iLogic code to turn sketch block visibility on and off

PaulMunford — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 18:47:59 GMT

Hey chaps.

I'va managed to cobble this code together to turn some sketch visibilities on and off. However, what I'd really like to do is have a single sketch containg some blocks, and turn the visibility of the blocks on and off...

I'm struggling to work out how to call the blocks - can YOU help!

Paul

'Iterate through the sketches collection
'Turn the edging indicators On And Off
For Each oSketch In oDoc.ComponentDefinition.Sketches
　　
Select Case 　oSketch.Name

	Case "Front Edged"
	If E01 = True Then
	oSketch.Visible = True
	Else oSketch.Visible = False
	End If
	
	Case "Top Edged"
	If E02 = True Then
	oSketch.Visible = True
	Else oSketch.Visible = False
	End If
	
	Case "Back Edged"
	If E03 = True Then
	oSketch.Visible = True
	Else oSketch.Visible = False
	End If
	
	Case "Base Edged"
	If E04 = True Then
	oSketch.Visible = True
	Else oSketch.Visible = False
	End If
	
End Select
	
Next

Re: iLogic code to turn sketch block visibility on and off

Curtis_W — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:28:17 GMT

Hi Paul,

Here's a quick example:

Dim oSketches As PlanarSketches
oSketches = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition.Sketches

Dim oSketch As PlanarSketch
oSketch = oSketches.Item("Sketch2")

Dim MyArrayList As New ArrayList
MyArrayList.add("Back Edged")
MyArrayList.add("Base Edged")
MyArrayList.add("Front Edged")
MyArrayList.add("Top Edged")
MyArrayList.add("Turn ON all blocks")
MyArrayList.add("Turn OFF all blocks")

myBlock = InputListBox("Select a block to turn ON", _
MyArrayList, MyArrayList.item(0),"iLogic", "Sketch Block Names")

Dim oSketchBlock As SketchBlock
For Each oSketchBlock  In oSketch.SketchBlocks
    'get position of colon, example: MyBlock:2 returns 8
    iPos = InStr(oSketchBlock.Name, ":")
    'get block name, example: MyBlock:2 returns MyBlock
    sBlockName = Left(oSketchBlock.Name, iPos -1)

    If myBlock = "Turn ON all blocks" Then
    oSketchBlock.Visible = True
    Else If myBlock = "Turn OFF all blocks" Then
    oSketchBlock.Visible = False
    Else If myBlock = sBlockName Then
    oSketchBlock.Visible = True
    End If
    'if any sketch block is visible make the sketch visible
    If oSketchBlock.Visible = true Then oSketch.Visible = True
Next

I hope this helps,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

Re: iLogic code to turn sketch block visibility on and off

PaulMunford — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:54:51 GMT

Yay!

Great stuff Curtis. Thanks for your help 🙂

Re: iLogic code to turn sketch block visibility on and off

RoyWickrama_RWEI — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:25:12 GMT

Hi Curtis;

Thanks for the posting.

I am using a test version of the coding to make vsible the blocks in my sketch (Sketch12) visible. There are a few blocks. However, while the Sketch12 is not visible, the blocks in the sketch don't turn on (not visible). Could you help me, please.

Dim oSketches As PlanarSketches
oSketches = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition.Sketches

Dim oSketch As PlanarSketch
oSketch = oSketches.Item("Sketch12")

Dim oSketchBlock As SketchBlock
For Each oSketchBlock In oSketch.SketchBlocks
    'get position of colon, example: MyBlock:2 returns 8
    iPos = InStr(oSketchBlock.Name, ":")
    'get block name, example: MyBlock:2 returns MyBlock
    sBlockName = Left(oSketchBlock.Name, iPos-1)
oSketchBlock.Visible = True
'    If oSketchBlock.Visible = True Then oSketch.Visible = True
Next

Thanks.