topic Re: Is it possible to delete element in pattern? in Inventor Programming Forum

Is it possible to delete element in pattern?

tm21915 — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:27:09 GMT

Hello I need to delete last element of the pattern, I would be really grateful for help, is that possible to do?

Re: Is it possible to delete element in pattern?

A.Acheson — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 20:07:30 GMT

Hi @tm21915

You won't be able to delete but you can suppress.

Example.

OccurrencePatternElement.Suppressed() As Boolean

Could you give a little more context as to the request? If you can let us know how you are doing it manually we can see how to do it by code.

Re: Is it possible to delete element in pattern?

Frederick_Law — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 21:08:42 GMT

@tm21915 wrote:
Hello I need to delete last element of the pattern, I would be really grateful for help, is that possible to do?

Last element?

Make the count - 1

Re: Is it possible to delete element in pattern?

tm21915 — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:20:44 GMT

Hello Thank you for reply. Attached I tried to explain the concept. I will try with suppressing elements. Are suppressed elements calculated in Bills of quantities? or just active are included?

I am making greenhouse structure. Different widths are defined by clients input, outer columns have different thickness from inner ones. This is just example it can have more different widths and different combinations.

My idea was using one pattern and then making element independent and using it for another pattern. However I have problem of overlapping. For some patterns first element was imported to the right place and used as starting point.

I dont know if there is some easier way because I feel like I m over complicating things, every suggestion that could solve this problem or simplify it would be really helpful.

Thank you in advance

Re: Is it possible to delete element in pattern?

WCrihfield — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:02:58 GMT

If you make the pattern element Independent first, then you can delete the component that was held in that position, but the pattern element object itself will stay present in the model browser tree, with nothing in it. I think it is kept in memory though, because you can then make that element not independent again, and that component will reappear.

Re: Is it possible to delete element in pattern?

WCrihfield — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:08:26 GMT

If you do not want something to be counted in the BOM, there are two main options, other than deleting that object. The first, and more proper way, is to set the ComponentOccurrence.BOMStructure to kReferenceBOMStructure. The second, and seemingly more popular option, is to suppress the object/component. Suppression unloads the object from Inventor's session memory, for performance purposes, but also excludes that item from the BOM.

Re: Is it possible to delete element in pattern?

tm21915 — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 23:30:52 GMT

Thank you a lot for answers it helped me solved my problem