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iLogic Automate Assemblies. Quick guide + snippets

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:41:59 GMT

Since I got some positive feedback on my last post I desided to update the guide a little bit with adding some descriptions.

Also changed snippet 3 to detect any file containing whatever you want to detect in the name and return the occurance name as a string to use in the coding.

Containing:

1: Dividing lengths equal with a maximum length

2: Dividing length into standard parts with a variable length

3: For each component with “” in the name

4: Adding parts in a loop

5: Creating and Saving parts with unique part identities based on parameters

6: Main assembly replace unique parts with the created parts in 5

7: Call rules subassembly and parts stand alone

Re: iLogic Automate Assemblies. Quick guide + snippets

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:42:52 GMT

Just a reply to accept so people don't get confused.

Re: iLogic Automate Assemblies. Quick guide + snippets

sam — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 22:41:14 GMT

Very helpful document.

Can you please explain rule number 4 (Adding parts in a loop) in a little bit more detail?

Best regards,

Sam

Re: iLogic Automate Assemblies. Quick guide + snippets

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 05:44:31 GMT

Ofcourse anything in particular that you don't understand?

And thank you for the reply.

Re: iLogic Automate Assemblies. Quick guide + snippets

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 17:59:46 GMT

So here's a little run down of snippet 4.

first of all I used snippet 1 to determine the length and amount of parts i wanted to place.

Double A will be the amount of parts and B the total length of the parts after this code.

Then I used a C for the amount of placed parts through the code. assuming you have always your first part placed, and G for the count of how many relationships i've placed.

After that i put in a repeating loop for when the placed parts are less than the amount of parts calculated.

(Do While C < A)

....

Loop

Next used some variables to update the following, and don't forget to turn parameters.quiet to true

D as double for the to be placed part, C is the amount of parts placed so to use it in a loop it should be +1 for the part that's going to be placed down in the loop.

Then E as String = C. This is to use C in the coding for component.and Constrains.AddFlush (will be reverenced as E)

And F as String = D for the same reason.

Then I used Test1 for the filepath of the part i want to place (choose your own name = "filepath")

After that I used 3 times Constraints.AddFlush to constraint the parts with the plains.

I did this 2 times to line up the parts and 1 time to place the parts away from each other with the calculated length (B) in snippet 1.

it starts with Components Add. so it will each time add a component when C (the amount placed) < A (the amount needed)

Here i reverenced to:

"Test1:" & D (this is for the to be placed partname and reverence for inventor) so each time this will run Test1:1, Test1:2, Test1:3 excetra.

Test1 (reverence to the filepath)

The rest is standard from the snippet in Ilogic

The code follows up with a constraint for the distance wich will be B on the XY Plane and 2 constrains to line up the other plaines. (Constrains.AddFlush)

Here's a little rundown of how I did this. and the non moving planes.

"Flush" & G (for the updated flushcount. This will loop infinite.)

"Test1:" & F (This will access the just placed part in the loop)

"Test1:" & E (This will access the previous placed part in the loop)

offset := B (will mean that the constraint will be moved on the planes with the calculated length in snippet 1)

After Each constraint I updated G

G = G + 1 (so the constraints get their own identity number)

After each loop I updated C

C = C + 1 (To update the amount of parts I placed)

Please note:

Test1 is the reverence to the filepath and is brown in the coding.

"Test1:" is the filename of the part.

I did my best to explain it in a short way, if you have any further questions about this code feel free to ask.

Re: iLogic Automate Assemblies. Quick guide + snippets

sam — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 21:58:52 GMT

Dear @Anonymous,

thanks for explaining the code. I will try and test it on my parts today and will ask you some more questions. I hope you don't mind me keep asking you.

regards,

Sam