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Inside my assembly I have a subassembly called "MySubAssembly", which contains a component called "MyComponent".
I want to get a reference to MyComponent WITHOUT iterating through all components in MySubAssembly and trying to match names.
I'm sure that there is a function along the lines of CreatePathToComponent("MySubAssembly", "MyComponent") (the syntax is obviously incorrect) and that I have even used it at some point, but I'm unable to find it in my code or anything about it online.
Thanks in advance
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Try this:
I have not tested it yet!
Public Sub Main
Dim ass As Inventor.AssemblyDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim Occurrences As Inventor.ComponentOccurrences = ass.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences
'Dim occ As ComponentOccurrence
Dim assocc As Inventor.AssemblyDocument = ass.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences.ItemByName("MySubAssembly").Definition.Document
Dim PartOcc As Inventor.ComponentOccurrence = assocc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences.ItemByName("MyComponent")
Dim p As Inventor.PartDocument =PartOcc.Definition.Document
End Sub
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@Anonymous
FYI
The function you were trying to remember is called "MakePath()".
There is a built-in iLogic Snippet for using it listed under the System tab / Components (classic).
Here is the online help reference page that talks about it: (you'll need to scroll to the bottom of the web page)
Component Functions Reference (iLogic)
Wesley Crihfield
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@WCrihfieldYes, this is it, thanks!
I started doubting if I really remembered it existing. ![]()