selected face should come parallel to display programatically.

[Anonymous]

Hi everybody,

I have a part,in that part i will select randomly one face then that selected face should come parallel to display programatically.Please someone help me how to do this as soon as possible.

thanks in andvance

  yogesh.s

[kennyj]

Yogeshs9739,

LookAt is the command I think you want.  Choose the LookAt icon (under the view cube by default).  Also hot key "Page Up".  Then any surface you select, it will align with the display.

Hope that helps.

Kenny

[Anonymous]

Thanks  for soon replay ,but i want to achieve through programing can you help me for that.

[frederic.vandenplas · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I've tested this in part environment and works on planarfaces in vba

Sub LookAtSelectedFace()

    Dim oDoc As document
    Set oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
  
    Dim oSelSet As SelectSet
    Set oSelSet = oDoc.SelectSet
    
    Dim oFace As Face
    Set oFace = ThisApplication.CommandManager.Pick(kPartFacePlanarFilter, "Select a face.")
            
    If oFace Is Nothing Then
        Exit Sub
    Else
        Call oSelSet.Select(oFace)
    End If
    Dim oCommandMgr As CommandManager
    Set oCommandMgr = ThisApplication.CommandManager

    Dim oControlDef As ControlDefinition
    Set oControlDef = oCommandMgr.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppLookAtCmd")
    
    Call oControlDef.Execute
    
End Sub

[LukeDavenport]

Hi,
You should investigate running the standard Inventor 'Look at Face'
command, perhaps using the CommandManager.
Luke

[Anonymous]

thanks ,it is working fine ..