Access Material property fields via iProperty expression?

[Anonymous]

Wondering what the field names for the properties within a material would be and what the expression would be to enter into and an iProperty. So for example below I would assume something like =<material.comments> but that doesn't seem to work.

[pball]

There might not be a way to access that. I tried looking for a way to access that with the vba api and couldn't find a method to reference it that way either.

[HermJan.Otterman]

Hello,

This iLogic rule will set the values for the active material in a part.

      Dim oPartDoc As Inventor.PartDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

        Dim comments As StringAssetValue = oPartDoc.ActiveMaterial("physmat_Comments")
        comments.Value = "Comments"
        Dim manufacturer As StringAssetValue = oPartDoc.ActiveMaterial("physmat_Manufacturer")
        manufacturer.Value = "HJ"
        Dim model As StringAssetValue = oPartDoc.ActiveMaterial("physmat_Model")
        model.Value = "2017"
        Dim cost As StringAssetValue = oPartDoc.ActiveMaterial("physmat_Cost")
        cost.Value = "nothing"
        Dim url As StringAssetValue = oPartDoc.ActiveMaterial("physmat_URL")
        url.Value = "www.cadac.com"

[pball]

It's nice to be proven wrong. I also learned a new trick and to try digging deeper for properties.

[Anonymous]

Hello guys!

Is it possible to get these information using ILogic from oDocument.ActiveAppearance as well?

Like the Description or Keywords

Best Regards. Aron

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! ActiveAppearance() is considered a property of Asset. There are other properties like "Name", "DisplayName", and "CategoryName." Please take a look at Inventor Programming Help. There is good information there.

Many thanks!