Hi, all.
iLogic Design Copy is great instrument! It works wery well, but i find some issue.
If you uncheck boxed renaming - renaming procedure stops at all (copying error). Please fix this.
I need to rename only those parts, which get influence, from my iLogic parameters, not all parts.
More info at the pictures below.
Hi Sergey,
The behavior does not sound right to me. I need to work with the project team and see why it behaves this way. Hopefully, it can be fixed soon.
Many thanks!
@AnufrievSergey , it looks like you are creating copies of each file in the same folder. Is that true? The source folder is the same as the target (destination) folder?
We weren't expecting the source and destination to be the same. We can make changes to support that workflow in future.
It looks like there's no workaround with iLogic Design Copy. Have you considered using Copy Design in Vault instead?
I'm not familiar with Vault Copy Design myself, but I think it's worth a try. You can set the "Reuse" option on individual files to avoid copying and renaming them. If you have questions about Copy Design, it's best to ask them on the Vault forum.
But I'm wondering why you want to create a copy in the same folder. How are you planning to use the copy?
Good day, MJ.
I use storage stackable trolley for aluminium alloy profiles different shapes. Each profile need to be store by own trolley with exact dimension. And this dimensions are parametric, I call it general dimensions. See picture.
Some parts are depends from general dimensions, some parts not. All trolleys is a same project and need to be saved in one folder, but parts can be save in a several subfolder. But in a "iLogic Copy Design" i can choose only vault project root. I not except that my experience in a "iLogic Copy Design" is poor. And if you can explain how can i save all parts of three trolley: 800x600x400, 800x400x400, 800x400x600 (it is LxWxH in mm), in a same folder or subfolders, it will be wery helpful. I have some unified parts and have a parts witch depend from general dimensions.
Thanks, please excuse me for delay answer.
I think Vault Design Copy would be better for what you're trying to do.
@chrisw01a , it's not an Apprentice bug. They really are two separate documents, although they are in one single ipt file. In Inventor 2022 and later, a model state file contains one factory document, plus one member document for each model state.
When a model state component is placed in an assembly, the assembly contains a reference to one of the member documents.
If you place two different model states of the same file, then the assembly contains references to two different model state member documents.
To avoid trying to copy the same file twice, you could keep a HashSet or Dictionary of the filenames that have been processed.
You can use the File.AllReferencedFiles property. Sample:
For Each fileX As Inventor.File In openedDoc.File.AllReferencedFiles
Debug.Print("referenced file: {0}", fileX.FullFileName)
Next
However, that doesn't give you the Document. And unfortunately, it looks like each member document has a separate NeedsMigrating flag. You have to activate the model state and save it in order to migrate its document. Let me double-check that behavior.
But I would recommend using openedDoc.AllReferencedDocuments as you are now. But add a new dictionary of filenames (in addition to what you have now) to avoid adding names twice.
You can get a list of Documents from a File. So if you want to use AllReferencedFiles:
For Each fileX As Inventor.File In openedDoc.File.AllReferencedFiles
Debug.Print("referenced file: {0}", fileX.FullFileName)
For Each docX As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDocument In fileX.AvailableDocuments
Debug.Print(" needs migrating = {0}", docX.NeedsMigrating)
Next
Next
Here's a sample function to test for factory and member documents. This could be improved by to defining an Enum and returning that instead of an integer.
''' <summary>
''' Returns:
''' 0 if the document is not a model state document
''' 1 if it is a model state factory
''' 2 if it is a model state member
''' </summary>
Private Function GetModelStateDocumentType(doc As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDocument) As Integer
If doc.DocumentType = Inventor.DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject Then
Dim compDef As Inventor.PartComponentDefinition = doc.ComponentDefinition
If compDef.IsModelStateFactory Then Return 1
If compDef.IsModelStateMember Then Return 2
ElseIf doc.DocumentType = Inventor.DocumentTypeEnum.kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
Dim compDef As Inventor.AssemblyComponentDefinition = doc.ComponentDefinition
If compDef.IsModelStateFactory Then Return 1
If compDef.IsModelStateMember Then Return 2
End If
Return 0
End FunctionHere's some info about the model state API.
