Access Part list in iLogic Forms

[ramsuhas7]

Hi all,

I just stared using iLogic & Inventor forms, still learning new things.

I am working on this curtain panel (Skelton based model) which contains many components to be fabricated, to make my work easy I started creating a form (attached). My question is to assess all the parts used in that assembly in the form, is can I do that.

My end goal is when I change a parameter, all the parts which are dependent on that parameter should Save & Replace to next sequence part number (eg. MM-01 to MM-02) in the file manager and

Replace the derive part ( current Skelton with the new one) (this is a story for post)

Thanks.

[WCrihfield]

Hi @ramsuhas7 .  I'm not 100% sure what you may mean by assess (or access) the parts, but in general, no you can't access parts from an iLogic form.  An iLogic Form is mainly just for controlling Parameters & iProperties, and can include buttons to run iLogic rules.  You will most likely need to create one or more iLogic rules (or VBA macros, or similar) to accomplish most of what you are trying to do in this project.  Rules can access all assembly components, all referenced documents, the BOM, Parameters & iProperties of both the main assembly, and all of its components, plus tons of other stuff.  The iLogic rules can be lot more useful/powerful than most folks realize.

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[ramsuhas7]

Hi @WCrihfield , thanks for the reply.

I meant access, 

So forms can only work with existing rules or parameters which means I have to create rules for all the different specific functions and call them when necessary from forms.

Then I have to work on creating iLogic rules.

Any help to point me the direction would be most welcome.

Thanks.

[WCrihfield · Accepted solution]

You don't necessarily 'have' to run your rules from a Form (there are multiple other ways), but if you are going to be using a Form as part of the process, and circumstances work out right, it can certainly be more convenient to run them from buttons in your Form.

There are really lots of other forum posts on the subject of "Save & Replace" here in this forum.  Just use the main search box at the top of the forum posts and type in that phrase to search for it.  (Not the search box further up at the very top beside 'Autodesk', but the one just above the list of forum posts.)  Here is a list of results I quickly found in a search :

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-api-vba-forum/save-and-replace-with-drawing/m-p/99442... 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-api-vba-forum/ilogic-save-and-replace-assembly-and-cu... 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-api-vba-forum/save-and-replace-ilogic/m-p/7878728 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-api-vba-forum/ilogic-save-and-replace-component/m-p/7... 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-api-vba-forum/save-and-replace-parts-in-an-assembly-u... 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-api-vba-forum/save-and-replace-every-sub-assembly-and... 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-api-vba-forum/save-and-replace-selection-on-bom-struc... 

[ramsuhas7]

Thanks @WCrihfield I'll look in to it.