Automatic drawing of sub-assembly

[inventor4578]

Hi,

I would like to know if ilogic exist to make 1 drawing by assembly with 3 predefined views :

1) I open assembly, which contain subassembly 

2) I run the iLogic and it make 1 drawing by subassembly (with the name of the subassembly)
3) The drawing have 3 views (front, top, side) + 1 ISO

3) The scale must be 1:1, for all

4) I use a specific template, for all (the template contain nothing, this is a "white" paper).

Thank you very much !

[inventor4578]

Hi, any idea for this iLogic ? Thank you.

[nstevelmans]

Hi, Maybe this can be a start.

  
  Sub main
	  
	  
	  
  ' Get the active assembly.
  '-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Dim AssyName As String = "Section3_AngleSupports"  'name of the SubAssy
        Dim TemplateName As String = "white.dwg"  'name of the template
        Dim Scale As String = "1:1" 'scale 
  '-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  
        Dim oAsmDoc As AssemblyDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
      ' Call the function that does the recursion.
        TraverseAssembly(oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences, 1, AssyName, TemplateName, Scale)
		
	End Sub
	
	 Private Sub TraverseAssembly(Occurrences As ComponentOccurrences, Level As Integer, Name As String, TemplateName As String, scale As String)
        ' Iterate through all of the occurrence in this collection.  This
        ' represents the occurrences at the top level of an assembly.
        Dim DesignProject = ThisApplication.DesignProjectManager.ActiveDesignProject
        Dim DrawingTemplate As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(DesignProject.TemplatesPath, TemplateName)
        Dim oOcc As ComponentOccurrence
        For Each oOcc In Occurrences
            ' Check to see if this occurrence represents a subassembly
            ' and recursively call this function to traverse through it.
            If oOcc.DefinitionDocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
                If oOcc.Name = Name Then
                    Dim AssyDoc As AssemblyDocument = oOcc.Definition.Document
                    Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument = CreateDrawing(DrawingTemplate)
                    CreateViews(oDrawDoc, AssyDoc, scale)
                End If
                TraverseAssembly(oOcc.SubOccurrences, Level + 1, Name, TemplateName, scale)
            End If
        Next
    End Sub
	
	  Private Function CreateDrawing(DrawingDoc As String) As DrawingDocument
        Dim result As DrawingDocument = Nothing
        Try
            Dim oNewDrawDoc As DrawingDocument = Nothing
            oNewDrawDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Add(DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject, DrawingDoc)
            result = oNewDrawDoc
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "CreateDrawing")
        End Try
        Return result
    End Function


    Private Sub CreateViews(ByVal oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument, ByVal oAssyDoc As AssemblyDocument, scale As String)
        Try
            'Set a reference to the active sheet.
            Dim oSheet As Sheet = oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet
            ' Create the placement point object.
            Dim Point1 As Double = ((oSheet.Width) / 2) - 8
            Dim Point2 As Double = ((oSheet.Height) / 2) - 6
            Dim oPoint As Point2d
            oPoint = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(Point1, Point2)
            'view 1 FrontView
            Dim oView As DrawingView = CreateView(oAssyDoc, oSheet, oPoint, True, "Front", ViewOrientationTypeEnum.kFrontViewOrientation)
            oView.ScaleString = scale
            oView.ViewStyle = DrawingViewStyleEnum.kShadedDrawingViewStyle
            CreateProjectedView(oView, oSheet, "Top", oView.Height)
            CreateProjectedView(oView, oSheet, "Side", , oView.Width)
            CreateProjectedView(oView, oSheet, "Iso", oView.Height, oView.Width)
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox("General error in CreateViews, ex= " & ex.GetBaseException.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "Error")
        End Try
    End Sub

    Private Function CreateView(ByVal oAssyDoc As AssemblyDocument, oSheet As Sheet, oInsertionPoint2D As Point2d, Folded As Boolean, ByVal DrawingViewName As String, ByVal ViewOrientation As ViewOrientationTypeEnum) As DrawingView
        Dim result As DrawingView = Nothing
        Try
            ' Create a BaseView.
            Dim oBaseView As DrawingView
            oBaseView = oSheet.DrawingViews.AddBaseView(oAssyDoc, oInsertionPoint2D, 1, ViewOrientation, DrawingViewStyleEnum.kShadedDrawingViewStyle)
            oBaseView.Name = DrawingViewName
            result = oBaseView
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox("General error in CreateView, ex= " & ex.GetBaseException.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "Error")
        End Try
        Return result
    End Function

    Private Function CreateProjectedView(ByVal baseView As DrawingView, sheet As Sheet, DrawingViewName As String, Optional height As Double = 0, Optional width As Double = 0) As DrawingView
        Dim result As DrawingView = Nothing
        Try
            Dim oPositionBaseView As Point2d = baseView.Position
            Dim xBaseView As Double = oPositionBaseView.X
            Dim yBaseView As Double = oPositionBaseView.Y
            Dim oPointBottomView2 As Point2d
            oPointBottomView2 = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d((xBaseView + width * 3), (yBaseView + height * 1.5))
            'BottomView
            Dim oProjected As DrawingView
            oProjected = sheet.DrawingViews.AddProjectedView(baseView, oPointBottomView2, DrawingViewStyleEnum.kShadedDrawingViewStyle)
            oProjected.Name = DrawingViewName
            result = oProjected
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox("General error in CreateView, ex= " & ex.GetBaseException.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "Error")
        End Try
        Return result
    End Function
	
	

[inventor4578]

Hi ! Thank you very much !

I have a problem i have "Erreur non spécifiée (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004005 (E_FAIL))"

If i delete the line " Dim AssyName As String = " is working, but not in all assembly (not in frame assembly for example).

Thank you again

[nstevelmans]

Hi, I think the problem was the position off the views, I have the code adjusted.

You can also adjust the spacing between the views.

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  Sub main
	  ' Get the active assembly.
        Dim oAsmDoc As AssemblyDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
        Dim AssyName As String = "framework:1"  'name of the SubAssy
        Dim TemplateName As String = "white.dwg"  'name of the templae
        Dim Scale As String = "1:1" 'scale
        Dim SpacingBetweenViews As Double = 5
        ' Call the function that does the recursion.
        TraverseAssembly(oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences, 1, AssyName, TemplateName, Scale, SpacingBetweenViews)
  End Sub
  
  
    Private Sub TraverseAssembly(Occurrences As ComponentOccurrences, Level As Integer, Name As String, TemplateName As String, scale As String, SpacingViews As Double)
        ' Iterate through all of the occurrence in this collection.  This
        ' represents the occurrences at the top level of an assembly.
        Dim DesignProject = ThisApplication.DesignProjectManager.ActiveDesignProject
        Dim DrawingTemplate As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(DesignProject.TemplatesPath, TemplateName)
        Dim oOcc As ComponentOccurrence
        For Each oOcc In Occurrences
            ' Check to see if this occurrence represents a subassembly
            ' and recursively call this function to traverse through it.
            If oOcc.DefinitionDocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
                If oOcc.Name = Name Then
                    Dim AssyDoc As AssemblyDocument = oOcc.Definition.Document
                    Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument = CreateDrawing(DrawingTemplate)
                    CreateViews(oDrawDoc, AssyDoc, scale, SpacingViews)
                End If
                TraverseAssembly(oOcc.SubOccurrences, Level + 1, Name, TemplateName, scale, SpacingViews)
            End If
        Next
    End Sub


    Private Function CreateDrawing(DrawingDoc As String) As DrawingDocument
        Dim result As DrawingDocument = Nothing
        Try
            Dim oNewDrawDoc As DrawingDocument = Nothing
            oNewDrawDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Add(DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject, DrawingDoc)
            result = oNewDrawDoc
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "CreateDrawing")
        End Try
        Return result
    End Function


    Private Sub CreateViews(ByVal oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument, ByVal oAssyDoc As AssemblyDocument, scale As String, SpacingViews As Double)
        Try
            'Set a reference to the active sheet.
            Dim oSheet As Sheet = oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet
            ' Create the placement point object.
            Dim Point1 As Double = ((oSheet.Width) / 2) - 8
            Dim Point2 As Double = ((oSheet.Height) / 2) - 6
            Dim oPoint As Point2d
            oPoint = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(Point1, Point2)
            'view 1 FrontView
            Dim oViewFront As DrawingView = CreateBaseView(oAssyDoc, oSheet, oPoint, True, "Front", ViewOrientationTypeEnum.kFrontViewOrientation)
            oViewFront.ScaleString = scale
            oViewFront.ViewStyle = DrawingViewStyleEnum.kShadedDrawingViewStyle

            Dim oBaseViewCenter As Point2d = oViewFront.Center
            Dim obaseViewX As Double = oBaseViewCenter.X
            Dim obaseViewY As Double = oBaseViewCenter.Y
            Dim ViewFrontheight As Double = oViewFront.Height
            Dim ViewFrontWidth As Double = oViewFront.Width
            Dim oViewTop = CreateProjectedView(oViewFront, oSheet, "Top", oViewFront.Center.Y + 10)
            Dim oViewSide = CreateProjectedView(oViewFront, oSheet, "Side",, oViewFront.Center.X + 10)
            Dim oViewIso = CreateProjectedView(oViewFront, oSheet, "Iso", oViewFront.Center.X + 10, oViewFront.Center.Y + 10)
            Dim ViewTopheight As Double = oViewTop.Height
            Dim ViewTopWidth As Double = oViewTop.Width
            Dim oViewTopPlace As Point2d = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(obaseViewX, obaseViewY + (ViewFrontheight / 2) + (ViewTopheight / 2) + SpacingViews)
            oViewTop.Position = oViewTopPlace
            Dim ViewSideheight As Double = oViewSide.Height
            Dim ViewSideWidth As Double = oViewSide.Width
            Dim oViewSidePlace As Point2d = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(obaseViewX + (ViewFrontWidth / 2) + (ViewSideWidth / 2) + SpacingViews, obaseViewY)
            oViewSide.Position = oViewSidePlace
            Dim ViewIsoheight As Double = oViewIso.Height
            Dim ViewIsoWidth As Double = oViewIso.Width
            Dim oViewIsoPlace As Point2d = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(oViewSide.Center.X + (ViewSideWidth / 2), oViewTop.Center.Y + (ViewTopheight / 2))
            oViewIso.Position = oViewIsoPlace
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "CreateViews")
        End Try
    End Sub

    Private Function CreateBaseView(ByVal oAssyDoc As AssemblyDocument, oSheet As Sheet, oInsertionPoint2D As Point2d, Folded As Boolean, ByVal DrawingViewName As String, ByVal ViewOrientation As ViewOrientationTypeEnum) As DrawingView
        Dim result As DrawingView = Nothing
        Try
            ' Create a BaseView.
            Dim oBaseView As DrawingView
            oBaseView = oSheet.DrawingViews.AddBaseView(oAssyDoc, oInsertionPoint2D, 1, ViewOrientation, DrawingViewStyleEnum.kShadedDrawingViewStyle)
            oBaseView.Name = DrawingViewName
            result = oBaseView
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "CreateBaseView")
        End Try
        Return result
    End Function

    Private Function CreateProjectedView(ByVal baseView As DrawingView, sheet As Sheet, DrawingViewName As String, Optional height As Double = 0, Optional width As Double = 0) As DrawingView
        Dim result As DrawingView = Nothing
        Try
            Dim oPositionBaseView As Point2d = baseView.Position
            Dim xBaseView As Double = oPositionBaseView.X
            Dim yBaseView As Double = oPositionBaseView.Y
            Dim oPointBottomView2 As Point2d
            oPointBottomView2 = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d((xBaseView + width * 3), (yBaseView + height * 1.5))
            'BottomView
            Dim oProjected As DrawingView
            oProjected = sheet.DrawingViews.AddProjectedView(baseView, oPointBottomView2, DrawingViewStyleEnum.kShadedDrawingViewStyle)
            oProjected.Name = DrawingViewName
            result = oProjected
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "CreateProjectedView")
        End Try
        Return result
    End Function

 

[inventor4578]

Hi, thank you very much for reply and screen.

I still get an error :

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Erreur non spécifiée (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004005 (E_FAIL))
at System.RuntimeType.ForwardCallToInvokeMember(String memberName, BindingFlags flags, Object target, Int32[] aWrapperTypes, MessageData& msgData)
at Inventor.ComponentOccurrence.get_SubOccurrences()
at ThisRule.TraverseAssembly(ComponentOccurrences Occurrences, Int32 Level, String Name, String TemplateName, String scale, Double SpacingViews) in external rule: GEN DRAWING:line 28
at ThisRule.TraverseAssembly(ComponentOccurrences Occurrences, Int32 Level, String Name, String TemplateName, String scale, Double SpacingViews) in external rule: GEN DRAWING:line 28
at ThisRule.Main() in external rule: GEN DRAWING:line 9
at Autodesk.iLogic.Exec.AppDomExec.ExecRuleInAssembly(Assembly assem)
at iLogic.RuleEvalContainer.ExecRuleEval(String execRule)

If i remove the line "Dim AssyName As String = "framework:1" 'name of the SubAssy" it's work partially (i get error line 27 after 3/4 subassembly creating).

I double check the assyname, the template path ect. I don't know from what it come.

Thank you again

[nstevelmans]

Hi, which version of inventor you are using?

I found this thread same error with inventor 2022.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/latest-version-2022-1-keeps-throwing-this-error/td-p/1...

install all updates of inventor.

[inventor4578]

I have 2022.5.2

[nstevelmans]

Oké see if we can debug this,

1. We want to know if the Assy can be found, run this code a Message will appear.

Sub main
	  ' Get the active assembly.
        Dim oAsmDoc As AssemblyDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
        Dim AssyName As String = "framework:1"  'name of the SubAssy
        Dim TemplateName As String = "white.dwg"  'name of the templae
        Dim Scale As String = "1:1" 'scale
        Dim SpacingBetweenViews As Double = 5
        ' Call the function that does the recursion.
        TraverseAssembly(oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences, 1, AssyName, TemplateName, Scale, SpacingBetweenViews)
				
  End Sub
  
  
    Private Sub TraverseAssembly(Occurrences As ComponentOccurrences, Level As Integer, Name As String, TemplateName As String, scale As String, SpacingViews As Double)
        ' Iterate through all of the occurrence in this collection.  This
        ' represents the occurrences at the top level of an assembly.
        Dim DesignProject = ThisApplication.DesignProjectManager.ActiveDesignProject
        Dim DrawingTemplate As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(DesignProject.TemplatesPath, TemplateName)
        Dim oOcc As ComponentOccurrence
        For Each oOcc In Occurrences
            ' Check to see if this occurrence represents a subassembly
            ' and recursively call this function to traverse through it.
            If oOcc.DefinitionDocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
                If oOcc.Name = Name Then
                    Dim AssyDoc As AssemblyDocument = oOcc.Definition.Document
					MsgBox("Assy Found" & " " & AssyDoc.FullFileName )
'                    Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument = CreateDrawing(DrawingTemplate)
'                    CreateViews(oDrawDoc, AssyDoc, scale, SpacingViews)
                End If
                TraverseAssembly(oOcc.SubOccurrences, Level + 1, Name, TemplateName, scale, SpacingViews)
            End If
        Next

    End Sub
	

[inventor4578]

Hi,

Now i updated to Inventor 2024.

When i run i get :

Error on line 30 in rule: GEN DRAWING, in document: XXX.iam

Unspecified error (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004005 (E_FAIL))"

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Unspecified error (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004005 (E_FAIL))
at System.RuntimeType.ForwardCallToInvokeMember(String memberName, BindingFlags flags, Object target, Int32[] aWrapperTypes, MessageData& msgData)
at Inventor.ComponentOccurrence.get_SubOccurrences()
at ThisRule.TraverseAssembly(ComponentOccurrences Occurrences, Int32 Level, String Name, String TemplateName, String scale, Double SpacingViews) in external rule: GEN DRAWING:line 30
at ThisRule.TraverseAssembly(ComponentOccurrences Occurrences, Int32 Level, String Name, String TemplateName, String scale, Double SpacingViews) in external rule: GEN DRAWING:line 30
at ThisRule.Main() in external rule: GEN DRAWING:line 9
at Autodesk.iLogic.Exec.AppDomExec.ExecRuleInAssembly(Assembly assem)
at iLogic.RuleEvalContainer.ExecRuleEval(String execRule)

[nstevelmans]

Hi, have you tried this code to find out if we can find the Assembly,

Can provide a small dataset for testing?

Sub main
	  ' Get the active assembly.
        Dim oAsmDoc As AssemblyDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
        Dim AssyName As String = "testframe"  'name of the SubAssy
        Dim TemplateName As String = "white.dwg"  'name of the templae
        Dim Scale As String = "1:1" 'scale
        Dim SpacingBetweenViews As Double = 5
        ' Call the function that does the recursion.
        TraverseAssembly(oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences, 1, AssyName, TemplateName, Scale, SpacingBetweenViews)
				
  End Sub
  
  
    Private Sub TraverseAssembly(Occurrences As ComponentOccurrences, Level As Integer, Name As String, TemplateName As String, scale As String, SpacingViews As Double)
        ' Iterate through all of the occurrence in this collection.  This
        ' represents the occurrences at the top level of an assembly.
        Dim DesignProject = ThisApplication.DesignProjectManager.ActiveDesignProject
        Dim DrawingTemplate As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(DesignProject.TemplatesPath, TemplateName)
        Dim oOcc As ComponentOccurrence
        For Each oOcc In Occurrences
            ' Check to see if this occurrence represents a subassembly
            ' and recursively call this function to traverse through it.
            If oOcc.DefinitionDocumentType = DocumentTypeEnum.kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
                If oOcc.Name = Name Then
                    Dim AssyDoc As AssemblyDocument = oOcc.Definition.Document
					MsgBox("Assy Found" & " " & AssyDoc.FullFileName )
'                    Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument = CreateDrawing(DrawingTemplate)
'                    CreateViews(oDrawDoc, AssyDoc, scale, SpacingViews)
                End If
                TraverseAssembly(oOcc.SubOccurrences, Level + 1, Name, TemplateName, scale, SpacingViews)
            End If
        Next

    End Sub

[inventor4578]

Hi, i get "Unspecified error (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004005 (E_FAIL))".

Maybe more simple : Is it possible to run the iLogic from the active assembly and make drawing for each subassembly instead of looking for specific assembly ?

Thank you very much,

Regards,

Thomas.