Change iAssembly member of AssemblyDocument Not ComponentOccurrence

[TylerWarner33]

Is there a way to change the active iAssemblyMember of an AssemblyDocument using the API?

AssemblyDocument.ComponentDefinition.iAssemblyFactory has a method 'CreateMember' but it is a void return type even though it says it should return the member.

AssemblyDocument.ComponentDefinition.iAssemblyMember has a method 'Row' but it is read-only.

iPartFactory has a method 'CreateMember' that actually returns the member but I don't know how to get to the object from the AssemblyDocument.

iPartFactory has a method 'ChangeRow' but I don't know how to get to the object from the AssemblyDocument.

This post shows the result but using an iLogic snippet.

[Curtis_Waguespack · Accepted solution]

Hi @TylerWarner33,

Hope you're doing well!

ChangeRowOfiAssemblyMember is a method of ComponenOccurrence, so we just need to get the occurrence of the placed iAssembly and then we can change the member row.

Dim oDoc As AssemblyDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim oOccs As ComponentOccurrences = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences
Dim oOcc As ComponentOccurrence = oOccs.ItemByName("Frame_iAssembly")
oOcc.ChangeRowOfiAssemblyMember(2)

Hope that helps,

Curtis

[TylerWarner33]

Hey @Curtis_Waguespack, thanks, I hope you're doing well, too!

Cool, I'm using a similar method (AssemblyDocument.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences.AddiAssemblyMember()) in other parts of the application.

But, if the active document is "MainAssembly" which is the iAssembly, when I go through the occurrences in the component definition of that document, the "MainAssembly" is not listed. It seems like I would have to add the iAssembly to a different AssemblyDocument as an occurrence. Looking back at the post above using iLogic, that is what the iLogic snippet is doing.

This workflow is possible, just wanted to see if I could skip a few steps & work with the iAssembly AssemblyDocument directly.

[WCrihfield · Accepted solution]

I believe you would just need to set the iAssemblyFactory.DefaultRow property value to a new value, then that will change which 'member' is the active member in the active iAssembly.  It sounds like you already know how to get there, but it is right under the AssemblyComponentDefinition.iAssemblyFactory property.

[TylerWarner33]

Thanks @WCrihfield, that looks like it will do it, not sure how I missed that one haha!