Custom Dummy Operations

Custom Dummy Operations

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Custom Dummy Operations

Anonymous
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Hi,

Is there a way to add a custom and dummy operation to the Model Pane, for a part, sheet metal or an assembly, from the API? For instance, there are many operations (such as painting, Surface Cleaning, Third Party Operations, packaging,... ) in physical production that are not exist in drawing operations, features and constraints, which is normal from the drawing point of view. But we want to get BOM with the complete operations tree. Since the designer knows these operations in mind, after finishing the drawing, (s)he can press related dummy operation buttons to complete operation tree with physicals. So there should be a way to add dummy operations-nodes to the Model Pane and rename them as accordingly, from the API.

It is possible to create a new Pane and add nodes to that Pane, but since you can only view a Model or Custom Pane, is not practical, so, it is better to add them to the Model Pane.

Adding these dummy operations to the "Notes" tree as a child node(as a note), is possible by manually, but we could not do it via API.

So, Is there a better way to add a custom and dummy operation to the Model Pane, for a part, sheet metal or an assembly?

Thanks a lot.
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The obvious feature that is available both through Inventor's user-interface
and the API is the virtual component capability supported in assemblies.
These represent items that you want to show up in the BOM but aren't shown
graphically.

In parts there are client features which allow you add a node into the part
structure. Typically it encapsulates other features or client graphics but
it doesn't have to and can represent anything you want.
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Brian Ekins
Autodesk Inventor API
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Anonymous
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Thank you Brian, virtual components are fine for custom operations.

The designers want to change the browser order of a virtual component, by drag-drop. Normal components and sub assemblies can be dragged and dropped through the browser. Is there a way for a virtual component?

Thanks
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It doesn't appear that you can reorder a virtual component. I don't know
why this limitation exists.
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Brian Ekins
Autodesk Inventor API
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