Derived Assembly Associative option

Ktelang · ‎08-31-2012

Hello Everybody,

PLease can any one help me finding this property

I want to un check this associativity thru VBA

' Create Derived Assembly Definition for the file Filename
Dim oDerivedAssem As DerivedAssemblyDefinition
Set oDerivedAssem = oPartCompDef.ReferenceComponents. _
DerivedAssemblyComponents.CreateDefinition(Filename)

oDerivedAssem. ????????

Thanks

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xiaodong_liang · ‎09-06-2012

Hi,

In theory, if the associative flag is unchecked, the ActiveDesignViewRepresentation should return a null string. And setting a null string to ActiveDesignViewRepresentation should uncheck the flag. If putting ActiveDesignViewRepresentation with a not-null string, the associative flag should be checked. Hope this helps.

Jef_E · ‎09-25-2015

@xiaodong_liang i'm also having this issue when creating a derived assembly. I attached my code, hope that this gives a clear image of what happens. (I know that this an older topic but didn't saw any reason to start a new.)

When i run my code, it creates a new part with a derived assembly component in it. The view is pointing to "Simple" but associative flag is unchecked?

        
        Dim oPartDef As PartComponentDefinition
        oPartDef = oPartDoc.ComponentDefinition

        
        Dim oDerivedAssemblyDef As DerivedAssemblyDefinition
        oDerivedAssemblyDef = oPartDef.ReferenceComponents.DerivedAssemblyComponents.CreateDefinition(oDoc.FullDocumentName)

        
        oDerivedAssemblyDef.DeriveStyle = DerivedComponentStyleEnum.kDeriveAsSingleBodyWithSeams
        oDerivedAssemblyDef.ActiveDesignViewRepresentation = "Simple"
        oDerivedAssemblyDef.ReducedMemoryMode = True

       
        Dim oDerivedAssembly As DerivedAssemblyComponent
        oDerivedAssembly = oPartDef.ReferenceComponents.DerivedAssemblyComponents.Add(oDerivedAssemblyDef)

Here is a screenshot of my result using: Autodesk Inventor 2014 SP2