Error When Trying To Place Drawing View

[Anonymous]

I've been trying to figure out how to place a base drawing view in an Inventor Drawing and used the code given in the API help section in Inventor, but when I try and run the code I get this error:

The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))

And this on the more info tab

System.ArgumentException: The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))
at System.RuntimeType.ForwardCallToInvokeMember(String memberName, BindingFlags flags, Object target, Int32[] aWrapperTypes, MessageData& msgData)
at Inventor.DrawingViews.AddBaseView(_Document Model, Point2d Position, Double Scale, ViewOrientationTypeEnum ViewOrientation, DrawingViewStyleEnum ViewStyle, String ModelViewName, Object ArbitraryCamera, Object AdditionalOptions)
at LmiRuleScript.Main()
at Autodesk.iLogic.Exec.AppDomExec.ExecRuleInAssembly(Assembly assem)
at iLogic.RuleEvalContainer.ExecRuleEval(String execRule)

Is there a way to find out which parameter is incorrect or has there been a change in how views are placed and the help section hasn't been updated?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Use messageboxes to trace where the failure is.
Otherwise upload the code an I can check.

[Anonymous]

This is what I'm using.

[HermJan.Otterman · Accepted solution]

Hello D.

I changed the for last line...

        Dim oDrawingDoc As DrawingDocument
        oDrawingDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

        Dim oSheet As Sheet
        oSheet = oDrawingDoc.Sheets.Item(1)

        Dim oPoint1 As Point2d
        oPoint1 = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(5.0#, 5.0#)

        Dim oPartDoc As PartDocument
        oPartDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open("C:\temp\test\test.ipt") ' ("C:\Users\Daniel\Desktop\Copy Test\Wall Bench\Top.ipt", False)

        Dim oView1 As DrawingView
        oView1 = oSheet.DrawingViews.AddBaseView(oPartDoc,
            oPoint1, 1.0#, ViewOrientationTypeEnum.kBottomViewOrientation, DrawingViewStyleEnum.kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle)


        Call oPartDoc.Close(True)

[Anonymous]

If I were to try and use the same process for an assembly what steps would I need to change, as I have just tried and it has come up with this error

Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'Inventor.PartDocument'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{29F0D463-C114-11D2-B77F-0060B0F159EF}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)).

[bradeneuropeArthur]

im oPartDoc As assemblyDocument
        oPartDoc = 

[MechMachineMan]

Well, if you read the error, you can see it has a keyword in there or 2.

Correspondingly, if you read your code you'll notice on one line it says "Dim ___ As PartDocument"

Now, seeing as you asked about doing an assembly document instead, it doesn't make too much sense we would be telling the code we want to use a part document.

If you look up the "Document" class of objects available, you'll see there are multiple

1. The Generic Document type

2. The DrawingDocument type

3. The AssemblyDocument type

4. The PresentationDocument type

5. The PartDocument type.

The generic type works in almost all cases and is the easiest to use. The specific types are less prone to errors, but requires lots of swapping.