Exporting Parameters into Drawings

[ASchlaack]

I've got a rather large assembly which has parameters that drives all of the parts within it. In my .idw I need to be able to get the parameters from the .iam so I can fill out my iproperties correctly. How can I do this? 

[MechMachineMan]

By accessing the model and then accessing the parameters through that...?

As simple as it sounds.

Also:

[ASchlaack]

That sounds simple, yes. But yet it doesn't work like that, I have tried everything from linking parameters to writing iLogic to autofill it.

[MechMachineMan]

Have you correctly opened the assosciated models, and accessed the parameters in them through the API?

ie;

AssemblyComponentDefinition.Parameters

[ASchlaack]

Not using that code, how would I apply it?

[RodrigoEiras]

Hi Aaron,

Another approach is to create an empty part that is linked to the Excel file and which is inserted in the assembly.

It must be defined in the assembly as a Phantom Part, as you don't want it to appear in the BOM.

Once you have that part you can easily access parameters from the assembly, and also from the drawings.

I hope it helps.

Rodrigo

[MechMachineMan]

Not using what code and apply what?
What you said isn't very clear...

[ASchlaack]

I don;t understanding what you're saying to do in your last post.

[MechMachineMan]

The only way I know is to write an iLogic program (using API help/vb.net) to open the assembly drawing and then pull/open a list of the parameters in a way that they are able to be formatted; ie an excel doc - so writing a program to open the linked excel doc like Rodrigo had mentioned would probably work best.

Otherwise, you could create new corresponding params in the .idw and write iLogic code to push them back to the assembly.

[rjay75 · Accepted solution]

Here's a method to use the parameters in an assembly to populate iProperties. If the parameters are numbers there's more you need to do to format the value. If you need to do that I give you a function to do that.

SyntaxEditor Code Snippet

IfActiveSheet.Sheet.DrawingViews.Count > 0 ThenSyntaxEditor Code Snippet
    modelName = IO.Path.GetFileName(ThisDrawing.ModelDocument.FullFileName)
    dwgParam = Parameter(modelName, "d0")
    iProperties.Value("Project", "Part Number") = dwgParam
    'set more iproperties 
End If