Get Component in subassembly without iteration

[Anonymous]

Inside my assembly I have a subassembly called "MySubAssembly", which contains a component called "MyComponent".

I want to get a reference to MyComponent WITHOUT iterating through all components in MySubAssembly and trying to match names.

I'm sure that there is a function along the lines of CreatePathToComponent("MySubAssembly", "MyComponent") (the syntax is obviously incorrect) and that I have even used it at some point, but I'm unable to find it in my code or anything about it online.

Thanks in advance

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Try this:

I have not tested it yet!

Public Sub Main
	
	Dim ass As Inventor.AssemblyDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
	Dim Occurrences As Inventor.ComponentOccurrences = ass.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences
	
'Dim occ As ComponentOccurrence
Dim assocc As Inventor.AssemblyDocument = ass.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences.ItemByName("MySubAssembly").Definition.Document
Dim PartOcc As Inventor.ComponentOccurrence = assocc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences.ItemByName("MyComponent")

Dim p As Inventor.PartDocument =PartOcc.Definition.Document

End Sub

[WCrihfield · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 

FYI

The function you were trying to remember is called "MakePath()".

There is a built-in iLogic Snippet for using it listed under the System tab / Components (classic).

Here is the online help reference page that talks about it:  (you'll need to scroll to the bottom of the web page)

Component Functions Reference (iLogic) 

[Anonymous]

@WCrihfieldYes, this is it, thanks!

I started doubting if I really remembered it existing. 😃