Help on API AddByiMateAndEntity

[cavallerin]

Hi,

I'm not able to call the following method:

Dim oImate As Object

Dim oMateName As iMateDefinition

Dim oFace As face

....

Set oImate = oCompDef.iMateResults.AddByiMateAndEntity(oMateName.Name, oFace)

as it returns not a valid type.

Can someone provide me an example?

thx

[WCrihfield]

Hi @cavallerin.  I honestly never use that specific method, but when I look at the online help documentation for that method (Link below), it says that the first input object is the iMateDefinition object itself, not just its name.  In the line of code where you are using that method, you are specifying the name of the definition, instead of just the definition object.  Try removing the ".Name" portion.  I can't tell much else from what little information you provided, but that might fix it.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2026/ENU/?guid=iMateResults_AddByiMateAndEntity

[marcin_otręba · Accepted solution]

Hi,

As @WCrihfield  wrote AddByiMateAndEntity method uses imatedefinition object instead of its name :

also if imatedefinition is inside componetoccurrence then you must make imatedefinition proxy object first to use it in assembly :

Dim imdp as object
occ.CreateGeometryProxy(oImate , imdp) ' proxy form occurrence containing imatedefinition
Dim oiMateResult As iMateResult = ass.ComponentDefinition.iMateResults.AddByiMateAndEntity(imdp , oface)

[cavallerin]

thanks both, it worked or at least I have been able to perform a constrain between imates.

Regards