Brian,
I need to provide a component from a previously defined selection set. I'm
having trouble substituting my part for how the example defines the part
below. Hopefully, this only needs a couple of lines..
Thanks,
Ed
"Brian Ekins (Autodesk)" wrote in message
news:2C52EDB0E08D2C730936B873216A77FE@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Try this:
>
> Public Sub ConstrainAxes()
> ' Get a reference to the assembly document.
> Dim oAsmDoc As AssemblyDocument
> Set oAsmDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
>
> ' Place the part into the assembly.
> Dim oPartOcc As ComponentOccurrence
> Set oPartOcc = oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences.Add( _
> "C:\Temp\Part1.ipt", _
> ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreateMatrix)
>
> ' Get the X-axis work axis in the assembly.
> Dim oAsmXAxis As WorkAxis
> Set oAsmXAxis = oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition.WorkAxes.Item(1)
>
> ' Get the X-axis work axis from the occurrent.
> Dim oPartAxis As WorkAxis
> Set oPartAxis = oPartOcc.Definition.WorkAxes.Item(1)
>
> ' The part work axis was obtained from the PartComponentDefinition
> ' associated with the part, so it is in the context of the part.
> ' We need it in the context of the assembly. This next step
> ' creates a WorkAxisProxy that represents that work axis in the
> ' context of the assembly.
> Dim oPartAxisInAsm As WorkAxisProxy
> Call oPartOcc.CreateGeometryProxy(oPartAxis, oPartAxisInAsm)
>
> ' Create a mate constraint between the axes.
> Call oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition.Constraints.AddMateConstraint( _
> oAsmXAxis, oPartAxisInAsm, 0)
> End Sub
>
> -Brian
>
> "Ed Thompson" wrote in message
> news:0A89D27F4862226A274F7303105BB5A4@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > I would like to constrain the X axis of a part to the X axis of the
World.
> > I would really appreciate a short bit of code on how to do this,
(assuming
> > that it should be short). Thanks!
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
>
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