Ilogic - get hole diameter value from part within an assembly

[Anonymous]

HI,

Does anyone know how to get a hole diameter value from a part within an assembly using ilogic?

Similar to using the measure distance tool which gives you a measurement.

Cheers,

Tony

[HermJan.Otterman]

hello,

this is a verry general question...

the biggest problem will be to tell you iLogic/VB routine what hole needs to be measured, do you select it? or does it have a name

[Anonymous]

Hi Hermjan,

I want to select the hole.

Thanks,

[HermJan.Otterman · Accepted solution]

mainly from the Inventor API help:

    ' Get a feature selection from the user
    Dim oObject As Object
    oObject = ThisApplication.CommandManager.Pick(SelectionFilterEnum.kPartFeatureFilter, "Pick a feature")

    MsgBox("Picked: " & oObject.Name)
' if extrusion, the radius is:
  MsgBox(oObject.sidefaces.item(1).geometry.radius)

(the radius will be in centimeters!!!)

[Anonymous]

Hi Hermjan,

Thanks for that. I changed the kpartfeaturefilter to kallcircularentities and message box.

SyntaxEditor Code Snippet

' Get a Hole selection from the user
    Dim oObject As Object
    oObject = ThisApplication.CommandManager.Pick(SelectionFilterEnum.kallcircularentities, "Pick a Hole")

    Hole_Dia = oObject.geometry.radius*2*10 'Converted to Diameter and mm
     MsgBox(Hole_Dia & "mm Diameter")

which worked better for me.

Cheers

Tony