iLogic rule for BOM Structure executing wrong Enum

[bhavik4244]

Hello,

I am struggling with a rule to control BOM structure Default or Reference. Here below the rule is, when insulation is True it needs to be set BOM structure at default (51969) but it showing the 51972 value when it's set to run.

Can someone please help?

    If  Insulation = True Then

    Component.Visible("Cladding_1300") = True
	oCompOcc = Component.InventorComponent("Cladding_1300")
	oCompOcc.BOMStructure = 51969
	MessageBox.Show(oCompOcc.BOMStructure)
	
	Else If Insulation = False Then
	
	oCompOcc = Component.InventorComponent("Cladding_1300")
	oCompOcc.BOMStructure = BOMStructureEnum.kReferenceBOMStructure
	Component.Visible("Cladding_1300")= False

	
    End If 

Thanks,

Bhavik

[WCrihfield]

I didn't see where oCompOcc was defined, and I noticed you had the same line in two places so I switched a couple things around for you.  Also I assume this is a local iLogic rule, right? And Insulation is a local Parameter within the same document as the rule?  If so, try this.

Dim oCompOcc As ComponentOccurrence = Component.InventorComponent("Cladding_1300")
If Insulation = True Then
    Component.Visible("Cladding_1300") = True
	oCompOcc.BOMStructure = BOMStructureEnum.kDefaultBOMStructure
	MessageBox.Show(oCompOcc.BOMStructure.ToString)
Else If Insulation = False Then
	oCompOcc.BOMStructure = BOMStructureEnum.kReferenceBOMStructure
	Component.Visible("Cladding_1300")= False
End If

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[Curtis_Waguespack]

Hi @bhavik4244 

As written your code is indeed working to set the BOM struture to default, the occurrence can be default and normal at the same time.

Recall that you can have the same component file inserted multiple times in an assembly, and that each component occurrence can be set separately to be either of these :

• Default (meaning it follows the default BOM structure set in the Document Settings of the file)
• Reference (meaning it carries a BOM structure override for that one occurrence of the component in the assembly)

Here the first instance is set to be Default (which happens to be Normal in the Document Settings of the file)

Here we see the Document Settings option at the file level to set the default BOM structure :

Returning to the assembly level we can see that I have two occurrences of the same file, but the bottom one has been set to have an occurrence BOM structure of Reference ( an override) , and the other is set to be Default (Normal) 

So when we use the code to set the bomstructure enum to Default we are telling the occurrence to just use the file's default structure, which in my example returns Normal, and that is what your message box is returning.

BOMStructureEnums:

Name	Value	Description
kDefaultBOMStructure	51969	The default structure type.
kInseparableBOMStructure	51974	The inseparable structure type.
kNormalBOMStructure	51970	The normal structure type.
kPhantomBOMStructure	51971	The phantom structure type.
kPurchasedBOMStructure	51973	The purchased structure type.
kReferenceBOMStructure	51972	The reference structure type.
kVariesBOMStructure	51975	The structure type varies amongst references.

I hope this helps.
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