Ilogic Rule to change visibility of components using part of file name

[Anonymous]

Is there a rule to change the visibility of compontents based on there name?

I am only new to using rules and so my knowledge is lacking a little. I have an assembly in which i have multiple sub assemblies that all contain similar parts, i am needing to turn off all of the parts in the main assembly that share a similar name.

Eg. The parts i need are all cover sheets of plywood and all share the name Gx-PLY-x, so i am chasing a rule that i can run that will find all components that share the -PLY- name and have them change visibility state

[WCrihfield]

Do only the parts you want contain "-PLY-", and no other parts names contain that text?

Do you want to search the ComponentOccurrence names (as seen in the Model browser of your main assembly), or do you want to search by their file names?  I could also search by their Part Number (in iProperties), if needed.

The following code loops through all ComponentOccurrences within the main assembly, and checks to see if their names contain "-PLY-".  If it does, it turns their visibility off.

Try this code:

If ThisApplication.ActiveDocumentType <> DocumentTypeEnum.kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
	MsgBox("This rule '" & iLogicVb.RuleName & "' only works for Assembly Documents.",vbOK, "WRONG DOCUMENT TYPE")
	Return
End If

Dim oADoc As AssemblyDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim oADef As AssemblyComponentDefinition = oADoc.ComponentDefinition
For Each oOcc As ComponentOccurrence In oADef.Occurrences
	If oOcc.Name.Contains("-PLY-") Then
		oOcc.Visible = False
	End If
Next

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