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iMate limits and ilogic
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I have a part with iMates. I insert 2 of the parts into an assembly using ilogic and create various mates with the iMates within the macro. My issue lies with limits placed in some of the iMates. They work if you connect them manually, however with the program the mate gets created but the limit does not work properly. After the program runs I have to open the two mates with the limits for the limits to register. After i open them once everything works fine. How can i avoid the error in the limit imates?
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Public Sub Main() ' Get the component definition of the currently open assembly. ' This will fail if an assembly document is not open. Dim oAsmCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition oAsmCompDef = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition ' Create a new matrix object. It will be initialized to an identity matrix. Dim oMatrix As Matrix oMatrix = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreateMatrix ' Place the first occurrence. Dim oOcc1 As ComponentOccurrence oOcc1 = oAsmCompDef.Occurrences.Add("C:\Vault Workspace\Designs\_Part Library\MSC - Miscellaneous\MSC.000001022.ipt", oMatrix) ' Place the second occurrence, but adjust the matrix slightly so they're ' not right on top of each other. oMatrix.Cell(1, 4) = 10 Dim oOcc2 As ComponentOccurrence oOcc2 = oAsmCompDef.Occurrences.Add("C:\Vault Workspace\Designs\_Part Library\MSC - Miscellaneous\MSC.000001022.ipt", oMatrix) ' Look through the iMateDefinitions defined for the first occurrence ' and find the one named "iMate:1". This loop demonstrates using the ' Count and Item properties of the iMateDefinitions object. 'Axis constraint Dim i As Long Dim oiMateDef1 As iMateDefinition For i = 1 To oOcc1.iMateDefinitions.Count If oOcc1.iMateDefinitions.Item(i).Name = "iMate:1" Then oiMateDef1 = oOcc1.iMateDefinitions.Item(i) Exit For End If Next If oiMateDef1 Is Nothing Then MsgBox ("An iMate definition named ""iMate:1"" does not exist in " & oOcc1.Name) Exit Sub End If ' Look through the iMateDefinitions defined for the second occurrence ' and find the one named "iMate:2". This loop demonstrates using the ' For Each method of iterating through a collection. Dim oiMateDef2 As iMateDefinition Dim bFoundDefinition As Boolean For Each oiMateDef2 In oOcc2.iMateDefinitions If oiMateDef2.Name = "iMate:2" Then bFoundDefinition = True Exit For End If Next If Not bFoundDefinition Then MsgBox ("An iMate definition named ""iMate:2"" does not exist in " & oOcc2.Name) Exit Sub End If Dim oiMateResult As iMateResult oiMateResult = oAsmCompDef.iMateResults.AddByTwoiMates(oiMateDef1, oiMateDef2) 'Movement constraint Dim oiMateDef3 As iMateDefinition For Each oiMateDef3 In oOcc2.iMateDefinitions If oiMateDef3.Name = "iMate:3" Then bFoundDefinition = True Exit For End If Next If Not bFoundDefinition Then MsgBox ("An iMate definition named ""iMate:3"" does not exist in " & oOcc2.Name) Exit Sub End If ' Look through the iMateDefinitions defined for the second occurrence ' and find the one named "iMate:1". This loop demonstrates using the ' For Each method of iterating through a collection. Dim oiMateDef4 As iMateDefinition For Each oiMateDef4 In oOcc1.iMateDefinitions If oiMateDef4.Name = "iMate:4" Then bFoundDefinition = True Exit For End If Next If Not bFoundDefinition Then MsgBox ("An iMate definition named ""iMate:4"" does not exist in " & oOcc1.Name) Exit Sub End If ' Create an iMate result using the two definitions. Dim oiMateResult2 As iMateResult oiMateResult2 = oAsmCompDef.iMateResults.AddByTwoiMates(oiMateDef3, oiMateDef4) 'Direction of movement constraint Dim oiMateDef5 As iMateDefinition For Each oiMateDef5 In oOcc1.iMateDefinitions If oiMateDef5.Name = "iMate:5" Then bFoundDefinition = True Exit For End If Next If Not bFoundDefinition Then MsgBox ("An iMate definition named ""iMate:5"" does not exist in " & oOcc1.Name) Exit Sub End If ' Look through the iMateDefinitions defined for the second occurrence ' and find the one named "iMate:1". This loop demonstrates using the ' For Each method of iterating through a collection. Dim oiMateDef6 As iMateDefinition For Each oiMateDef6 In oOcc2.iMateDefinitions If oiMateDef6.Name = "iMate:6" Then bFoundDefinition = True Exit For End If Next If Not bFoundDefinition Then MsgBox ("An iMate definition named ""iMate:7"" does not exist in " & oOcc2.Name) Exit Sub End If ' Create an iMate result using the two definitions. Dim oiMateResult3 As iMateResult oiMateResult3 = oAsmCompDef.iMateResults.AddByTwoiMates(oiMateDef5, oiMateDef6) 'Center plane constraint Dim oiMateDef7 As iMateDefinition For Each oiMateDef7 In oOcc1.iMateDefinitions If oiMateDef7.Name = "iFlush:1" Then bFoundDefinition = True Exit For End If Next If Not bFoundDefinition Then MsgBox ("An iMate definition named ""iFlush:1"" does not exist in " & oOcc1.Name) Exit Sub End If ' Look through the iMateDefinitions defined for the second occurrence ' and find the one named "iMate:1". This loop demonstrates using the ' For Each method of iterating through a collection. Dim oiMateDef8 As iMateDefinition For Each oiMateDef8 In oOcc2.iMateDefinitions If oiMateDef8.Name = "iFlush:1" Then bFoundDefinition = True Exit For End If Next If Not bFoundDefinition Then MsgBox ("An iMate definition named ""iFlush:1"" does not exist in " & oOcc2.Name) Exit Sub End If ' Create an iMate result using the two definitions. Dim oiMateResult4 As iMateResult oiMateResult4 = oAsmCompDef.iMateResults.AddByTwoiMates(oiMateDef7, oiMateDef8) End Sub