Link between view Representation and Positional representation via ilogic

[k14348]

Hi,

  I hav 6 Nos. View representation (Lets Call A,B,C,D,E,F) and 6 Nos. of Positional Representation(Lets cal A,B,C,D,E,F) . I want to link this two. Whenever i activate View Rep A automatically positional Rep should be activated via iLogic. Can anybody help?

-karthikeyan M

Note:-

Reference picture attached.

[pball]

Here is some iLogic code to set the view rep based on the positional rep. I have it triggered with any model parameter change. Not sure if it's possible to set the positional rep based on the view rep with the triggers available.

Dim oAsmCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition
oAsmCompDef = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition

If oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name = "Master" Then 
	oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("Default").activate
Else
	Try 
		oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item(oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name).activate
	Catch
		oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("Default").activate
	End Try
End If

[k14348]

Hi,

  u have done it for one representation . But i need for more than one rep.

Dim oAsmCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition
oAsmCompDef = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition

If oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name = "Position1" Then 
	oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("View1").activate	
Else
	Try 
		oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item(oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name).activate
	Catch
		oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("Default").activate
	End Try
End If

If oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name = "Position2" Then 
	oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("View2").activate	
Else
	Try 
		oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item(oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name).activate
	Catch
		oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("Default").activate
	End Try
End If
If oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name = "Position3" Then 
	oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("View3").activate	
Else
	Try 
		oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item(oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name).activate
	Catch
		oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("Default").activate
	End Try
End If

I tried something but its not working . Please solve this error.

-karthikeyan M

[pball]

Actually my code works for any representation, as long as the view rep and pos rep are named the same. It seems you don't understand the logic so I'll break it down.

Dim oAsmCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition
oAsmCompDef = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition

If oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name = "Master" Then 
        'If the pos rep is the Master then activate the Default view rep
	oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("Default").activate
Else
	Try 
            'Try to active a view rep with the same name as the active pos rep
            'So if "two" is the current pos rep it will try to active the view rep "two"
		oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item(oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name).activate
	Catch
            'If a view rep with the same name as the active pos rep doesn't exist set the default view rep active
		oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("Default").activate
	End Try
End If

The main reason this code could fail is either the view and pos rep are not named the same or the iLogic trigger is not firing. If each pos rep has a parameter changed between them the "Any Model Parameter Change" trigger should work perfectly.

[k14348]

Hi,

  Actually i have 5 Nos. of view Rep. and 5 Nos. of Positional Rep. Details are as follows:-

View Rep:-

Stub 600

Stub 500

Stub 400

Stub 300

Stub 200

Stub 100

Positional  Rep:-

Stub 600

Stub 500

Stub 400

Stub 300

Stub 200

Stub 100

If i double click (that means activate) Stub 600 of View Rep After run the rule manually Positional Rep Stub 600 Should be activated. If i double click Stub 500 after run the rule manually Stub 500 Positional rep Should be activated.

-karthikeyan M

[pball · Accepted solution]

My code above works when you active a position rep and then the code will change the view rep to match. I have it setup in that order because there is not an iLogic trigger that runs when view reps are changed.

It would be possible to change the code so it will change the position rep to match the active view rep, but you would have to manually run the code every time.

[k14348]

Hi,

  I know some  vba basic and i written 4 or 5 macros. But i dont know how to learn ilogic. Can u give some guidance how to start?

-karthikeyan

[MechMachineMan]

iLogic is just vb.net using the inventor API, as well as some built in shortcuts.

You can do anything iLogic does simply by using vb.net to access the inventor API.

[Anonymous]

Dear pball z,

This code is exactly what I have been looking for. I just tested it and it works perfectly. If I was a bit more experienced with iLogic I would make the view rep the key rather than the positional rep.

I have an assembly with 14 stations. Each station is a sub-assembly with position reps for 18 product variants. The ability to switch smoothly between pos reps and the corresponding view in the top level is very valuable. I have voted to have this functionality built it. For now this is great! 

Thank you,

[Harry.Braywood]

Hi,

I'm new to this, so forgive me if I'm missing something obvious.

I've tried this rule

oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item(oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.ActivePositionalRepresentation.Name).activate

as stated.

And I've made sure that the view names are exactly the same as the positional representation names, characters spaces and all. My assembly file name is "14323".

But I keep getting a box saying "Error on Line 1 : 'oAsmCompDef' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level"

How do I solve this?

[pball]

Are you using all of the code posted above or just that line? That line by itself will not work, it requires the first two lines of code which define oAsmCompDef.

[Harry.Braywood]

Thanks for the reply. It was something quite obvious (like I said, I'm totally new).

I've put the whole rule in now, and it's gone through with no errors.

However it doesn't seem to be working as I want it to.

I've got 16 views with names, and 16 representations with matching names for the relevant view.

For example, I've got one view called "Discharge Right, Suction Right". But when I double click on this view, the positional representation does not change to "Discharge Right, Suction Right"

Would you know why this is?

[pball]

There are two things about this script. First you need to setup an iLogic trigger on any parameter change to run this rule. Secondly it only works when changing the positional representation and not the view rep. I am not aware of a method of triggering an iLogic script when the view rep is changed.

[Harry.Braywood]

Ah, I see.

Thanks for your help and information for this. I'll spend some time familiarising myself.