Positional Rep API Broken: SetRelationshipValueOverride

[MechMachineMan]

With the revision to positional rep/constraint API, we are now no long able to pass parameter names to the relationship value override string, and are thus stuck using static values.

see:

To use the code below,

Make only 2 constraints in a document. Make the 2nd one an insert.

Add a parameter named "CYL_STROKE".

Ensure no positional rep named "EXTENDED" Exists.

Run code & watch it fail.

However, swap the commented out line to the one above it, and it works fine.

From there you can go back in and change the relationship override value to a "CYL_STROKE" to witness that the functionality should be available.

This was discovered when modifying old code that worked with the previous pos rep system that worked perfectly fine.

Dim oAsmCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition
Dim oStroke As Integer = 30
Dim oInsert1 As AssemblyConstraint = oAsmCompDef.Constraints.Item(2)
	
	Dim oPosReps As PositionalRepresentations = oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager.PositionalRepresentations
	Dim oOcc As ComponentOccurrence
	
	Dim oPosRep1 As PositionalRepresentation = oPosReps.Add("EXTENDED")
	With oPosRep1
		.SetRelationshipSuppressionOverride(oInsert1, False)
		.SetRelationshipValueOverride(oInsert1, RelationshipValueTypeEnum.kRelationshipOffsetValue, "CYL_STROKE")
	'	.SetRelationshipValueOverride(oInsert1, RelationshipValueTypeEnum.kRelationshipOffsetValue, oStroke & " in")
	End With

[MechMachineMan]

Has anyone had the chance to look at this? Or is there a better channel for discussion on this issue?

[HermJan.Otterman]

hello MechMachine,

I didnot use this in a version before 2016, but don't you need to use the value of the parameter?

the second line works for me to, also without the unit.