Using inventor API to determine workplane that sketch is on

[Anonymous]

If I have a part consisting of a single extruded sketch, is there a way I can use inventors API to be able to tell which workplane the sketch is on? I'm trying to use this in an addin I'm making. (Using VBA)

EDIT: looks like this was already posted in the forums: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/ilogic-checking-on-which-plane-sketch-is-defin...

[WCrihfield]

Try this:

Dim oPDoc As PartDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim oPDef As PartComponentDefinition = oPDoc.ComponentDefinition
Dim oExtFeat As ExtrudeFeature = oPDef.Features.ExtrudeFeatures.Item(1)
Dim oSketch As PlanarSketch = oExtFeat.Definition.Profile.Parent
Dim oWPlane As WorkPlane = oSketch.PlanarEntity
MsgBox("The extrusion sketch is on the WorkPlane named:  " & oWPlane.Name)

Oops. looks like you already found a solution.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the reply, I actually just got it to work by using PlanarEntity.Name to check the name of the plane the sketch is on, here is a section of the code im using it in:

Dim occ As ComponentOccurrence
For Each occ In assemDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences
            For Each sk As PlanarSketch In occ.Definition.Sketches
                If sk.PlanarEntity.Name = "XY Plane" Then
                    axisNum = 3
                    planeNum = 2
                ElseIf sk.PlanarEntity.Name = "XZ Plane" Then
                    axisNum = 2
                    planeNum = 1
                ElseIf sk.PlanarEntity.Name = "YZ Plane" Then
                    axisNum = 1
                    planeNum = 2
                End If
            Next

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