Visual studio : I cannot get the feature suppress
Hi @bhavik4244. I admittedly don't use Visual Studio much or create add-ins (due to corporate restrictions), but I'm pretty sure I know why it is not working for you. That Feature.IsActive() method is an iLogic only snippet (defined within the iLogic add-in), so you will need to do that process through the normal API route. All that snippet does is change the 'Suppressed' state of the feature. It will surely be more of a pain in the butt doing it the API way, but that's part of the trade-off. Basically get the document being represented by the component, then get its component definition, then its features, then get that feature by name using PartFeatures.Item("featureName"). If you need help coding that, just let us know.
Wesley Crihfield
(Not an Autodesk Employee)
Here is just an idea I threw together, that may or may not work for you, just as a starter. I created a Function go get a named feature from within a supplied component and return that feature. I suppose that Function could just as easily be renamed OccurrenceFeatureIsActive, and turned into a Sub that simply sets the feature's suppression to a supplied Boolean value, but you get the point. Just a quickie attempt to make a 'side routine' for use in vb.net that could be used as somewhat of a replacement for the Feature.IsActive() iLogic method.
Private Sub m_sampleButton_OnExecute(Context As NameValueMap) Handles m_sampleButton.OnExecute
'MsgBox("Button was clicked.")
Dim asmDoc = g_inventorApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim oAsmCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition
oAsmCompDef = g_inventorApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition
Dim oOccurrence As ComponentOccurrence
For Each oOccurrence In oAsmCompDef.Occurrences
Dim oOccName As String = oOccurrence.Name
'MsgBox(oOccurrence.Name)
If oOccName.Contains("Improved 80mm") Then
'oOccurrence.count
MsgBox(oOccName)
Dim oRev1 As PartFeature = GetOccurrenceFeature(oOccurrence, "Revolution1")
Dim oRecPtrn1 As PartFeature = GetOccurrenceFeature(oOccurrence, "Rectangular Pattern1")
oRev1.Suppressed = True
oRecPtrn1.Suppressed = True
End If
If oOccName.Contains("Improved Guide Corner") Then
MsgBox(oOccName)
Dim oRev1 As PartFeature = GetOccurrenceFeature(oOccurrence, "Revolution1")
Dim oCircPtrn1 As PartFeature = GetOccurrenceFeature(oOccurrence, "Circular Pattern1")
oRev1.Suppressed = True
oCircPtrn1.Suppressed = True
End If
Next
End Sub
Private Function GetOccurrenceFeature(oOcc As ComponentOccurrence, oFeatureName As String) As PartFeature
Dim oOccDoc As Document = oOcc.ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.ReferencedDocument
Dim oFeatures As Object 'PartFeatures from Part ; Features from Assembly
If TypeOf oOccDoc Is PartDocument Then
Dim oPDoc As PartDocument = oOccDoc
oFeatures = oPDoc.ComponentDefinition.Features
'SheetMetalFeatures would be under a SheetMetalComponentDefinition
ElseIf TypeOf oOccDoc Is AssemblyDocument Then
Dim oADoc As AssemblyDocument = oOccDoc
oFeatures = oADoc.ComponentDefinition.Features
End If
Dim oFeature As PartFeature 'both Item() returns PartFeature
Try
oFeature = oFeatures.Item(oFeatureName)
Catch
End Try
Return oFeature 'may be Nothing if not found
End Function
Wesley Crihfield
(Not an Autodesk Employee)
I probably wouldn't be much help there. Although I have Visual Studio 2019 (free version) installed, I haven't used it much, because I don't think I have everything set-up correctly for my very narrow needs. Since I am not a software developer and don't have a degree in computer programming (other than CNC), I was not sure how to set everything up. And since I don't even have administrator's rights on my work PC (again, due to corporate nonsense), I can not 'register' dll's, and I have not been able to fully explore the possibilities.
Learning vb.net, VBA, & iLogic for me has been fully by exploration, reading, trial & error experience, etc.
If you do find an easy to follow guide for properly installing Visual Studio, setting it all up property for use with (all things Inventor related), and maybe how to be able to make use of it without administrator's rights, please let me know, because I would be very interested in further pursuing that.
Wesley Crihfield
(Not an Autodesk Employee)
