Adding Filter Settings to Parts List in iLogic

[przemyslaw_sokolowski]

I am trying to apply "Test" View Representation Filter Settings to Parts List. When I run my code in VBA the "Primary" View is applied. When I am trying to run it in iLogic Inventor crashes. Could you give me a hint what is wrong in my code? 

Sub main
	Dim oDrawing As Inventor.DrawingDocument
	oDrawing = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

	Dim oView As DrawingView
	oView = oDrawing.ActiveSheet.DrawingViews.Item(1)

	Dim oPartsList As PartsList
	oPartsList = oDrawing.ActiveSheet.PartsLists.Item(1)
	
	Dim oAssyComp As AssemblyComponentDefinition
	oAssyComp = oPartsList.ReferencedFile.DocumentDescriptor.ReferencedDocument.ComponentDefinition
	
	Dim oViewRep As DesignViewRepresentation
	oViewRep = oAssyComp.RepresentationsManager.DesignViewRepresentations.Item("Test") 
	
	oOptions = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap
	oOptions.Add(“AssemblyViewRepresentation”, oViewRep)

	oPartsList.FilterSettings.Enabled = True
        
    Dim oPartsListFItem As PartsListFilterItem

	oPartsListFItem=oPartsList.FilterSettings.Add(kAssemblyViewRepresentationFilterItem,oOptions)
End Sub

Thanks

Przemek

[Andrii_Humeniuk]

Hi @przemyslaw_sokolowski . It looks like you are trying to add a filter of the View Representation category, while it is already present in the filter list. You need to clear the existing filters and add a new one.

[WCrihfield]

Hi @przemyslaw_sokolowski.  These are just educated guesses at this point, because I haven't been updated to the 2024.1 version yet, but I would suggest looking into the following changes:

Dim oAssyDoc As AssemblyDocument = oPartsList.ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.ReferencedDocument
oAssyComp = oAssyDoc.ComponentDefinition

...instead of:

oAssyComp = oPartsList.ReferencedFile.DocumentDescriptor.ReferencedDocument.ComponentDefinition

And, including the Enum name before the Enum variation's name, like this:

oPartsListFItem = oPartsList.FilterSettings.Add(PartsListFilterItemTypeEnum.kAssemblyViewRepresentationFilterItem, oOptions)

VBA encourages us to not include it, but it is always very much recommended in iLogic rules, unless you prefer the numerical variation value instead, which can be harder to read later.

Then, after you have that newly added PartsListFilterItem to that oPartsListFItem variable, you may want to take the extra step of Enabling that item.

oPartsListFItem.Enabled = True

The main other things are simply making sure there is a DrawingView, and PartsList on the 'active' sheet, and that there is actually a DVR (DesignViewRepresentation) object in that assembly named "Test".

[przemyslaw_sokolowski]

Thanks for the tips, unfortunately they did not help. What I noticed is that if I remove oOptions (which is optional) from the line:

oPartsListFItem=oPartsList.FilterSettings.Add(PartsListFilterItemTypeEnum.kAssemblyViewRepresentationFilterItem)

The code did not crash Inventor but creates filter for "Primary" Design View Representation. So it looks like something is wrong with the definition of NameValueMap.

[przemyslaw_sokolowski]

Thanks for pointing that out. I created the screenshot to prove that there is "Test" Design View Representation defined in assembly.  If the filter is applied the code fails to create a new one.

[WCrihfield · Accepted solution]

Hi @przemyslaw_sokolowski.  This may sound overly simple, and a stretch, but have you tried 'declaring' the oOptions variable as a NameValueMap before setting its value.  This is rarely an issue, but I have seen similar situations stump up iLogic rules before, so I just thought it was worth mentioning.

[przemyslaw_sokolowski]

That was it. Thank you very much  🙂

[Luis_Pacheco_3D]

From which inventor version does this code work?

[WCrihfield]

Hi @Luis_Pacheco_3D.  The online documentation for the PartsList.FilterSettings property indicates that it was added in 2024.1 version.

Edit:  Here are two more related links:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-A0B07812-EB30-4898-B53E-1112CF02DB2C 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/parts-list-filter-settings/idi-p/6238772