Choosing open model for placing baseview?

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Currently, I have a code in a line for adding a baseview, it reads:

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oView1 = oSheet.DrawingViews.AddBaseView(oModel,oViewLoc, oViewScale, ViewOrientationTypeEnum.kLeftViewOrientation, DrawingViewStyleEnum.kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle)

Right now, for development purposes, I have oModel as a part document that is specified by a string for the pathname, i.e.

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Dim oModel As PartDocument
Dim oModelName As String = "C:\Users\buntroh\Documents\Seal sleeve 2.ipt"
oModel= oDocs.Open(oModelName, False)

 However, I want to replace this string with the filepath of a part file that is open in the same collection of documents.

To clarify, just like how when you normally start a new drawing after finishing a part in a part file, the drawing automatically recognizes that 'newly created' model as the model to use when placing a new view. I just want to achieve the same thing (except since I am using iLogic to place the views, I have to specify the model document to use when placing the view).

Currently I have a rule that in my part document that is triggered when the user presses "Create Drawing". The rule prompts the user to save and then it opens up the drawing template. If theres a way to pass the newly created file path into my drawing document, that would be amazing.

Thanks

[MechMachineMan]

If you dont want the rule to be ran from the part document that you are going to make a drawing of, then when do you want it to be run?

[Anonymous]

I needed it to be run from the drawing document. I was under the notion that you can only run a rule that executes actions like placing base views and section views in a drawing document.

The only thing I need passed from the part document to the drawing document is the model/filepath itself.

[MechMachineMan · Accepted solution]

True, but from the part doc you can Add a new drawing document based upon
the template you want to use and use ft hat mew document.

When you call it, you can also use is variable from there. Ie:

oDwgDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Add (?,?)

[Anonymous]

Hmm... this actually helps a lot. I made this rule sometime ago, before I discovered the VB editor/object browser. Currently, I was using some weird VB command like system.diagnostics.process.start("filepath") to open my drawing template.

I still need your help though, because it is still not opening a new document with the "add" command. Here is what I have:

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ThisApplication.documents.add(kDrawingDocumentObject, "STSH Standard 2015 experiment.idw", True)

[MechMachineMan]

Give the full file location of the template rather than just the name.

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much!

Another quick question, whats the method to call the part file into a iLogic rule in my drawing doc? Say, if I want to use some of the part doc's parameters as variables in my drawing doc? As far as getting the file name/path of my part doc into my drawing doc goes, I think I know how to do that.

[MechMachineMan]

oDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.ActiveDocument 'for use when you first
start rule in part doc

oDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Documents.ItemByName (FullFileName)

Or
oDoc =ThisApplication.Documents.Open (FullFileName, BooleanVisibility) in
conjunction with oDoc. Releasereference / close