***Solved***
1. Manually named components that are replaced will keep their overwritten names. You can check if "Component.Replace" worked correctly by checking iProperties.
2. If a command isn't working as intended, and you know it should, then try restarting Inventor. Would have saved me about 2 hours this morning if I had just restarted and tried running the rule again.
***Original Post***
I've been trying to replace a part file in an assembly using iLogic, however the component is not actually being replaced with anything. I've tried four different methods:
- Target object occurrence (oOcc) and replace (oOcc.Replace...)
- Component Replace using string variables (I want to replace "Comp_A:1" with "P:\...\temp_Comp_A.ipt")
- Component Replace using manually typed strings.
- Component Replace using oOcc.Name and file path.
Nothing is working. I understand that Component.Replace will replace components within the same folder, but I've read several places (including the code snippet) that I can use a target path. Is there a work around? Here's the code in question:
Sub Main()
Dim oldPart = "Comp_A:1"
Dim newPart = "P:\...\temp_Comp_A.ipt". '*** Demo String for Forum Post.
'*** Method 1
Dim oADoc As AssemblyDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
oADef = oADoc.ComponentDefinition
oOccs = oADef.Occurrences
Dim oOcc As Object
For Each oComp As ComponentOccurrence In oOccs
If oComp.Name = oldPart Then
Logger.Debug("oComp is: " & oComp.Name & ". It should be the same as " & oldPart)
oOcc = oComp
End If
Next
Logger.Debug("Attempting to replace component now...")
oOcc.Replace(newPart, False)
'*** Method 2
Component.Replace(oldPart, newPart, False)
'*** Method 3
Component.Replace("Comp_A:1", "temp_Comp_A.ipt", False)
'*** Method 4
Component.Replace(oOcc.Name, newPart, False)
InventorVb.DocumentUpdate()
End Sub
