Derived feature mirrored?

angermaier · ‎10-15-2008

I'm looking for a way to find out, if the derived part is mirrored. If I look in the ComponentDefinition i can find the parent part in two places: in the _DerivativeDescriptors.DerivedPartDescriptors and in the Features.ReferenceFeatures.
I already thought of comparing the RangeBox of the feature to the RangeBox of the parent part to find out if it's mirrored, but i'm not quite sure if that method will uncover any mirrored features.
Is there any other way to find out if the derived component is mirrored?

angermaier · ‎10-15-2008

I found out that my idea to compare the range boxes is absurd, because if you mirror a part the extents will stay the same (except you use a scale).
Anyway: Has anybody an idea how to find out if a derived component is mirrored?

Anonymous · ‎10-15-2008

Here is some code to do that. This queries the
first derived part component in the active part document.

Sanjay-

Sub IsDerivedComponentMirrored()

    Dim oDoc As PartDocument
    Set oDoc =
ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

    Dim
oDef As PartComponentDefinition
    Set oDef =
oDoc.ComponentDefinition

    Dim
oDerivedPartComponent As DerivedPartComponent
    Set
oDerivedPartComponent =
oDef.ReferenceComponents.DerivedPartComponents.Item(1)


    If Not oDerivedPartComponent.Definition.MirrorPlane =
kDerivedPartNoMirrorPlane Then

MsgBox "The first derived part component is mirrored."
    End
If
End Sub

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angermaier · ‎10-15-2008

Thank you very much! That's what I've been looking for.