Frame Generator (renaming a Skeleton)

[Anonymous]

Hi all,
I want to Copy / rename a Frame, but can't cut the depency with the Skeleton and the old frame.
0) SaveAs on the Frame.iam to NewFrame.iam
1) Parse the occurences in the NewFrame
2) file copy with NewName.ipt
3) component replace Name -> NewName
All this is ok, but when I want to save, Inventor tells me that the NewSkeleton can't be saved in this file but in the context of Frame.iam.

In the NewSkeleton.ipt,
"ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ReferencingDocuments.Item(1).ReleaseReference"
is not working...

Is there a way manage the dependency to the right file?

Thanks for help...

Michel.

[richiesuk]

use copydesign,
I had the same problem... another bug 🙂

[Anonymous]

Yes but copydesign generates an assembly with no link with the frame, nor the frame generator.
It was basically the reason why I wanted to do it by the API...

Michel

[Anonymous]

There isn't any API functionality specific to Frame
Generator.  I don't know enough about Frame Generator to say if there's a
workaround.  Sorry.
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[Anonymous]

hi,

I have the same problem.

To be sure all files will be unique, I need to rename all files in the Frame and I don't how to do that and it is possible.

Thanks

Gots

[Rene-J]

Have you try to use the  FileDescriptor.ReplaceReference

Private Sub Replace_ref(ByVal CurFullFileName As String, ByVal NewFullFileName As String)
Dim odoc As Document
Set odoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim oFile As Inventor.file
Set oFile = odoc.file
Dim oFileDescriptor As Inventor.FileDescriptor

For Each oFileDescriptor In oFile.ReferencedFileDescriptors
    If oFileDescriptor.FullFileName = CurFullFileName Then
    Call oFileDescriptor.ReplaceReference(NewFullFileName)
  End If
Next

End Sub

René J

[Anonymous]

Hi

I already use this functoin and this is not enough...

Manualy in Inventor, I cannot save as some files (skelton files) and replace them.

I heared about tool "Copy Design", but it doesn't work for this files or I don't know how use it.

Thanks

[Mike.Wohletz]

the CopyDesign tool works great for copying frame generated files and can go from  the assembly file down or also from drawing level down if you do some adjustments to the program. Frame generator adds lots of stuff that looks like GUIDs to attributes and also to custom properties that all must match when you are done.