iLogic to get appearance from part (paint color) into drawing custom iProperty

[hanshags]

Hello All,

I'm still a bit newbie at iLogic - but have managed to learn a lot already from other posts here on the forum - thanks for that 🙂  So, I have a little problem - I would like some help how best to do it.

I have with success used the following code to get the material from a part into drawing, and use it to set custom iProperty:

modelName = IO.Path.GetFileName(ThisDrawing.ModelDocument.FullFileName)
iProperties.Value("Custom", "PartMaterial") = UCase(iProperties.Material(modelName))

I can then manipulate and use the "PartMaterial" value as I needed in the dwg.

This works as expected - so far so good.

Now, I try to do the same for getting the "appearance" - paint color (PartColor) from the model and to be used similarly:

modelName = IO.Path.GetFileName(ThisDrawing.ModelDocument.FullFileName)
iProperties.Value("Custom", "Paint") = UCase(iProperties.PartColor(modelName))

But this I can't get to work. I tried "appearance" instead of "PartColor" etc. - but maybe this is where I go wrong?

I further get the following error:

Error in rule: GetPaint, in document: Square Plate 1

Change for string "Square Plate 1.ip" to typo 'Integer' is not valid.

Hope you can help 🙂

[A.Acheson · Accepted solution]

Looking through the documentation there is no object referencing for the partcolour iproperty. It is designed to be run in the part file. See iLogic API here with list of iproperties. Notice material has an object and part colour does not. 

You can retrieve the same information using the inventor API. Reference first the document then the active appearance asset then the name. 

Active Appearance Syntax Link

PartDocument.ActiveAppearance() As Asset

Dim partDoc as PartDocument= ThisDrawing.ModelDocument
Dim partColour as String = partDoc.ActiveAppearance.Name

MessageBox.Show(partColour,"iLogic")

[hanshags]

Many thanks @A.Acheson this worked 😉

I get "1: RAL 9005 Jet Black" as output, is there a way to only list the actual appearance, hence without the "1: " ?

[A.Acheson · Accepted solution]

This should be possible. Use the Asset DisplayName instead. Link to property here.

Replace "Name" for "DisplayName" and that should get the name the user sees if different from internal name.

Syntax

Asset.DisplayName() As String

[hanshags]

Worked like a charm 🙂
Many thanks!