ILOGIC VBA code to find missing balloons without parts list

[Udo_Huebner]

I also want to find missing balloons - and the existing code from here works fine.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/using-ilogic-to-look-for-missing-balloons/m-p/...

But we don't place a parts list on the drawing (we use Vault Professional to get the BOM of items later), so I need to match the balloons to the BOM of the assembly. Any useful tips on how to archive this? And yes, it should work mainly with exploded views from ipn.

[_dscholtes_]

I never used the API in *.idn files, but this is my first thought:
1. Create a collection of all occurrences in the assembly;
2. Process all balloons, retrieve to which occurrence they are connected and remove them from the collection.
3. The left-overs in the collection are the ones you want.

This blogpost tells you how to get to the connected occurrence of a balloon:

https://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2012/06/use-the-api-to-find-a-component-occurrence-from...