Inventor vb.net Documents.Open to open assembly with specific View Representation

[J_Dumont]

I have a vb.net program that opens a specific file using the below code.

            g_inventorApplication.Documents.Open(tbNewProjectFolderName.Text + "\" + "iBar Grille.iam", True)

Unfortunately, the file opens with the "Primary" View Representation even though the file was saved with another.

[nstevelmans · Accepted solution]

Hi, you can run  this after opening the assembly

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Private Sub SetDesignView(Name As String) 'designview name
Dim oAssyDoc As AssemblyDocument = _inventorApplication.ActiveEditDocument
Try
Dim oAssyCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition = oAssyDoc.ComponentDefinition
Dim oRepresman As RepresentationsManager = oAssyCompDef.RepresentationsManager
Dim oDesignview As DesignViewRepresentation = oRepresman.DesignViewRepresentations.Item(Name)
If oDesignview IsNot Nothing Then
oDesignview.Activate()
End If
Catch ex As Exception

End Try
End Sub

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[J_Dumont]

Thank you so much.

Shortly after submitting my post, I thought the same thing, but your code saved me so much time.