Inventor VBA list of "pick" filters

[danijel.radenkovic]

Hello,

Can someone help me to find a list of VBA commands for selection ("pick") filters?

For example for select lines is: kSketchCurveLinearFilter

For face and edge selection is: kPartFaceFilter, kPartEdgeFilter

I can't find for work features, for work point selection? Is there a filter or I have to watch work points as objects and use ".Select(obj)"?

Danijel

[Jef_E · Accepted solution]

SelectionFilterEnum Enumerator

Description

Enumeration of the selection filters.

Methods

Name	Value	Description
kAllCircularEntities	18435	All circular entities filter.
kAllCustomGraphicsFilter	18436	All custom graphics.
kAllEntitiesFilter	18439	All entities filter(all entities should be selectable).
kAllLinearEntities	18433	All linear entities filter.
kAllPlanarEntities	18432	All planar entities filter.
kAllPointEntities	18434	All point entities filter.
kAssemblyFeatureFilter	16646	Assembly feature filter.
kAssemblyLeafOccurrenceFilter	16643	Assembly leaf occurrence filter.
kAssemblyOccurrenceFilter	16640	Assembly occurrence filter.
kAssemblyOccurrencePatternElementFilter	16645	Assembly occurrence pattern element filter.
kAssemblyOccurrencePatternFilter	16644	Assembly occurrence pattern filter.
kCustomBrowserNodeFilter	18437	Custom browser node.
kDrawingAutoCADBlockDefinitionFilter	16923	Drawing Block Definition filter.
kDrawingAutoCADBlockFilter	16922	Drawing Block Reference filter.
kDrawingBalloonFilter	16906	Drawing balloon filter.
kDrawingBorderDefinitionFilter	16909	Drawing border definition filter.
kDrawingBorderFilter	16913	Drawing Border instance filter.
kDrawingCenterlineFilter	16915	Drawing Centerline filter.
kDrawingCentermarkFilter	16916	Drawing Centermark filter.
kDrawingCurveSegmentFilter	16914	Drawing curve segment filter.
kDrawingCustomTableFilter	16905	Drawing custom table filter.
kDrawingDefaultFilter	16896	Drawing default filter.
kDrawingDimensionFilter	16900	Drawing dimension filter.
kDrawingFeatureControlFrameFilter	16918	Drawing feature control frame filter.
kDrawingHoleTableFilter	16902	Drawing hole table filter.
kDrawingHoleTagFilter	16903	Drawing hole tag filter.
kDrawingNoteFilter	16899	Drawing note filter.
kDrawingOriginIndicatorFilter	16920	Drawing OriginIndicator filter.
kDrawingPartsListFilter	16901	Drawing parts list filter.
kDrawingRevisionTableFilter	16904	Drawing revision table filter.
kDrawingSheetFilter	16897	Drawing sheet filter.
kDrawingSheetFormatFilter	16917	Drawing sheet format filter.
kDrawingSketchedSymbolDefinitionFilter	16908	Drawing sketched symbol definition filter.
kDrawingSketchedSymbolFilter	16907	Drawing sketched symbol filter.
kDrawingSurfaceTextureSymbolFilter	16919	Drawing surfacetexture symbol filter.
kDrawingTitleBlockDefinitionFilter	16910	Drawing title block definition filter.
kDrawingTitleBlockFilter	16912	Drawing title block instance filter.
kDrawingViewFilter	16898	Drawing view filter.
kDrawingViewLabelFilter	16921	Drawing surfacetexture symbol filter.
kFeatureDimensionFilter	18438	Feature dimension filter.
kPartBodyFilter	15890	Part body filter.
kPartDefaultFilter	15886	Part default filter.
kPartEdgeCircularFilter	15874	Part edge circular filter.
kPartEdgeFilter	15873	Part edge filter.
kPartEdgeLinearFilter	15875	Part edge linear filter.
kPartEdgeMidpointFilter	15876	Part edge midpoint filter.
kPartFaceConicalFilter	15880	Part face conical filter.
kPartFaceCylindricalFilter	15879	Part face cylindrical filter.
kPartFaceFilter	15877	Part face filter.
kPartFacePlanarFilter	15878	Part face planar filter.
kPartFaceSphericalFilter	15882	Part face spherical filter.
kPartFaceToroidalFilter	15881	Part face toroidal filter.
kPartFeatureFilter	15884	Part feature filter.
kPartSurfaceFeatureFilter	15885	Part surface feature filter.
kPartVertexFilter	15883	Part vertext filter.
kPointCloudFilter	15891	Point cloud filter.
kPointCloudPointFilter	15892	Point cloud point filter.
kSketch3DCurveCircularFilter	17666	3D Sketch curve circular filter.
kSketch3DCurveEllipseFilter	17667	3D Sketch curve ellipse filter.
kSketch3DCurveFilter	17664	3D Sketch curve filter.
kSketch3DCurveLinearFilter	17665	3D Sketch curve linear filter.
kSketch3DCurveSplineFilter	17668	3D Sketch curve spline filter.
kSketch3DDefaultFilter	17670	3D Sketch default filter.
kSketch3DDimConstraintFilter	17672	3D Sketch dimension constraint filter.
kSketch3DObjectFilter	17671	3D Sketch filter.
kSketch3DPointFilter	17669	3D Sketch point filter.
kSketch3DProfileFilter	17673	3D Sketch profile filter.
kSketchBlockDefinitionFilter	16141	SketchBlock definition filter.
kSketchBlockFilter	16142	SketchBlock filter.
kSketchCurveCircularFilter	16131	Sketch curve circular filter.
kSketchCurveEllipseFilter	16132	Sketch curve ellipse filter.
kSketchCurveFilter	16129	Sketch curve filter.
kSketchCurveLinearFilter	16130	Sketch curve linear filter.
kSketchCurveSplineFilter	16133	Sketch curve spline filter.
kSketchDefaultFilter	16135	Sketch default filter.
kSketchDimConstraintFilter	16128	Sketch dimension constraint filter.
kSketchImageFilter	16137	SketchImage filter.
kSketchObjectFilter	16136	Sketch filter.
kSketchPointFilter	16134	Sketch point filter.
kSketchProfileFilter	16139	2D Profile filter.
kSketchProjectedCutFilter	16140	ProjectedCut filter.
kSketchTextBoxFilter	16138	Sketch TextBox filter.
kUserCoordinateSystemFilter	16387	UserCoordinateSystem Filter.
kWorkAxisFilter	16384	Work axis filter.
kWorkPlaneFilter	16385	Work plane filter.
kWorkPointFilter	16386	Work point filter.

Version

Introduced in Inventor version 5

[danijel.radenkovic]

That's it!

Thank you a lot Jef.

Regards

Danijel

[Anonymous]

Hi Jef,

I am Harish, CAD Design Engineer. I was looking for the below Pick filter list from many days, thank you for this usefull post.

I need one suggestion from you on this, I am working on a VBA, where i need to pick/Select only the Hole features in an assembly or part , please suggest me which filter i can use to select only the HOLE feature (kPartFaceCylindricalFilter doesn't work for me , bcoz, this filter selects even bend radius or fillet in my part)

Kindly need your suggestion.

Thank you..

Regards,

Harish Kumar M

[Jef_E]

There is no specific filter for HOLE features only. You can use kPartFeatureFilter and then validate the user selection.

If TypeOf SelectedFeature = HoleFeature Then
    ...
End If

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your suggestion Sir..

Will try to implement the same and let you know.

Thank you..

Regards,

Harish

[Anonymous]

Sir,

I am trying to pick all holes in part and create work axis for each hole by ilogic, But i am not getting exact ilogic code to do this.

Please need your suggestion or sample ilogic code to do this.

Thank you..

Regards,

Harish

[danijel.radenkovic]

Hello @Anonymous,

As @Jef_E said, you have to use "kPartFeatureFilter" to get all features and after you need to filter Hole Features by it's type.

Here is the VBA code:

Public Sub createHoleAxis()

    Dim oPartDoc As PartDocument
    Set oPartDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
    
    Dim oCompDef As ComponentDefinition
    Set oCompDef = oPartDoc.ComponentDefinition
   
    Dim oFeat As PartFeature
    Dim oWorkAxis As WorkAxis
    
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 1 To oCompDef.Features.Count
 
    Set oFeat = oCompDef.Features(i)

    If TypeOf oFeat Is HoleFeature Then
    Set oWorkAxis = oCompDef.WorkAxes.AddByRevolvedFace(oFeat.Faces.Item(1), False)
    End If

    Next i

End Sub

With small modification, you can adapt it to iLogicL:

    Dim oPartDoc As PartDocument
    oPartDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
    
    Dim oCompDef As ComponentDefinition
    oCompDef = oPartDoc.ComponentDefinition
   
    Dim oFeat As PartFeature
    Dim oWorkAxis As WorkAxis
    
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 1 To oCompDef.Features.Count
 
    oFeat = oCompDef.Features(i)

    If TypeOf oFeat Is HoleFeature Then
    oWorkAxis = oCompDef.WorkAxes.AddByRevolvedFace(oFeat.Faces.Item(1), False)
    End If

    Next i

Hope this helps!

Best,

Danijel

[RoyWickrama_RWEI]

Thanks for the posting.

I would like to select the center of a circle (or center of arc).

Could you help, please.