Hello everyone,
This is the context, I have an assembly with many subassemblies that do not have the mass properties updated (like the picture below). What I want to do is code that allows me to update the mass from the first level assembly. I looked in forums related to the subject but I have not found what I was looking for.
If anyone can help me thank you very much.
Hi @rcoi. Have you tried looping through all of the main assemblies referenced documents and using the Rebuild method on them? Here is an example:
If ThisDoc.Document.DocumentType <> DocumentTypeEnum.kAssemblyDocumentObject Then
MsgBox("An Assembly Document must be active for this rule to work. Exiting.", vbCritical, "")
Exit Sub
End If
Dim oADoc As AssemblyDocument = ThisDoc.Document
For Each oRefDoc As Document In oADoc.AllReferencedDocuments
If Not oRefDoc.IsModifiable Then Continue For
Dim oMassProps As MassProperties = oRefDoc.ComponentDefinition.MassProperties
oMassProps.MassOverridden = True
oMassProps.MassOverridden = False
oRefDoc.Rebuild2(True)
Next
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Wesley Crihfield
(Not an Autodesk Employee)
There is also a command that can be executed which will cause the mass properties to be updated, similar to clicking on that button in the Physical tab of the iProperties dialog. But I think it will only work on the 'active' document. And as long as you are working within an assembly, that top level assembly will always technically be the 'active' document, so I'm not sure how it could be effectively used in a scenario like this. What is needed is a method added to the MassProperties object that will cause the same effect.
ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppUpdateMassPropertiesCmd").ExecuteWesley Crihfield
(Not an Autodesk Employee)
