Using iLogic to generate dimenions

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Recently I have came up with an ilogic code to generate dimensions for an assembly using the 'Capture Current State' method. However, this assembly of mine sometimes has suppressed parts depending on situation.

Problem is that I am only able to generate the dimensions when all parts are unsuppressed. Whenever I have a part suppressed, the rule cannot complete running and there will be error saying "GetIntent(xxxxx.ipt) was not found". I know that this error occurs due to the suppressed part and right now I only temporarily bypass this error by commenting away the "GetIntent" and respective "linDim" lines.

Is there a way to bypass this error and be able to run the rule without commenting away those lines and still be able generate dimensions for the rest of the lines ?  

[JelteDeJong · Accepted solution]

You could try to enclose the line that is failing in a try catch block.

Try
   ' add the lines of code for creating the dimension (that could fail) here
Catch ex As Exception
   ' MsgBox("You could add a wanig here that the dimension is not placed")
End Try

[Charlies_3D_T]

@Anonymous 

Hello, 

Can you post your code for dimensions please? 

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Thanks for the help! I am able to bypass the error by including the Try-Catch statement and re-arranging some of the code.

[_dscholtes_]

Wouldn't it be better to check first if the component you want to dimension is suppressed? (And keep the try-catch code for the really unexpected errors)

[Anonymous]

Hi,

The problem was with dimensions not being able to be generated as I was unable to run the GetIntent line from the suppressed component.

Let's say I have 10 components in total and I suppressed the 9th and 10th components for my assembly, then I am unable to run the 9th component GetIntent line which causes the code to stop running.

I am not sure if this is the best way, but I managed to bypass this issue by rearranging it like this:

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GetIntent (Component8)

linDim (Component8)

GetIntent (Component9) 'Gets stuck here but i was able to at least get linDim1~8

linDim (Component9)

GetIntent (Component10)

linDim (Component10)

Before this it was this way:

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GetIntent (Component8)

GetIntent (Component9) 'Gets stuck here without any linDim

GetIntent (Component10)

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linDim (Component8)

linDim (Component9)

linDim (Component10)

[_dscholtes_]

It's a matter of preference. If I knew that my code doesn't work because of a suppressed component, I would check this before generating the dimension. This way I can tell my program specifically what to do when this happens.

So I would probably add something like this (not tested, but for a general idea):

If Component8.Suppressed = False
    GetIntent (Component8)
    linDim (Component8)
End If

or

If Not GetIntent (Component8) Is Nothing Then linDim (Component8)