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Inventor VBA Edge Definition for use in Assembly Constraints

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I have been unable to define the proper format for collecting edges in a subroutine to be used for assembly constraints
in another routine. I understand how the Edge Collection works for fillets , but the method provided in the Help
Example does not provide a way to identify specific edges such as the upper and lower edges of pipes or conical
sections in tapered pipes that can be used for assembly constraints.
I tried to use a point on the edge to define the edge so that the edge could be added to the attribution collection set,
as shown below but the code with the ' in column one not allowed for edge objects.
Does know the proper VBA format to add edges to a collect set so that they can be used to define assembly constraints
in VBA?
Dim oTopFace As Face
Dim oBottomFace As Face
Set oTopFace = compdef.SurfaceBodies.Item(1).LocateUsingPoint(kFaceObject, oTG.CreatePoint(Dia - Thickness / 2,
Length, 0))
Set oBottomFace = oCompDef.SurfaceBodies.Item(1).LocateUsingPoint(kFaceObject, oTG.CreatePoint(Dia - Thickness /
2, 0, 0))
Dim oTopEdge As Edge
' Set oTopEdge = oCompDef.SurfaceBodies.Item(1).LocateUsingPoint(kFaceObject, oTG.CreatePoint(Dia, Length, 0))
Dim oAttribSet As AttributeSet
Set oAttribSet = oTopFace.AttributeSets.Add("TopFace")
Set oAttribSet = oBottomFace.AttributeSets.Add ("BottomFace")
Set oAttribSet = oTopEdge.AttributeSets.Add("TopEdge")
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11-18-2002 08:49 AM in reply to: Bill_Regan

Thisisoneofthetrickierissueswhenperforming
whatseemlikeeasytaskswiththeAPI.Ithinkagoodanalogyisflying
anairplane.Whenyou'reworkingwithInventorinteractivelyyou'reflying
bysight,havegoodweather,andexcellentvisibility.Cominginfora
landingyou'reabletovisuallylineupwiththerunwayandland.When
you'reusingtheAPI,it'slikeallofthewindowshavebeencoveredandyou
havetoflyexclusivelybyinstrument.Forexample,ifyouneedtheedge
thatrepresentstheedgeofaholeit'seasyfortheusertoselectit.
However,foryoutofinditblindlyusingtheAPIcansometimesbequitea
challenge.
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TheInventorAPIsupportsseveraldifferentwaysof
accessingspecifieditemsofthesolid.SolidsandsurfacesinInventor
arerepresentedbyaboundaryrepresentation(BRep).Thisisexposed
throughtheAPIasaSurfaceBodyobject.TheSurfaceBodyisthetoplevel
objectandrepresentstheentiresolid.Fromthesurfacebodyyoucan
accessthefaces,edges,andverticesofthesolid.Asolidismadeupof
asetofconnectedsurfaces.TheBRepiswhatdefineshowthesesurfaces
areconnected.UsingtheSurfaceBodydirectly,youcaniterateoverallof
thevariouspiecesoftheBRepandbylookingforspecificpropertiesofeach
itemfindaparticularBRepentity.Tohelpwiththisprocess,Inventor
supportssomeadditionalfunctionstohelpyoufindspecificitemseasier.
Forexample,foraspecificfeatureyoucangodirectlytothefacesthatwere
createdwhenthatfeaturewasplaced.Somefeaturesevencategorizethe
facesthatwerecreated.Forexample,fromanextrudefeatureyoucanget
justthetop,bottom,orsidefaces.TheAPIOverviewsectionforthe
BRepstillneedstobewrittenandI'llgointomuchmoredetailwithexamples
inthat.
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Onesampleyoumightwanttotakealookatthe
demonstrateswhatI'vejusttalkedaboutistheAutoBoltssample.Inthis
sample,edgesontheboltswerepreviouslyidentifiedusingattributes.
Theholesandedgesonthepartwheretheboltswillbeplacedarefound
dynamicallywhentheprogramisrunning.Youcanseehowitlooksthrough
theBRepentitiesforoneswithspecificproperties.Theexactprocess
willdifferfromcasetocasedependingonwhatyou'retryingto
accomplish.
Brian
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subroutine to be used for assembly constraints in another routine. I

understand how the Edge Collection works for fillets , but the method
provided in the Help Example does not provide a way to identify specific edges
such as the upper and lower edges of pipes or conical sections in tapered
pipes that can be used for assembly constraints.
I tried to use a point on the edge to define the edge so that the edge
could be added to the attribution collection set, as shown below but the code
with the ' in column one not allowed for edge objects.
Does know the proper VBA format to add edges to a collect set so that they
can be used to define assembly constraints in VBA?
Dim oTopFace As Face
Dim oBottomFace As Face
Set oTopFace =
compdef.SurfaceBodies.Item(1).LocateUsingPoint(kFaceObject,
oTG.CreatePoint(Dia - Thickness / 2, Length, 0))
Set oBottomFace =
oCompDef.SurfaceBodies.Item(1).LocateUsingPoint(kFaceObject,
oTG.CreatePoint(Dia - Thickness / 2, 0, 0))
Dim oTopEdge As Edge
' Set oTopEdge =
oCompDef.SurfaceBodies.Item(1).LocateUsingPoint(kFaceObject,
oTG.CreatePoint(Dia, Length, 0))
Dim oAttribSet As
AttributeSet
Set oAttribSet =
oTopFace.AttributeSets.Add("TopFace")
Set
oAttribSet = oBottomFace.AttributeSets.Add ("BottomFace")
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Set oAttribSet =
oTopEdge.AttributeSets.Add("TopEdge")
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Thanks for directing me to the Autobolts VB code. However, in this code the edge must already be specified in the VB
selection set. What I am trying to acomplish is to add a unique cylinder edge to the selection set by specifying a point
on the edge, but I have not been able to locate the VBA command that provides this capability. Is this possible in the
current API?
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Bill
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TheAutoBoltssampledemonstratestwothings.
Thefirstiswhatyousawanedgeisidentifiedinteractively(theselection
setinthis)case,taggedwithanattribute,andusedlater.Thisishow
theedgeontheboltisidentified.However,theedgeonthepartthatis
usedfortheotherhalfoftheinsertconstraintisidentifieddynamicallyby
examiningthemodelitself.TheGetHoleInfofunctioniswherethisworkis
beingperformed.TheAPIisquiterichwiththeabilitytotraverse
throughthemodelandquerythegeometry.AsImentionedbeforethereis
alsofunctionalityonfeaturestoprovidemoredirectaccesstothis
information.Inadditiontherearesomequerytypefunctionstoletyou
findgeometry.Addressingyourspecificexample,theLocateUsingPoint
methodontheSurfaceBodyobject,takesapointasinputandreturnsaface,
edge,orvertexthatiswithinagiventolerance.
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Brian,
Thanks for directing me to the Autobolts VB code. However, in this code
the edge must already be specified in the VB selection set. What I am trying
to acomplish is to add a unique cylinder edge to the selection set by
specifying a point on the edge, but I have not been able to locate the VBA
command that provides this capability. Is this possible in the current API?
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