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Accessing the secondary members of a custom component

Dbutparvalentin.chiru@technyx.ws,nov.18200910:49
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Post18novembre200910:49

valentin.chiru@technyx.ws

HiJuan!
AsInoticedthecustomcomponentsaremappedbytheAPIasdetails(instancesofDetailclass),
andhavethenumbersetto1.
FordetailsyouhaveaccesstotheprimaryobjectviatheGetPrimaryObject()method.
IsthereanywaytohaveaccesstothesecondaryobjectsofacustomcomponentviatheAPI?I
seethatthereisnoGetSecondaryObjects()methoddefinedfordetailsasitisfortheConnection
class.
Thankyouforthehelp,
Vali
Post18novembre200911:12

JuanRodriguez

HiVali,
AsIunderstand,detailscanonlyhaveaprimarypartintheAPI,notsureifyoucanmodela
detailwithsecondariesthough.SothereisnopointinhavingaGetSecondaryObjectsmethodfor
detailswhenyoucannotsetthem,atleastintheAPIisnotsupported.
Bestregards,
Post18novembre200911:22

valentin.chiru@technyx.ws

I'minterestedonlytogetthesecondariesforadetail,nottosetthem.Thesecondariesaresetvia
theuserinterface,whentheuserinsertsacustomcomponentintothemodel.Theuserselects
theprimaryandthesecondaryobjectsforthecustomcomponentandinsertsitintothemodel.
Thiscustomcomponentthatrequiresaprimaryandsomesecondaryobjectsfromtheuserat
inserttime,ismappedwiththeAPIintoadetailobject.
Thequestionwasifthereisanywaytogetthesecondaryobjectsforthedetailalso,astheuser
couldnotinsertthecustomcomponentintothemodelinthefirstplacewithoutsettingthem.
Post18novembre200911:48

JuanRodriguez

ButisitactuallyaDetail?oraComponent?IwonderifyoucancastitasComponentinthe
API...Thenyoucouldgetthesecondaries.
valentin.chiru@technyx.ws

Post18novembre200911:59

Unfortunatellyit'sadetail. AndIdon'tseehowtocastittoacomponent.Itwillthrowmean
InvalidCastException.
Post18novembre200912:07

JuanRodriguez

Canyousendthecomponenttotakealooktoit?Idon'tknowhowyoucanhaveadetailwith
morethanoneinputobjects.
Post18novembre200901:57

valentin.chiru@technyx.ws

Hiagain!
I'vejusttalkedwithmyTeklauseranditseemsthatinorderforausertocreateacustom
connectionhemustchoosethe"Connection"itemastypeinthe"CustomConnectionWizard".
CanyouconfirmthatalltheconnectionsdoneinthiswaywillbemappedasConnectionclass
instanceswiththeAPI?
Sorryfortheinitialconfusion...TheobjectthatItestedtheAPIwith,wasadetailindeed,butI'm
interestedincustomconnectionsinparticularandnotcustomcomponentsingeneral.

Regards,
Vali
Post18novembre200902:12

JuanRodriguez

HiVali,
CustomconnectionsshouldappearasConnectionintheAPI,I'veuseditsomeprevioustimes
withoutanyproblem,asIrecall.
Asyouknow,inconnectionyoucanusetheGetSecondaryObjects()method.
Bestregards,
Post18novembre200902:16

valentin.chiru@technyx.ws

ThankyouJuan!
That'sgreatnews!

Post12mai201009:13

JohnNorbury

Howcanyoumodifyonlysecondarypartsandnotmainparts?
Post12mai201011:04

JuanRodriguez

JustuseGetSecondaryObjects()togetthesecondaries,gettheoneyouwanttomodifyand
modifyit.Thatdoesn'taffectmainparts.
Bestregards,

Post13mai201002:06

JohnNorbury

Buthowcanyoudothiswithoutbeinginaconnection?Justsecondarypartsinthemodel.
I'vebeentryingB.GetAssembly().GetSecondaries()likeso:

TSM.ModelObjectEnumeratorP=M.GetModelObjectSelector().GetSelectedObjects()
if(P.GetSize()>0)
{
while(P.MoveNext())
{
TSM.PartB=P.CurrentasPart
B.GetAssembly().GetSecondaries()
if(B!=null)
{
B.PartNumber.Prefix=textBox3.Text
B.AssemblyNumber.Prefix=textBox4.Text
B.Modify()
}
}
M.CommitChanges()
}

InanothercodeIusethislineforgettingmainpartsanditworks:
TSM.PartA=B.GetAssembly().GetMainPart()asPart

Butitwon'tletmeturnB.GetAssembly().GetSecondaries()intoaPartasit'sanarraylist.How
canIdothis?
P.S.Iprobablyshouldhavemadeanewthreadforthis.Sorry
Post14mai201009:24

JuanRodriguez

HiJohn,
WhenyouuseGetSecondariesyouneedtostoretheminanArrayListandthenmodifiedtheone
youwant,theremightbeseveralsecondaries.
Inthenextexampleisgettingthefirstsecondaryofaconnectionorassemblyandmodifyingits
PartNumber.Prefix.Notethatforassembliesandconnectionsthemethodstogetthesecondaries
aredifferent.ProbablythiscouldbemorenicelyputusingdelegatesbutIwon'tgointothat .
Youcodeshouldlookalittlemorelikethis:

PickerPicker=newPicker()

ModelObjectModelObject=Picker.PickObject(Picker.PickObjectEnum.PICK_ONE_OBJECT)

if(ModelObjectisTSM.Connection)
{

TSM.ConnectionConnection=ModelObjectasTSM.Connection

ArrayListSecondaries=Connection.GetSecondaryObjects()

BeamBeam=(Beam)Secondaries[0]

if(Beam!=null)
{

Beam.PartNumber.Prefix="J"

Beam.Modify()
}

}
elseif(ModelObjectisAssembly)
{

AssemblyAssem=ModelObjectasAssembly

ArrayListSecondaries=Assem.GetSecondaries()

BeamBeam=(Beam)Secondaries[0]

if(Beam!=null)
{

Beam.PartNumber.Prefix="J"

Beam.Modify()
}

M.CommitChanges()

Ihopethishelps.
Bestregards,
Post17mai201007:04

JohnNorbury

HiJuan,whatdoIneedtoreferencetogetArrayListworking?ItjustunderlinesitinredandI
can'tworkitout.....youcanjusttellI'manoob

EDIT:Aftersearchingthough13+pagesIfinallyfoundithaha.System.Collections.ArrayList
EDIT2:Istillcan'tgetit.Iamtryingthiscode.Whatswrongwithit?

TSM.ModelObjectEnumeratorP=M.GetModelObjectSelector().GetSelectedObjects()
if(P.GetSize()>0)
{
while(P.MoveNext())
{
TSM.ModelObjectA=P.CurrentasTSM.ModelObject
if(AisTSM.Connection)
{
TSM.ConnectionConnection=AasTSM.Connection
System.Collections.ArrayListSecondaries=Connection.GetSecondaryObjects()
BeamB=(Beam)Secondaries[0]
if((B!=null)&&((B.Name!="TREAD")||(B.Name!="TURNBUCKLE")))
{
B.PartNumber.Prefix=textBox3.Text
B.AssemblyNumber.Prefix=textBox4.Text
B.Modify()
}
}
elseif(AisAssembly)
{
AssemblyAssem=AasAssembly
System.Collections.ArrayListSecondaries=Assem.GetSecondaries()
BeamB=(Beam)Secondaries[0]
if((B!=null)&&((B.Name!="TREAD")||(B.Name!="TURNBUCKLE")))
{
B.PartNumber.Prefix=textBox3.Text
B.AssemblyNumber.Prefix=textBox4.Text
B.Modify()
}
}
}
M.CommitChanges()

Post17mai201008:56

TobiasSvenberg

IfyouareusingVisualStudiothereisaneasywaytofindtheproperreferenceforcommon
itemssuchasArrayList.
simplydefineanewArrayListlikeso:

ArrayListmyList=newArrayList()

(Notethatitwillnotshowupinthescrolllistsoyouwillneedtotypetheentireline).
ThislinewillbehighlightedbyVisualStudioascontaininganerror.Nowtothefinding
referencepart.
rightclickonthelineinyourcodeanduse"resolve"

Post18mai201001:23

JohnNorbury

AhhhIsee,ThanksTobias!
Anyideaswhat'swrongwithmycode?
Post18mai201009:47

JuanRodriguez

HiJohn,
Yourcodeisworkingnicely ,please:

...checkthatyouhaveselectedthecorrectitems.
...debugyourcodeinordertoseeiftheenumeratorisemptyornot.Andalsoifthecode
goesinsidetheifclauses.
...checkthatyouhave"Selectcomponents"active,not"Selectobjectsincomponents".
...makesurethatyouareusingthereferencesneededbyyourcodeintheproject,also
remembertoaddthe"using"inthebeginningofyourcsfile,e.g.usingSystem.Collections

Bestregards,
Post19mai201009:09

JohnNorbury

IthinkyoumayhavemisunderstoodwhatI'mtryingtodoasthiscodeisnotdoingwhatIwant.
AllIwanttodoismodifysecondarypartslikethisweldedcleathereoranythingelseweldedto
thatbeam:

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Post19mai201009:16

JuanRodriguez

Citation
Anyideaswhat'swrongwithmycode?

Youaskthat,soItestedyourcodeanditworks.Iwasjusttellingsomereasonswhythecode
mightnotbeworking.Yourcodejustgetsthefirstsecondaryandmodifiestheprefixofassembly
numberandpartnumber,andthatworks.
Ifyouwanttomodifyallthesecondariesandnotjustone,loopthroughthaArrayListreturned
byGetSecondaryObjectsorGetSecondaries.

Post19mai201009:37

JohnNorbury

Yesthecodehasnoerrorsbutitismodifyingoneofthosebeamsandnottheplateeventhough
thebeamisnotasecondary.
Ijustwanttoselectaheapofpartsinthemodelbutonlymodifythesecondarypartsitfinds.

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