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Retrievesketchdimensionofpartdocumentinsideassembly
ByAdamNagy(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/adamnagy.html)
Thereisalreadyasimilarpost(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2015/08/retrievesketchdimensionofpartdocumentinsidederivedassembly.html)relatedto
DerivedAssemblies.Thedifferencethereisthatinthatcaseyoucouldnotgetaproxyforasketchentitybecausethereisnodirectconnectionbetweentheproxyinsidethederived
documentandthenativeobjectintheoriginaldocument:
http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2014/11/getedgeinderivedpartthatdrivesworkpoint.html(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2014/11/getedgein
derivedpartthatdrivesworkpoint.html)
Incaseofanormalassemblyweneedtogettheproxy(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2013/07/occurrencescontextsdefinitionsproxies.html)forthesketchdimension
entitythatresidesinsidethepartdocument.Wecanthenusethattoretrievewhatweneed.

(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/.a/6a0167607c2431970b01bb08c671ad970dpopup)
SubRetrieveDimension()

DimoDwgAsDrawingDocument
SetoDwg=ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

DimoSheetAsSheet
SetoSheet=oDwg.ActiveSheet

DimoViewAsDrawingView
SetoView=oSheet.DrawingViews.Item(2)

DimoAsmDocAsAssemblyDocument
SetoAsmDoc=oView.ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.ReferencedDocument

DimoRefOccAsComponentOccurrence
SetoRefOcc=oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences.Item(1)

DimoPartDocAsPartDocument
SetoPartDoc=oRefOcc.Definition.Document

DimoPartCompDefAsPartComponentDefinition
SetoPartCompDef=oPartDoc.ComponentDefinition

DimoDCAsDimensionConstraint
SetoDC=oPartCompDef.Sketches(1).DimensionConstraints(1)

DimoDCproxyAsObject
CalloRefOcc.CreateGeometryProxy(oDC,oDCproxy)

DimoObjCollAsObjectCollection
SetoObjColl=ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateObjectCollection()

CalloObjColl.Add(oDCproxy)

CalloSheet.DrawingDimensions.GeneralDimensions.Retrieve(oView,oObjColl)

EndSub

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Note:ifforsomereasonretrievingaspecificdimensionisnotworkingthenyoucouldworkarounditbyretrievingallthedimensionsanddeletingtheonesyoudon'tneed:
DimoDimsAsGeneralDimensionsEnumerator
SetoDims=oSheet.DrawingDimensions.GeneralDimensions.Retrieve(oView)

DimoAsObject
ForEachoInoDims
IfNoto.RetrievedFromIsoDCproxyThen
Callo.Delete
EndIf
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polsaid...

I'mhavingsomeissuesinthisline:
DimoDCAsDimensionConstraint
oDC=oPartCompDef.Sketches(1).DimensionConstraints(1)
Anyidea?I'mjusttryingtoretrievenameddimensions...
Ihavemanagedtoretrievethemallandtheneraseunwanted,butithasnouseformesincetheremightbealotofdimensions,takingahugetimetorecoverthemandthenerase.
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12/28/2016at06:46AM(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2016/03/retrievesketchdimensionofpartdocumentinsideassembly.html#comment
6a0167607c2431970b01b8d24b2fba970c)
AdamNagy(http://profile.typepad.com/1236098880s16462)said...

Whatexacterrorareyougettingonthatline?YoushouldtryitfromVBAandthendebugintothecodeandinvestigatethevariousobjects.Maybeinthatspecificsketchyoudon'thave
dimensionconstraints?
ThebestthingwouldbetopostthisquestionontheInventorCustomisationforum.That'smuchbetterforthisthanthecommentssectionoftheblog:)
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12/29/2016at01:58AM(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2016/03/retrievesketchdimensionofpartdocumentinsideassembly.html#comment
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polsaidinreplytoAdamNagy(http://profile.typepad.com/1236098880s16462)...

Okthanksforyourfastanswerandapologizeforpostingmyquestionhere,I'lldothesameontheforum.
Iactuallydon'tknowhowtoconvertthecodetoVBAandwhere/howtodebugit,asIstartedlearningthisstuffacoupleofmonthsago.I'llgiveitalook.
Acordingtothesketchdimensionconstraints,IbelieveIhavesomesketchesdimensionconstrainedinthepartfile...soasfarasIknowthatshouldn'tbetheproblem.
Again..thanksforyourtimeandeffort.
Keepupthegoodwork!

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