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06/24/2013

ConstraintanAssemblyWorkplanewithaComponentOccurenceWorkplane?
ByAugustoGoncalves(http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/augustogoncalves.html)
TheAddFixedmethodcreatesaworkplaneatthespecifiedpositioninspace,butitisnotgrounded.Placingaconstraintontheworkplanecouldcauseittomovedependingonwhatitis
beingconstrainedtoandthebehaviorofthesolver.Thefactthatitisnotgroundedandstillhavesixdegreesoffreedomavailableallowsthesolvertorepositionitasneeded.
Asaworkaround,pleasesetoAssyPlane.Grounded=TruebeforeAddMateConstraintandsetGroundedbacktoitsoriginalvalue.
Thecodebelowassumestwooccurrencesinoneassembly.Thecoordinatesystemofthesecondoccurrenceisnotalignedwiththeassemblys.
PublicSubMateConstraintOfWorkPlanes()

'gettheactivecomponentdefinition
DimoAsmCompDefAsAssemblyComponentDefinition
oAsmCompDef=m_inventorApplication._
ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition

'gettheworkplane
DimoAssyPlaneAsWorkPlane
DimOPtAsPoint=Nothing
DimXVAsUnitVector=Nothing
DimYVAsUnitVector=Nothing
oAsmCompDef.WorkPlanes(2)._
GetPosition(OPt,XV,YV)
'andaddfixed
oAssyPlane=oAsmCompDef._
WorkPlanes.AddFixed(OPt,XV,YV)

'creategeometryproxy
DimoOcc1AsComponentOccurrence
oOcc1=oAsmCompDef.Occurrences(2)
DimoPartPlaneXZAsWorkPlane
oPartPlaneXZ=oOcc1.Definition.WorkPlanes(2)
DimoPartPlane1AsWorkPlaneProxy=Nothing
oOcc1.CreateGeometryProxy(_
oPartPlaneXZ,oPartPlane1)

'andfinallyaddtheconstraint
DimoldVAsBoolean
oldV=oAssyPlane.Grounded
oAssyPlane.Grounded=True
oAsmCompDef.Constraints.AddMateConstraint(_
oPartPlane1,oAssyPlane,0)
oAssyPlane.Grounded=oldV
EndSub

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