By Barbara Han
Issue
By default the standard parts are not sectioned and the regular parts are sectioned in a section drawing view. How can I change this setting through UI and API?
Solution
Through UI:
In Inventor 2013, "Tools" -> "Application Settings" –> "Drawing" –> "Section Standard Part”, there are three options available in the drop down list:
- Obey Brower Setting
- Never
- Always
Through API:
VBA sample code:
Public Sub SetPartSectioning() Thisapplication.DrawingOptions.StandardPartsSectionBehavior=kAlwaysSectionStandardParts
End Sub
VB.NET version:
Public Sub SetPartSectioning()
Dim m_inventorApp As Inventor.Application = Nothing
‘ Try to get an active instance of Inventor
Try
m_inventorApp = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject("Inventor.Application")
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
‘ If not active, create a new Inventor session
If m_inventorApp Is Nothing Then
Dim inventorAppType As Type = System.Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Inventor.Application")
m_inventorApp = System.Activator.CreateInstance(inventorAppType)
End If
m_inventorApp.DrawingOptions.StandardPartsSectionBehavior =
StandardPartsSectionBehaviorEnum.kAlwaysSectionStandardParts
End Sub
Note: If the sectioned view of the Part/Assembly is already created in a drawing document, it is impossible to get the sectioned view
updated. You will have to re-create every sectioned view in order to take in consideration the new settings.
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