Method to determine if a part is an iPart

By Vladimir Ananyev

Q: How do I determine if a part is an iPart from the API? Is there a ‘type’ attribute I can read?

A: Following is a VBA code snippet which shows how to determine whether the selected part is an iPart or not.

VB.NET

    Dim oDoc As AssemblyDocument = m_inventorApp.ActiveDocument

    Dim oOcc As ComponentOccurrence = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences(1)

    If oOcc.IsiPartMember Then

      Dim oPCD As PartComponentDefinition = oOcc.Definition

      Dim iPM As iPartMember = oPCD.iPartMember

      Dim iPF As iPartFactory = iPM.ParentFactory

      Debug.Print(iPF.MemberCacheDir)

    End If

VBA:

    Dim oDoc As AssemblyDocument

    Set oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

    Dim oOcc As ComponentOccurrence

    Set oOcc = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences(1)

    If oOcc.IsiPartMember Then

      Dim oPCD As PartComponentDefinition

      Set oPCD = oOcc.Definition

      Dim iPM As iPartMember

      Set iPM = oPCD.iPartMember

      Dim iPF As iPartFactory

      Set iPF = iPM.ParentFactory

      Debug.Print(iPF.MemberCacheDir)

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