Overview
Using the VB API, you can create and manipulate assembly simplified representations just as you can using Creo Parametric interactively.
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the VB API supports simplified representation of assemblies only, not parts.
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Simplified representations are identified by the IpfcSimRep class. This class is a child of IpfcModelItem, so you can use the methods dealing with IpfcModelItems to collect, inspect, and modify simplified representations.
The information required to create and modify a simplified representation is stored in a class called IpfcSimpRepInstructions which contains several data objects and fields, including:
• String—The name of the simplified representation
• IpfcSimpRepAction—The rule that controls the default treatment of items in the simplified representation.
• IpfcSimpRepItem—An array of assembly components and the actions applied to them in the simplified representation.
A IpfcSimpRepItem is identified by the assembly component path to that item. Each IpfcSimpRepItem has it’s own IpfcSimpRepAction assigned to it. IpfcSimpRepAction is a visible data object that includes a field of type IpfcSimpRepActionType. You can use the method IpfcSimpRepAction.GetType() to set the actions. To delete an existing item, you must set the action as NULL.
EpfcSimpRepActionType is an enumerated type that specifies the possible treatment of items in a simplified representation. The possible values are as follows
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Action
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EpfcSIMPREP_NONE
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No action is specified.
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EpfcSIMPREP_REVERSE
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Reverse the default rule for this component (for example, include it if the default rule is exclude).
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EpfcSIMPREP_INCLUDE
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Include this component in the simplified representation.
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EpfcSIMPREP_EXCLUDE
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Exclude this component from the simplified representation.
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EpfcSIMPREP_SUBSTITUTE
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Substitute the component in the simplified representation.
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EpfcSIMPREP_GEOM
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Use only the geometrical representation of the component.
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EpfcSIMPREP_GRAPHICS
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Use only the graphics representation of the component.
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EpfcSIMPREP_SYMB
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Use the symbolic representation of the component.
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EpfcSIMPREP_BOUNDBOX
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Use the boundary box representation of the component.
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EpfcSIMPREP_DEFENV
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Use the default envelope representation of the component.
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EpfcSIMPREP_LIGHT_GRAPH
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Use the light weight graphics representation of the component.
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EpfcSIMPREP_AUTO
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Use the automatic representation of the component.
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