Checking if component exists in aassembly

[conrat]

Hi there,



I was wondering if anyone knows how to check to see if a component exists in an assembly, prior to accessing it.



For instance, if a part is assembled to the model based on if a certain
parameter is true, is there a way to check if that component is in
session when writing relations? Something like:



if component exists<br style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
hole_dia from component = .5



Also, is there a way of doing this for features in a part as well?



if feature exists<br style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
hole_dia = .5



or



if feature is not supressed<br style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
hole_dia = .5



The problem I have is, I can access feature values in an assembly from
a part, but if that component is supressed, I get errors in my
relations if I edit the relations while the part is supressed. I
also get "invalid symbol" errors under similar circumstances.



Thanks in advance

Jim

 

[conrat]

Sorry if this was the wrong forum to post this in. I also posted it in the Modeling forum.



By the way, I am using ProE 2001, but I assume Wildfire would be similar

 

[Brian_Adkins]

Please refer to original thread:


[url]http://www.mcadcentral.com/proe/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28 201[/url]