AutoCAD Inventor :: Replace Components In Weldment Assembly

Mar 25, 2013

In past I replaced components in Assemblies with this sub:

Sub testReplacePartInAss()
Call ReplacePartInAss("W:INVENTORTPart1.ipt", "W:INVENTORTPart2.ipt")
End Sub

[Code] .....

But if the assembly is a weldment assembly the line

If oOcc.ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.FullDocumentName = sInAssFilename Then

creates an error '91' that the object is not set.

What has to be changed in this code so that it will work with 'normal' assemblies AND weldment Assemblies too.

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