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How to create a custom iProperty or Parameter with iLogic?

A - answer How can I use an iLogic rule to automatically create custom parameters of a model or custom iProperties? How to handle situations when they already exist?

For both cases, you can use the coding construction Try Catch, ie. attempt to access the parameter or iProperty and catch any possible failure of this access.

The code for creating the iProperty "MyProperty" then looks as follows:

Dim propertyName As String = "MyProperty"
Dim propertyValue As String = "Test"

customPropertySet = ThisDoc.Document.PropertySets.Item("Inventor User Defined Properties")
Try
      prop = customPropertySet.Item(propertyName)
Catch
      customPropertySet.Add("", propertyName)
End Try

iProperties.Value("Custom", propertyName) = propertyValue


The iLogic rule code for conditional creation of a custom/user parameter "MyParameter" can look e.g. as follows (assuming running the rule in an IPT part document):

Dim oParams As Parameters
Dim oPartDoc As PartDocument = ThisDoc.Document
Dim oPartCompDef As PartComponentDefinition = oPartDoc.ComponentDefinition
oParams = oPartCompDef.Parameters

Dim oUserParams As UserParameters = oParams.UserParameters

Try
  p = Parameter("MyParameter")
Catch
  oUserParams.AddByValue("MyParameter","MyValue", UnitsTypeEnum.kTextUnits)
End Try
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See also:
Tip 13611:BOM with multi-line items in Inventor.
Tip 13211:Automatic numbering/renaming of multi-volume bodies in a part.
Tip 13197:How to transfer a model or sketch parameter to iProperties?
Tip 12644:How to identify parts and assemblies imported from STEP/IGES?
Tip 12508:How to assign an expression (not value) to a user parameter with iLogic?


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