iLogic Browser reference

Access:

Ribbon: Manage tab iLogic panel iLogic Browser.

Rules

A context menu is available for items in the iLogic Browser. The commands included in the menu vary depending on the item selected.

Rule context menu

In the iLogic Browser, right-click a rule or parameter to display the context menu for that item.

For a rule, the context menu commands include:

Run Rule

Runs the rule. Use to test the rule, or to ensure that the model is up-to-date. Use to run rules that do not run automatically.

Edit Rule

Opens the Edit Rule dialog box for the selected rule.

You can also double-click the rule in the browser to edit it.

Regenerate Rule

Regenerates the selected rule. Reconnects the rule to the Inventor parameters that it references, then recompiles and runs the rule.

Suppress Rule (or Unsuppress Rule)

A suppressed rule does not run automatically. You can run a suppressed rule manually.

Delete

Deletes the rule. You can also delete a rule using the Delete key. To delete all rules, use the Delete All Rules command on the ribbon.

Top-level context menu

For the document at the root of the iLogic Browser tree, the context menu commands include:

Add Rule

This command performs the same action as the Add Rule command on the ribbon.

Run All Rules

Runs all rules in the document. Use to verify that the model is up-to-date. Execution stops when the first error is encountered. If you receive an error, edit the offending rule and repeat this command.

If the document is an assembly, this command also runs all rules in all subassemblies and parts

You can use this command if you changed something in the model that is driven by a rule. Rules run only in response to parameter changes. Anything else that a rule can set, such as feature or component suppression, iPart configuration, manual changes, or iProperties, can be changed independently.

Rules are run in the order in which they appear in the browser, unless specified otherwise by inclusion of the iLogicVb.RunRule("ruleName") function.

Run All Rules ensures that the model is in the state specified by the rules.

Regenerate All Rules

Reconnects the rules to Inventor parameters, recompiles the rules, and then runs them.

Like Run All Rules, this command processes rules in subassemblies and parts.

Rules tab

Lists the rules that are defined within the current Inventor document.

External Rules tab

Lists the rules that are defined in external files.

Forms

Top-level context menu

Right-click an empty area to display the context menu for the tab.

Add Form

Adds a blank form, and opens the Form Editor dialog box for the new form.

Edit

Opens the Forms and Rules Editor dialog box to add or edit the controls on the tab.

Paste Form

Pastes a previously copied form onto the tab.

Forms context menu

Right-click a form to display the context menu for the form.

Edit

Opens the Form Editor dialog box for the selected form.

Copy Form

Copies the selected form. To paste the form, right-click an empty area of the tab.

Rules button context menu

To display the context menu for the rule, right-click a rules button.

Edit

Opens the Edit Rule dialog box for the selected rule.

Forms tab

Create and connect a custom user interface to the parameters, properties, and rules of an Inventor part, assembly or drawing document.

Global Forms tab

Create and connect a custom user interface to the parameters, properties, and rules of an Inventor part, assembly or drawing document stored for use across multiple documents.

iLogic Browser behavior

Parent topic: Rules and Forms in iLogic
Related Information
Work with rules in iLogic
Work with forms