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ReferenceComponents Object


Description

Provides access to all of the objects that are owned by a particular PartComponentDefinition and have an external file reference.

Properties

Name Description
Application Returns the top-level parent application object. When used the context of Inventor, an Application object is returned. When used in the context of Apprentice, an ApprenticeServer object is returned.
DerivedAliasComponents Property that returns the DerivedAliasComponents collection object.
DerivedAssemblyComponents Property that returns the DerivedAssemblyComponent collection object.
DerivedFutureAssemblyComponents Gets the DerivedFutureAssemblyComponents collection object.
DerivedFuturePartComponents Gets the DerivedFuturePartComponents collection object.
DerivedPartComponents Property that returns the DerivedPartComponents collection object.
iFeatureTemplateDescriptors Property that returns the iFeatureTemplateDescriptors collection object. This collection provides access to existing iFeatureTemplateDescriptor objects. Note: iFeatureTemplateDescriptors was previously known as iFeatureDescriptors and were accessed through the DerivativeDescriptors collection. The DerivativeDescriptors collection has been removed and is now obsolete.
ImportedComponents Read-only property that returns the ImportedComponents collection object. This collection provides access to existing ImportedComponent objects and provides functionality to create new ImportedComponent objects.
ShrinkwrapComponents Gets the ShrinkwrapComponents collection object.
Type Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.

Accessed From

PartComponentDefinition.ReferenceComponents, SheetMetalComponentDefinition.ReferenceComponents

Samples

Name Description
Derived Parts and Assemblies This sample demonstrates the use of the API to create derived parts and assemblies.
ImportedDWGComponent Creation This sample demonstrates how to create an imported DWG component into Inventor part document, and project the DWG entities onto Inventor planar sketch.

Version

Introduced in version 5.3

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