MfgAssemblyFactory (Object)

Represents the factory to creates a manufacturing assembly.

Role: It gives access to the C++ DNBIMfgAssemblyFactory interface methods Such as
Example:
This example fetches an instance of a Manufacturing Assembly factory in a a active document and then creates a manufactring assembly 
 Dim objMAfact As MfgAssemblyFactory
 Set objMAfact =  CATIA.ActiveDocument.GetItem("MfgAssemblyFactory")

Methods


Func CreateMfgAssembly( iNameBSTR, iPartNumberBSTR, iType) As
Creates a manufacturing assembly of given type "iType". This API cannot be used to create a Manufacturing Assembly of type AST(assemblySpecTree) or Manufacturing Output(manufacturingOutput)
Parameters:
iNameBSTR
Name of the manufacturing assembly
iPartNumberBSTR
Part-number of the manufacturing assembly
iType
Type of the Manufacturing Assembly. If its value is "notSpecified" (or 4), the new assembly created will be of type "manufacturingAssembly"
oMfgAssembly
Handler of the Manufacturing Assembly created
Example:
This example creates a Manufacturing Assembly of type "manufacturingKit" having MAName as "MKit1" and part-number as "Kit1" 
 Dim matype As DNBIAMfgAssemblyType
 matype=manufacturingKit
 Dim MA As MfgAssembly (Or Dim MA As item)
 objMAfact.CreateMfgAssembly "MKit1","Kit1",matype,MA
		where objMAfact is a instance of Automation Interface for Manufacturing Assembly as shown earlier
Func GetNumberOfMfgAssemblies() As
Get the number of Manufacturing Assemblies in MA Applicative Container
Parameters:
oNumOfMfgAssemblies
number of Manufacturing Assemblies in MA Applicative Container
Example:
For example getting the number of Manufacturing assemblies and displaying them in the Message Box. 
 Dim nbMfgAssemblies 
 Set nbMfgAssemblies =  objMAfact.GetNumberOfMfgAssemblies
 MsgBox  nbMfgAssemblies
Sub GetNumberofALLMfgAssy( iType, oNumOfMfgAssemblies)
Get the number of Manufacturing Assemblies(MA) of given type in MA Applicative Container
Parameters:
iType
Type of MA to be considered. If its value is "notSpecified" (or 4), all the MAs will be considered
oNumOfMfgAssemblies
Number of MAs found
Example:
For example getting the number of MA of type "manufacturingKit" and displaying them in the Message Box. 
 Dim matype As DNBIAMfgAssemblyType
 matype=manufacturingKit
 Dim nbMfgAssemblies 
 objMAfact.GetNumberofALLMfgAssy matype,nbMfgAssemblies
 MsgBox  nbMfgAssemblies
Sub RemoveMfgAssembly( iMfgAssembly)
Removes a given Manufacturing Assembly from the MA Applicative Container. Please note that the AST MA cannot be removed
Parameters:
iMfgAssembly
Manufacturing assembly to be removed or deleted
Example:
For example deleting the first MA from the Applicative Container 
 Dim mfgAssy As Item
 Set mfgAssy =  objMAfact.RetrieveMfgAssemblyAtIndex(1)
 objMAfact.RemoveMfgAssembly mfgAssy
Sub RetrieveMfgAssembly( iNameBSTR, oMfgAssemblies, oNumOfMfgAssemblies)
Retrieve all the Manufacturing Assemblies of a given name.
Parameters:
iNameBSTR
Name of the manufacturing assembly
oMfgAssemblies
Array of the Items of the type "MfgAssembly". Array need to be allocated before passing. In case, if the size allocated is found to be less than the actual number of Manufacturing Assemblies found, the number of MAs returned will be equal to size of array passed only
oNumOfMfgAssemblies
Number of MAs found with the given name. If the actual number of MAs found is greater than the size of the array passed, then value returned will be equal to the size of the array itself.
Example:
For example retriving all the MAs with the name "MA_TYPE1" from the MA Applicative Container 
 Dim nbMfgAssemblies 
 Set nbMfgAssemblies =  objMAfact.GetNumberOfMfgAssemblies
 Dim MAList() As AnyObject
 ReDim MAList(nbMfgAssemblies-1)
 Dim NbMA 
 objMAfact.RetrieveMfgAssembly "MA_TYPE1",MAList,NbMA
 MsgBox  NbMA
Func RetrieveMfgAssemblyAtIndex( iIndex) As
Retrieves a Manufacturing Assembly at the given index from the MA Applicative Container.
Parameters:
iIndex
Index
oItem
Manufacturing Assembly at the above Index
Example:
For example retriving all the MAs from the Applicative Container 
 Dim nbMfgAssemblies 
 Set nbMfgAssemblies =  objMAfact.GetNumberOfMfgAssemblies
 For II = 0 to MyNum-1
   Dim mfgAssy As Item
    Set mfgAssy =  objMAfact.RetrieveMfgAssemblyAtIndex(II)
	Next
Sub RetriveALLMfgAssy( iType, oAllMAs, oNumOfMfgAssemblies)
Retrieve all the Manufacturing Assemblies of a given type.
Parameters:
iType
Type of manufacturing assemblies to be retrieved. If its value is "notSpecified" (or 4), all the manufacturing assemblies will be returned
oMfgAssemblies
Array of the Items of the type "MfgAssembly". Array need to be allocated before passing. In case, if the size allocated is found to be less than the actual number of Manufacturing Assemblies found, the number of MAs returned will be equal to size of array passed only
oNumOfMfgAssemblies
Number of MAs found. If the actual number of MAs found is greater than the size of the array passed, then value returned will be equal to the size of the array itself.
Example:
For example: Code for retriving all the MAs of type "manufacturingKit" from the MA Applicative Container 
 Dim matype As DNBIAMfgAssemblyType
 matype=manufacturingKit
 Dim nbMfgAssemblies 
 objMAfact.GetNumberofALLMfgAssy matype,nbMfgAssemblies
 Dim MAList() As AnyObject
 ReDim MAList(nbMfgAssemblies)
 Dim NbMA
 objMAfact.RetriveALLMfgAssy matype,MAList,NbMA