List suppressed components in LOD

By Adam Nagy

When a given LOD (Level Of Detail) is active inside Inventor that simply means that you are looking at a specific document inside the file: each LOD is a separate document stored inside the same file - see File vs Document 

If you want to list which components are suppressed inside a given LOD - not the one currently active in the UI - then you don't have to activate it just for that. You can simply open that LODdocument in the background, check which components are suppressed, then close the document if it's not the currently active LOD:

Sub ListWhatsSuppressed()
  Dim asm As AssemblyDocument
  Set asm = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
  Dim acd As AssemblyComponentDefinition
  Set acd = asm.ComponentDefinition
  Dim rm As RepresentationsManager
  Set rm = acd.RepresentationsManager
  Dim nvm As NameValueMap
  Set nvm = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap()
  Dim doc As AssemblyDocument
  Dim occ As ComponentOccurrence
  Dim lod As LevelOfDetailRepresentation
  For Each lod In rm.LevelOfDetailRepresentations
    Debug.Print lod.name
    Call nvm.Add("LevelOfDetailRepresentation", lod.name)
    Set doc = ThisApplication.Documents.OpenWithOptions( _
      asm.FullFileName, nvm, False)
    Call nvm.Clear
    For Each occ In doc.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences
      Debug.Print " >> " + occ.name + _" Suppressed = " + Str(occ.Suppressed)
    Next' Don't forget to close the document not used anymore
    If Not lod Is rm.ActiveLevelOfDetailRepresentation Then
      Call doc.Close(True)
    End If
  Next
End Sub

In this document I added two of my own LOD's as well: one has Combo Assembly, the other has Catch Post component suppressed:

The above VBA code gives the following result:

Master>> Combo Assembly:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch Post:1 Suppressed = False>> Lock Shackle:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Inner:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Outer:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Back:1 Suppressed = False>> Dial:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch Assembly:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch:2 Suppressed = False>> Retainer:1 Suppressed = False
All Components Suppressed>> Combo Assembly:1 Suppressed = True>> Catch Post:1 Suppressed = True>> Lock Shackle:1 Suppressed = True>> Case Inner:1 Suppressed = True>> Case Outer:1 Suppressed = True>> Case Back:1 Suppressed = True>> Dial:1 Suppressed = True>> Catch Assembly:1 Suppressed = True>> Catch:2 Suppressed = True>> Retainer:1 Suppressed = True
All Parts Suppressed>> Combo Assembly:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch Post:1 Suppressed = True>> Lock Shackle:1 Suppressed = True>> Case Inner:1 Suppressed = True>> Case Outer:1 Suppressed = True>> Case Back:1 Suppressed = True>> Dial:1 Suppressed = True>> Catch Assembly:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch:2 Suppressed = True>> Retainer:1 Suppressed = True
All Content Center Suppressed>> Combo Assembly:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch Post:1 Suppressed = False>> Lock Shackle:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Inner:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Outer:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Back:1 Suppressed = False>> Dial:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch Assembly:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch:2 Suppressed = False>> Retainer:1 Suppressed = False
ComboSuppressed>> Combo Assembly:1 Suppressed = True>> Catch Post:1 Suppressed = False>> Lock Shackle:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Inner:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Outer:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Back:1 Suppressed = False>> Dial:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch Assembly:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch:2 Suppressed = False>> Retainer:1 Suppressed = False
CatchSuppressed>> Combo Assembly:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch Post:1 Suppressed = True>> Lock Shackle:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Inner:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Outer:1 Suppressed = False>> Case Back:1 Suppressed = False>> Dial:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch Assembly:1 Suppressed = False>> Catch:2 Suppressed = False>> Retainer:1 Suppressed = False