public void loadAssemblyInfo(NXOpen.Part assemblyFilePart) { //Get root component which is top level assembly component rootComponent = assemblyFilePart.ComponentAssembly.RootComponent; //Get components and constraints in (root)assembly nxComponents = rootComponent.GetChildren(); //Get constraint information nxPositioner = assemblyFilePart.ComponentAssembly.Positioner; nxConstraints = nxPositioner.Constraints.ToArray(); numComponents = nxComponents.Length; tcad_PartList = new TransCAD.Part[numComponents]; componentPositions = new Point3d[numComponents]; componentOrientations = new Matrix3x3[numComponents]; nxCompNames = new string[numComponents]; for (int i = 0; i < numComponents; i++) { NXOpen.Assemblies.Component nxComponent = nxComponents[i]; //save name of NX Part into string array nxCompNames[i] = nxComponent.DisplayName; //Get position and orientation of each part and save them into componentPositions, componentOrientations Point3d componentPosition; Matrix3x3 componentOrientation; nxComponent.GetPosition(out componentPosition, out componentOrientation); componentPositions[i] = componentPosition; componentOrientations[i] = componentOrientation; //Get file directory of each part in assembly NXOpen.Part nxPart = null; nxPart = (Part)nxComponent.Prototype; string xmlPartDir = Path.ChangeExtension(nxPart.FullPath, ".xml"); //chaneg extension from .prt to .xml //Load transCAD xml part file corresponding to each NX part using file name, the transCAD xml should be in same folder with same name except extension(.prt -> .xml) TransCAD.Part tcad_Part = tComp.CreatePart(nxComponent.DisplayName); tcad_Part = tComp.ImportPartFromXML(xmlPartDir, tcad_Part); //save transCAD part data into array "tcad_PartList" tcad_PartList[i] = tcad_Part; //Place each part in TransCAD double extraDisplacement = i * 100; //To see whether constraints are applied or not, intentionally, place part with extra displacement which is different from original NX part tComp.SetPartPlacement(tcad_Part, componentPosition.X, componentPosition.Y + extraDisplacement, componentPosition.Z - extraDisplacement, componentOrientation.Zx, componentOrientation.Zy, componentOrientation.Zz, componentOrientation.Xx, componentOrientation.Xy, componentOrientation.Xz); tComp.AddPart(tcad_Part); } tAssem.AddComponent(tComp); tAssemDoc.Update(); }