API: Find "Where used"

I need to make a "clean up" routine, that finds all components NOT
used by a particular assembly. I plan to traverse through a folder
(and subfolders) and for each part or assembly detect if it is used by
my main assembly. But I need some API like the Where Used in
SW-Explorer or mayby a direct call to the SW-Explorer objects.
Alternatively I can traverse through my main assembly but I am out of
luck when some components are suppressed. It would be OK if I just
could list ALL components in the feature tree.
Any idea? I hope I make my self clear.

Thanks in advance.

Thomas

 

Ok I thought that a few months back on the API help for 2004 I saw some new
tools that gave you Windows Explorer like capabilities. Including Where
Used. After looking, and being frustrated that I can't find it again. I
only found that there are 2 functions one is Sldworks::SaveAs and it allows
you to update a list of files with the new file name I can't remember what
the other was but it was similar. I swear that there was another tool that
you needed to use in conjunction with it to find out what files needed to be
updated, but for the life of me I can't find it. Sorry! Anyone else know
where to look in the help to find this function.

Corey

 

Were you thinking of SWAPP.ReplaceReferencedDocument? I use it a bunch to
point a file to a new file.

Evan

 

I am using ModelDoc2.GetDependencies2 for just this purpose. It will give
you all depencencies including suppressed components in the assembly. Refer
to the "Remarks" area in the help page for this command to see how
suppressed componsnts are handled.

--Mark