
This week’s post is a variation on a theme, hence the name. I’ve previously written about “Tool-Tips” with iLogic in Inventor (see posts below). The common theme is that the tool-tip will show iProperties for a part in the assembly (using a section filter). This version shows these properties at the tool-tip, as well as in Inventor’s status bar.
iProperty Tool-Tip with iLogic
IMPROVED: iProperty Tool-Tip with iLogic
Here’s a GIF of the new code in action:

This iteration of my code is probably the best version, as it does not use a message box. In previous versions, you needed to specify whether the rule was internal or external (to keep repeating), I’ve removed this by using a “GoTo XXX:” which keeps the code looping until the user hits escape. I’ve also built in a highlight set (my colour is set to orange, see RGB at the bottom for more).
Here’s the iLogic code:
'Code by @ClintBrown3D 'Originally posted at https://clintbrown.co.uk/ilogic-properties-tool-tip-3 'This is an updated of the code found here: https://clintbrown.co.uk/iproperty-tool-tip-with-ilogic-updated TheStart: On Error GoTo ClintBrown3D Dim doc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument Dim entity = ThisApplication.CommandManager.Pick(SelectionFilterEnum.kAssemblyLeafOccurrenceFilter, "Select a Part 🙂 - or ESC to exit") If (Not entity Is Nothing) Then oOne = "Part Number: " & iProperties.Value(entity.Name, "Project", "Part Number") oTwo = "Mass: " & Round(iProperties.MassOfComponent(entity.Name), 2) & " kg" oThree = "Material: " & iProperties.MaterialOfComponent(entity.Name) oFour = "Designer: " & iProperties.Value(entity.Name, "Project", "Designer") oFive = "Description: " & iProperties.Value(entity.Name, "Project", "Description") '--------------Show File Name in oFive if Description iProp is empty--------------- If iProperties.Value(entity.Name, "Project", "Description") = "" Then : oFive = "Description: " & entity.Name : End If Dim oSet1 As HighlightSet ' Create a highlight set. oSet1 = doc.CreateHighlightSet oSet1.Color = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateColor(255, 125, 0) ' Change the color Call oSet1.AddItem(entity) bob = ThisApplication.CommandManager.Pick(SelectionFilterEnum.kAssemblyLeafOccurrenceFilter, (oOne & " - " & oTwo & " - " & oThree & " - " & oFour & " - " & oFive)) bob = "" Call oSet1.Clear End If If (Not entity Is Nothing) Then 'Allow Escape to Exit GoTo TheStart: End If Return ClintBrown3D:
Admittedly I have not heavily commented the code, but if you click through to the first link shared, there are a few more insights that can be found there.
RGB: Put simply, this is the system that Inventor uses for colours. What might be useful though, is a link to common colours as RGB, check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model
In the code, you will see a reference to the highlight colour, you could for instance match the highlight to your corporate colour, or something similar.
oSet1.Color = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateColor(255, 125, 0) ' Change the color