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 # Interface ModelCenter::IAssembly

 Last update: 16.07.2025 

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**Definition**: `ModelCenter/src/ModelCenter.odl` (line 669)

COM Instance.

## Members

- [addAssembly](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a1a55454ec16eadd67d23a8e134fccce7)
- [addAssembly2](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a1c73a3675ee4a70e9b31d2f63c86e630)
- [addVariable](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1af05ab7c452794c56cc54d77113cefdea)
- [Assemblies](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a00afe3dedbc3bb8b8a1cbdf5bd6333a1)
- [AssemblyType](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a12692b24f7c9fceec97847b204afecc4)
- [Components](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1ad4c0ef9792a2f760b3639357126e56f6)
- [convertToSubmodel](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1afc8d8acd50c53726272ce0c983aa640f)
- [deleteVariable](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a92a8b6a732ebcd29f6fb33a448f9f4c9)
- [getFullName](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1aa62ac6d1100f85d3f212185812a9e517)
- [getMetadata](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1ad0ea6a9bc76c34b8158454e27bbfd9b8)
- [getName](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a4b41d24972378517a23efafc6a0fc403)
- [getPositionX](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a476766c4bdcb9fb07f1fdd0a12a04ac0)
- [getPositionY](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1ab58695afb7a8ecb8202a1b20011d384a)
- [Groups](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a1e5ca5f83e7c3debe3d63366948ad894)
- [iconID](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1af8ddf59c545db7695b90a2a64bdcc822)
- [IndexInParent](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a6e888824a16134a6797ec96745c9dd4f)
- [ParentAssembly](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a8cccd51f677c2d7c29c734a2c1009f45)
- [rename](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1ac180bc4a2120cd22964998c75eed05f5)
- [setMetadata](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1aa1e66114f498d0a1238237ad6caa1348)
- [userData](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1af405572d6c2bafc56164b2ce5b97b1a3)
- [Variables](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly_1a88d34960f336b71cc7f4beff3b4bbaba)

## Properties

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### Property Variables

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**Definition**: `ModelCenter/src/ModelCenter.odl` (line 1)

```
VARIANT ModelCenter::IAssembly::Variables

```

Pointer to the variables in the Assembly.

**Returns**:

IDispatch\* to an [IVariables](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IVariables.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IVariables) object.

**Return type**: VARIANT

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### Property Groups

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**Definition**: `ModelCenter/src/ModelCenter.odl` (line 1)

```
VARIANT ModelCenter::IAssembly::Groups

```

Pointer to the Groups in the Assembly.

**Returns**:

IDispatch\* to an [IGroups](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IGroups.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IGroups) object.

**Return type**: VARIANT

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### Property Assemblies

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**Definition**: `ModelCenter/src/ModelCenter.odl` (line 1)

```
VARIANT ModelCenter::IAssembly::Assemblies

```

Pointer to the Assemblies in the Assembly.

**Returns**:

IDispatch\* to an [IAssemblies](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssemblies.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssemblies) object.

**Return type**: VARIANT

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### Property Components

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**Definition**: `ModelCenter/src/ModelCenter.odl` (line 1)

```
VARIANT ModelCenter::IAssembly::Components

```

Pointer to the Components in the Assembly.

**Returns**:

IDispatch\* to an [IComponents](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IComponents.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IComponents) object.

**Return type**: VARIANT

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### Property iconID

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**Definition**: `ModelCenter/src/ModelCenter.odl` (line 1)

```
int ModelCenter::IAssembly::iconID

```

The ID number of the icon to use for the Assembly.

**Return type**: int

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### Property IndexInParent

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**Definition**: `ModelCenter/src/ModelCenter.odl` (line 1)

```
int ModelCenter::IAssembly::IndexInParent

```

Gets the position of the Assembly within the parent.

**Return type**: int

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### Property ParentAssembly

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**Definition**: `ModelCenter/src/ModelCenter.odl` (line 1)

```
LPDISPATCH ModelCenter::IAssembly::ParentAssembly

```

Gets the parent of assembly of this assembly.

**Returns**:

IDisplatch\* to an [IAssembly](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly) object.

**Return type**: LPDISPATCH

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### Property AssemblyType

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**Definition**: `ModelCenter/src/ModelCenter.odl` (line 1)

```
BSTR ModelCenter::IAssembly::AssemblyType

```

Gets the type of the Assembly (Sequence, Assembly, etc).

**Return type**: BSTR

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### Property userData

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**Definition**: `ModelCenter/src/ModelCenter.odl` (line 1)

```
VARIANT ModelCenter::IAssembly::userData

```

An arbitrary Variant which is not used internally by ModelCenter but can store data for programmatic purposes. Value is not stored across file save/load.

**Return type**: VARIANT

## Public functions

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### Function getName

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```
BSTR ModelCenter::IAssembly::getName()

```

Name of the Assembly.

**Returns**:

The name of the Assembly.

**Return type**: BSTR

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### Function getFullName

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```
BSTR ModelCenter::IAssembly::getFullName()

```

Full [ModelCenter](namespaceModelCenter.md#namespaceModelCenter) path of the Assembly.

**Returns**:

The full ModelCenter path of the Assembly.

**Return type**: BSTR

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### Function addAssembly

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```
IDispatch * ModelCenter::IAssembly::addAssembly(BSTR name, [optional]VARIANT assemblyType)

```

This method creates a sub-Assembly in the current Assembly object.

**Parameters**:

- **name**: The name of the sub-Assembly to create.
- **assemblyType**:

**Returns**:

IDispatch\* to an [IAssembly](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly) object.

**Parameters**:

- BSTR **name**
- *\[optional\]* VARIANT **assemblyType**

**Return type**: IDispatch \*

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### Function addVariable

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```
IDispatch * ModelCenter::IAssembly::addVariable(BSTR name, BSTR type)

```

Creates a variable for the current Assembly.

**Parameters**:

- **name**: Name of the new variable to create.
- **type**: Type of the new variable. Possible types are:
- double
- int
- boolean
- string
- file
- double\[\]
- int\[\]
- boolean\[\]
- string\[\]
- quadfacet
- surfaceofrevolution
- nurbs
- bspline
- ruled
- skinned
- vrml
- node

**Returns**:

IDispatch\* to an [IVariable](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IVariable.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IVariable) object.

**Parameters**:

- BSTR **name**
- BSTR **type**

**Return type**: IDispatch \*

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### Function rename

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```
void ModelCenter::IAssembly::rename(BSTR name)

```

Renames the current Assembly.

**Parameters**:

- **name**: New name of the Assembly.

**Parameters**:

- BSTR **name**

**Return type**: void

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### Function deleteVariable

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```
void ModelCenter::IAssembly::deleteVariable(BSTR name)

```

Deletes a variable from the current Assembly.

**Parameters**:

- **name**: Name of the variable to delete.

**Parameters**:

- BSTR **name**

**Return type**: void

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### Function addAssembly2

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```
LPDISPATCH ModelCenter::IAssembly::addAssembly2(BSTR name, VARIANT xPos, VARIANT yPos, [optional]VARIANT assemblyType)

```

This method creates a sub-Assembly in the current Assembly with a specific type and position.

**Parameters**:

- **name**:
- **xPos**:
- **yPos**:
- **assemblyType**:

**Returns**:

IDispatch\* to an [IAssembly](interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly.md#interfaceModelCenter_1_1IAssembly) object.

**Parameters**:

- BSTR **name**
- VARIANT **xPos**
- VARIANT **yPos**
- *\[optional\]* VARIANT **assemblyType**

**Return type**: LPDISPATCH

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### Function setMetadata

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```
void ModelCenter::IAssembly::setMetadata(BSTR name, MetadataType type, VARIANT value, MetadataAccess access, boolean archive)

```

Sets the meta data value of the given meta data key name.

**Parameters**:

- **name**: Metadata specifier used to store the data.
- **type**:
- **value**:
- **access**:
- **archive**:

**Parameters**:

- BSTR **name**
- [MetadataType](namespaceModelCenter.md#namespaceModelCenter_1a59560dc5274b3a18daae06b531055153) **type**
- VARIANT **value**
- [MetadataAccess](namespaceModelCenter.md#namespaceModelCenter_1afea526d882aa1a4fd48b5a28b7b1c9dc) **access**
- boolean **archive**

**Return type**: void

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### Function getMetadata

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```
VARIANT ModelCenter::IAssembly::getMetadata(BSTR name)

```

Gets the meta data value of the given meta data key name.

**Parameters**:

- **name**: Metadata key name.

**Returns**:

Metadata value.

**Parameters**:

- BSTR **name**

**Return type**: VARIANT

## Private functions

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### Function getPositionX

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```
int ModelCenter::IAssembly::getPositionX()

```

**Return type**: int

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### Function getPositionY

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```
int ModelCenter::IAssembly::getPositionY()

```

**Return type**: int

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### Function convertToSubmodel

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```
void ModelCenter::IAssembly::convertToSubmodel(BSTR fileName, VersionStatus versionStatus, BSTR checkinMessage)

```

**Parameters**:

- BSTR **fileName**
- [VersionStatus](namespaceModelCenter.md#namespaceModelCenter_1a1abdd6ad1a16bfaa9539e9a1ccc3c1a0) **versionStatus**
- BSTR **checkinMessage**

**Return type**: void