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Sharing iLogic Global Forms
By Xiaodong LiangQuestion: I created a global form manually by iLogic. An XML is generated at C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2014\Design Data\iLogic\UI. I made a copy of the XML file and...
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InventorViewCtrl.ocx (2015) not displaying Inventor files
By Wayne BrillInventor View allows you to view Inventor files. Inventor View also installs a control that you can use in your own application. There is an issue with the 2015 version of the control....
View ArticleFusion 360 JavaScript API
By Adam NagyAs mentioned in the Fusion 360 What's New video as well, the latest Fusion 360 update includes a JavaScript API. You'll hear more about that on the http://modthemachine.typepad.com blog as...
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Tapped or not tapped Flat Pattern hole
By Adam NagyA question came up about how to tell in a DXF file exported from a Flat Pattern if a hole is tapped or not. Usually the API just automates what the UI provides. However, in case of...
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Select plane of given part occurrence
By Adam NagyIf you want to select one of the planes of a component occurrence inside an assembly, then you first have to get the component definition of that occurrence in order to get to its work...
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Apprentice in side thread
By Adam NagyA developer was using Apprentice in his application in a side thread so that it does not block the UI. It was working fine apart from getting a "Catastrophic failure (Exception from...
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Fast Open (Skip All)
By Adam NagyWhen opening a drawing you have some options:If you check the possible values of the Options argument of Documents.OpenWithOptions in the API Reference then you can find the one...
View ArticleAutodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon – update
By Virupaksha AithalSince we began the registration for Autodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon event, we received 145 registrations till date. We have received 74 Apps as part of the event. There is less...
View ArticlePositions available at Autodesk
By Adam NagyJust a note in case someone is interested in joining our team.There are two positions available in China, which are posted already and so can be applied for...
View ArticlePackAndGo from C++
By Adam NagyThe Inventor API Reference provides VB.NET and C# sample codes, and there is also a blog post on it, but here is now a C++ sample too.I simply used the SimpleApprenticeExe sample project...
View ArticleAutodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon – Big Success
By Virupaksha AithalThe Autodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon – Big Success event is over. On behalf of the Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) team I’d like to say a big “thank you” to all the publishers who...
View Article*.addin file version information
By Adam NagyThe *.addin file that enables Inventor to find your AddIn dll and provides further information about it also specifies which Inventor versions the dll should be loaded into using one of the...
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List Custom iProperties of selected occurrence
By Adam NagyAs you can see in this blog post you can prompt the user to select an object using iLogic:http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2013/11/do-selection-from-ilogic.htmlOnce you have the...
View ArticleSearch non- Ballooned Components
By Xiaodong LiangQuestionI try to write a program which looks for components that are not attached with a balloon in each drawing. How could I search for the them?SolutionThere is not a direct API, but...
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Inertia in custom units
By Adam NagyAs mentioned in this blog post internal units are fixed so that mass is always kg, length is always cm, etc:...
View ArticleAddDesignVisualizationAttachmentBadAttachmentOrder error
By Wayne BrillWhen using AddDesignVisualizationFileAttachment() to attach a DWF to an IDW this error may occur.The error means the call is trying to create “out of order” DWFs For example let’s say a...
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Hide component in DrawingView using ControlDefinition
By Adam NagySometimes if the API is not working, one workaround could be selecting the component in the BrowserPane and executing the relevant ControlDefinition on it:...
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Matrix for complex transformation in model space
by Vladimir AnanyevQ: I'm trying to create a matrix to do a polar move of block A from point 1 to point 3. In both case the ' axis' of block 'A' stays in line with a vector from the point on the...
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Reorder parts list columns
By Adam NagyIf you want to change the order of the columns of the PartsList object then you can use the PartsListColumn.Reposition function for that. Here is a VBA sample that reverses the order of the...
View ArticleAutodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon – Update
By Virupaksha AithalThe Autodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon event is over. We have received more than 180 Apps as part of this event.On behalf of the Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) team I’d like to say...
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