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RegFree InventorViewControl
By Adam NagyAs mentioned in this article, you can use the Inventor View Control in a registry-free way by embedding a manifest file that specifies the InventorViewControl as a dependency.My...
View ArticleVault Browser control – icon column incorrect – call...
By Wayne BrillThis Login method used to log in to the Vault does not support a read-only login. Autodesk.DataManagement.Client.Framework.Vault.Forms Namespace > Library Login MethodTo log in read...
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What object am I getting?
By Adam NagyThe easiest way to check is by debugging into the code and see what object type the Watches window shows. E.g. the following code ...Sub TestObjects() Dim f As Face Set f =...
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Get COM object type name programmatically
By Adam NagyIn different programming languages you can get the name of the object's type in different ways.VBA, VB, VB.NETHere you can use the TypeName built-in function and just pass in the object...
View ArticleFlipping direction of a Hem feature
By Balaji RamamoorthyThe Hem feature relies on an edge to decide its direction. When editing the hem feature to flip its direction, Inventor identifies another edge and uses it for the hem feature. To...
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GetIsoCurve
By Adam NagyThe SurfaceEvaluator object has a GetIsoCurve function that can return a curve on the surface running in the U or V parametric direction.The function's UDirection parameter could be...
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Getting points of tangency to a circle
By Balaji RamamoorthyIn a recent query, a developer wanted to retrieve the points of tangency of sketch lines with circles. The way to do get that information is to set up the sketch constraints right...
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Autodesk Exchange Apps Store surpasses 1 million downloads
By Adam NagyWe reached a great milestone in the success of the Exchange Apps Store: one million downloads. Here is a nice overview of the store and why you should seriously consider publishing an app...
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Autodesk Cloud Accelerator Extension in Prague
By Adam NagyWe had two very successful Autodesk Cloud Accelerators already in the US by now. We thought it's time for one in Europe too :)It will be held in beautiful Prague 13 - 18 September, 2015.
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Endless loop when using IsFileInActiveProject inside OnFileResolution
By Adam NagyIt seems that in Inventor 2016 the behaviour of IsFileInActiveProject has been modified in a way that now it triggers the OnFileResolution event. Which of course means that if you are...
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AnyCAD structure with original file names
By Adam NagyInside Inventor 2016 you can reference other CAD file formats directly from an assembly. In this case you can also see the structure of the referenced assembly in the model tree. If you'd...
View ArticleRetrieving dimensions in a drawing view
By Balaji RamamoorthyTo retrieve only a few of the dimensions, the “GeneralDimensions.Retrieve” method can be used with second parameter being a collection of dimensions to retrieve. In Inventor 2016,...
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Toggle visibility of folders of Origins, Sketches and Constructions
By Xiaodong LiangAlthough the items in the folders of Origins, Sketches and Constructions have the corresponding API objects, the visibility of the folders are controlled by the following...
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Listing the Positional Representations in iLogic Form
By Balaji RamamoorthyThe Positional Representations in an assembly document can change as you add or remove any of the representations. If you need to list the names of the representations in a...
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Attributes of ComponentOccurrence vs ComponentOccurrenceProxy
By Adam NagyAttributes are context sensitive because they are saved in the document which is hosting the object that has the attribute.Let's say we have the following assembly structure:Asm1 + Asm2:1...
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Toggle suppress state of FEA element
By Adam NagyThis requires a technique similar to that shown here: http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2014/04/run-command-on-browser-item.htmlIn this case will have to work on another Browser...
View ArticleSplitting a HoleTable
By Balaji RamamoorthySplitting a HoleTable using API is not possible at present. In this blog post we will look at a workaround that mimics a split HoleTable by creating two HoleTables each of which...
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Change ActiveLightingStyle
By Adam NagyJust like in case of many other styles, first you need to find the given style inside the appropriate styles collection - in this case LightingStyles. Then you assign that to the settings...
View ArticleFusion C++ API and Fusion Hackathon
By Adam NagyAs Brian mentioned it here, the latest release of Fusion 360 has a C++ API as well. This has been much awaited by developers who want to protect their Intellectual Property (IP). Your code...
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Selecting holes in the drawing view filtered by orientation
by Vladimir AnanyevLet’s suppose we should select all the hole features on the drawing view that are orthogonal to the view plane.In other words, for every hole feature that is projected on the drawing...
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