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Author: Adam Nagy

  • Can I do it with the API?

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    I’m pretty sure I had a similar post already about this topic but it might have got lost when we migrated our blogs from TypePad. Often you already know how to do something in the User Interface and just want to automate the process, e.g. creating a new boundary patch feature. The best thing is…

  • Fusion Python Upgrade and more

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    The information below was sent out to people who submitted a Python-based Fusion add-in on the App Store, but it’s worth letting all Fusion developers know about this. Python UpdateThe first is an upgrade of the Python version used in Fusion from 3.12 to 3.14. We don’t expect this change to break any apps, but…

  • Migrating add-in to latest product version

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    In the case of Inventor for many years the migration effort has been rather low – often you didn’t even have to touch your add-in, it just worked with the new release as well. Every now and then, however, we introduce changes that require testing and even rethink of certain parts of the code. One…

  • 3rd party libraries used by Inventor 2024

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    Looks like I missed to publish this for Inventor 2024 but some people do need it, so here it goes. If you are using any of them from your add-in then the best is to make sure you are using the same version to avoid version conflict: Component Name Version DevExpress 21.1.5 7z 22.00.0.0 SQLite…

  • Debug new Inventor 2025 add-in

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    When creating a new add-in you can take advantage of the Visual Studio 2022 templates that are installed as part of the developertools.msi installer found in C:UsersPublicDocumentsAutodeskInventor 2025SDKMore info on it: https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-52422162-1784-4E8F-B495-CDB7BE9987AB  You can simply create a folder for your app under C:ProgramDataAutodeskInventor Addins and set the Base output path of your project to this…

  • 3rd party libraries used by Inventor 2025

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    Here is a list of the various 3rd parties libraries and their versions that Inventor 2025 is using – i.e. they are used by the core product, and some of them are also used by certain add-ins. If you are using any of them from your add-in then the best is to make sure you are…

  • Communicate with add-in from custom web page

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    This does not have much to do with Inventor, it’s simply about using a web browser component (CefSharp, WebView2 or something else) and send messages from the displayed website to the app. I created a very basic sample to prove this works and used WebView2 just like my colleague for the Vault add-in sample. Took the…

  • Check if external iLogic rules are used

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    It might not be easy to check manually if a document and its referenced documents are relying on external iLogic rules or not. They might be used from “Event Triggers” or called from other rules using the “RunExternalRule” function. Here is a utility rule that can be used to help with this. The results will…

  • Get object type when using “Embed Interop Types” False

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    There is a blog post on why it's better to have Embed Interop Types of the autodesk.inventor.interop assembly set to False However, in this case some properties might not show up when typing your code, but they can still be accessed if you are using late binding – in case of C# you can do…

  • Fusion 360 Affiliate Program

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    Are you a huge fan of Autodesk Fusion 360? Do you have a robust community or following that trusts your opinion on software (and other things)? The Fusion 360 Marketing Team has a lucrative proposal for you: join our affiliate program! Affiliate marketing is a process by which an affiliate earns a commission for selling…