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Self-Pace Inventor API Development Guide

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Adam Nagy
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The Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) has recently released a self-paced guide for Inventor API development called “My First Plug-in”.  The guide is designed for those of you that are new to programming and doesn’t assume any previous programming experience.  Most of the content discusses basic programming concepts and then lets you put them into practice utilizing Inventor’s API (Application Programming Interface) to create a simple program to control the display of occurrences within an assembly.

Even for those of you that are experienced Inventor API developers, if you’ve been using VBA this will serve as a good introduction to VB.Net.  It uses Visual Basic Express, which is available as a free download from Microsoft.

Clicking the picture below will take you to the “My First Plug-In Training” page for Inventor.  There is also a similar tutorial for Revit.

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7 responses to “Self-Pace Inventor API Development Guide”

  1. Jean Pacher Avatar
    Jean Pacher

    The guide helps a lot.
    The material is very good to understand a little more about the Inventor API

    Reply
  2. injection mold Avatar
    injection mold

    it is wonderful. thanks for your sharing and helping. we are a injection molding manufacturer in china , if you need, we can have a cooperation.OK/?

    Reply
  3. Aksel Avatar
    Aksel

    Help-me Create a ReplaceFace feature.
    If Surface Then
    ‘ Create a new workplane parallel to the XY plane.
    Dim oWorkPlane As WorkPlane
    Set oWorkPlane = oCompDef.WorkPlanes.AddByPlaneAndOffset(oCompDef.WorkPlanes.Item(3), 53)
    ‘ Create a 2d sketch to use as one section.
    Set oSketch = oCompDef.Sketches.Add(oWorkPlane)
    Call oSketch.SketchLines.AddAsTwoPointRectangle(oTG.CreatePoint2d(1, 1), oTG.CreatePoint2d(98, m – 3))
    ‘ Create a profile.
    Dim oProfile1 As Profile
    Set oProfile1 = oSketch.Profiles.AddForSolid
    ‘ Create a base extrusion 1cm thick.
    Dim oExtrude1 As ExtrudeFeature
    Set oExtrude1 = oCompDef.Features.ExtrudeFeatures.AddByDistanceExtent(oProfile1, 1, kNegativeExtentDirection, kJoinOperation)
    ‘ Get the top face of the extrusion to use for creating the new sketch.
    Dim oFrontFace As Face
    Set oFrontFace = oExtrude1.StartFaces.Item(1)
    End If
    ‘ Create the loft definition. Because one of the ends isn’t planar,
    ‘ a surface must be created instead of a solid.
    Dim oLoftDefinition As LoftDefinition
    Set oLoftDefinition = oCompDef.Features.LoftFeatures.CreateLoftDefinition(oSections, kSurfaceOperation)
    ‘ Create the loft feature.
    Call oCompDef.Features.LoftFeatures.Add(oLoftDefinition)
    If Surface Then
    ‘ Create a ReplaceFace feature.
    Dim oReplaceFaceFeature As ReplaceFaceFeatures
    ‘Set oReplaceFaceFeature = oCompDef.Features.ReplaceFaceFeatures.?????
    End If

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  4. Royce Renfroe Avatar
    Royce Renfroe

    Royce Renfroe

    Muchos Gracias for your article.Really looking forward to read more. Cool.

    Reply
  5. cartoner Avatar
    cartoner

    the guide helped me alot. i understand much more about the invertor API now.

    Reply
  6. Corbin Irving Avatar
    Corbin Irving

    Corbin Irving

    Looking forward to reading more. Great blog.Really thank you! Much obliged.

    Reply
  7. Tatiana Bilbrey Avatar
    Tatiana Bilbrey

    Tatiana Bilbrey

    Really enjoyed this article post.Really thank you! Fantastic.

    Reply

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