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With every major release of Autodesk Inventor, developers and automation engineers naturally evaluate whether their existing add-ins will continue to work or require migration. One of the most common questions surrounding Autodesk Inventor 2027 is related to .NET compatibility and potential binary breaking changes. This article clarifies compatibility expectations for Inventor 2027 add-ins and provides…

Managing dependencies has always been one of the key challenges in developing .NET add-ins for Autodesk Inventor. As ecosystems grow and multiple add-ins coexist within the same environment, conflicts often arise when different add-ins depend on different versions of the same third-party libraries. Autodesk Inventor 2027 introduces a powerful enhancement to address this challenge through…

“My First Inventor Add-in” is a self-paced tutorial designed as a comprehensive learning path for users who already work with Autodesk Inventor but are new to programming. While the principles covered in this guide apply broadly to modern versions of Inventor, Autodesk Inventor 2026 is used as the working example to demonstrate how to create…

In this lesson, you will extend the functionality created in Lesson 3 by adding group maintenance commands. Specifically, you will learn how to: Lesson Objective By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: • Remove selected components from a group• Delete an entire group from an assembly• Work safely with Inventor AttributeSets•…

In this lesson, you will extend the Add-In created in Lesson 2 by introducing component grouping using attributes and adding a second command that toggles the visibility of all components in a group. This lesson demonstrates how to: Lesson Objective In this lesson, you will learn how to: • Store custom metadata on ComponentOccurrence objects…

In this lesson, it expands on the basic Add-In created in Lesson 1 by introducing user interaction. You will add a Ribbon button that hides selected component occurrences in an assembly. The Add-In operates only in the Assembly Document environment and demonstrates safe handling of user selections. Lesson Objective In this lesson, you will learn…

Overview In this lesson, you will create an Autodesk Inventor add-in that loads successfully and connects to Inventor through the ApplicationAddInServer interface. By the end of this lesson, you will: What Is an Inventor Add-In? An Inventor add-in is: Unlike macros, add-ins: Many professional solutions distributed through the Autodesk App Store are implemented as add-ins.…

Autodesk Inventor 2026 brings powerful new API capabilities that enhance automation, customization, and flexibility across modeling, documentation, and configuration workflows. Below is a curated index of recent blog posts that dive into these new API features with practical examples and technical guidance. 🔢 Index of Articles 1. Managing Model States Edit Scope in Autodesk Inventor…

by Chandra shekar Gopal, When working with Model States in Autodesk Inventor, controlling which states are actively being edited becomes crucial—especially when automating complex design workflows. The Inventor API provides powerful control through two key properties: This article explains how to use these features to manage model states programmatically in Autodesk Inventor 2026, which introduces…