Autodesk Inventor Questions & Answers

If you are working with Autodesk Inventor and VBA, you can use the AppActive method to shift focus from a form to the Inventor window in VBA after setting ShowModal = False.

To identify parameters in your Inventor model that are driven by Excel using the Inventor API, you should:

• Get the Parameters collection through the active document’s ComponentDefinition.
• Iterate through each Parameter object in the collection.
• Examine each parameter’s Equation property.
• Check the Equation property for indicators of an Excel link.

Best Practices to Avoid the "Resolve Link" Dialog

Embed the Image into the Title Block

• Inventor does not truly embed external images into .idw files or templates.
• It stores a reference to the image file -so if the image moves or isn't found in the project paths, you get the dialogue.

To Verify the Image Path:

1. Open the .idw template.
2. Go to Manage > Styles Editor > Title Block.
3. Edit the title block and check the image path.
4. Make sure it's pointing to a valid, project-included location.

Create a Custom Command Button in Inventor and Attach It to a Macro

1. Get the Ribbon UI using UserInterfaceManager.
2. Create or customize a MacroControlDefinition to link the macro to the button.
3. Add the macro button to the Ribbon using CommandControls.AddMacro.

The Inventor Content Center library contains standard and custom parts, but not assemblies or drawings.

No, it is not possible to add VBA userforms to the browser pane.

In Inventor, a closed loop in a sketch can be converted into a Profile, which represents a region suitable for extrusion or analysis. Once you have a Profile, you can access its area via the Area Properties object.

Yes, it is possible to do automatic numbering in Autodesk Inventor. But, Inventor does not provide a built-in feature like X-Steel. You can use iLogic or Vault Integration.

Yes, you can change the toolbar title in your C++ Inventor add-in - the default title 'Default AddIn Toolbar' comes from the sample code in CustomUI.cpp. You just need to modify the string passed when creating the toolbar.

In Inventor, there is no way to permanently show the names of all Work Planes in the graphic window.