If you are into CAD automation you will have to deal with CAD and mathematics subjects daily. Although Autodesk Inventor® API is well documented and professionally structured we forked InventorToolBox to simplify Inventor API even further.
This library provides useful extension methods for Autodesk Inventor® API. The idea is to convert popular macros or complex API subjects (such as transformation matrix and transient geometries) into extension methods.
| These Inventor Interfaces are covered |
|---|
| Application |
| AssemblyDocument |
| ComponentOccurances |
| Document |
| PartDocument |
To read or write the iProperties you can use GetProperty() and SetProperty() extension methods.
using InventorToolBox;
//set up a console app
//get an instance of Inventor
App.ConnectToInventor();
//Get partNo of active document
var partNo = App.ActiveDocument.GetProperty(kDocumnetProperty.PartNumber);To insert a part or subassembly into another assembly you can use .AddMember() extension methods.
//make a new part document or open it if already exists
try
{
part = app.NewPart(partName);
}
catch (Exception)
{
part = app.Open(partName, false) as PartDocument;
}
//make a new assembly document or open it if already exists
try
{
assembly = app.NewAssembly(assyName);
}
catch (Exception)
{
assembly = app.Open(assyName) as AssemblyDocument;
}
//add the part that was created to the assembly
var partOccurance = assembly.AddMemeber(part.AsDocument(), new[] { 0d, 0d, 1d }, new[] { 10d, 10d, 0d });
//insert a content center component into assembly
//in this case the third row of the BS 4848 family is selected.
//And the length of the angle is set to 658. This family is under Structural Sahpes category
var contentCenterDesc = new ContentCenterItemDescriptor(row: 3, "Structural Shapes", "Angles", "BS 4848")
{ CustomValue = new KeyValuePair<string, object>("B_L", 658) };
var contentCenterOccurance = assembly.AddMemeber(contentCenterDesc, new[] { 0d, 0d, 1d }, new[] { 10d, 10d, 0d });