Autodesk Inventor Customization
You can't just shove an extra enum in there. He was probably trying to do the same thing as you and then found out he couldn't. He should have deleted that dingle berry out before publishing it.
Remember that everyone on the internet knows everything and if someone can post on a forum everything he does is perfect.
ThisDoc.Document.Close
This will save and close the document.
ThisDoc.Document.Close(False)
This will close without saving.
ThisDoc.Document.Save
This will save without closing.
ThisDoc.Document.SaveAs(filePath & "\" & fileName & ".idw" , False)
This does a save-as without closing. This is copy/pasted out of a sub that I'm using it in where filePath and fileName are strings that hold the obvious information. In other words there are earlier in the code several lines like the following:
Dim filePath As String Dim fileName As String filePatch = "C:\temp" fileName = "temp"
You could also just replace that garble with a regular line of text like: "C:\temp\temp.idw"
I don;t remember what he False is for and it's time for me to go home.
Mitch,
About the options to create the view initially:
The Level of Detail will be taken directly from your model document. If you activate the LOD that you want before running the rule, that's the LOD that will be shown in the drawing views.
You can add the View Representation name to the function to create the base view:
oBaseView = oSheet.DrawingViews.AddBaseView(oPartDoc,oPoint1, 3/16,kFrontViewOrientation, kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle, "Default")
It looks like the API doesn't provide a way to specify the options for reference components when you create a view:
Line Style = "As Parts"
Hidden Line Calculation = "All Bodies"
About the dimension error: are you looking for a DrawingDimensions object directly on the Document? It's on the Sheet instead:
oSheet.DrawingDimensions
Again, I would recommend using VBA or VB.NET to develop this code. It might take you a while to get started, but it will save you time in the long run.
Mike Deck
Software Developer
DLS - Mechanical Design
Autodesk, Inc.
Hello and welcome to Monday 
In doing some more reseach and making the changes that Mike suggested with a few extras of my own, the code and drawing have improved.
With the research I have found a way to place dimensions but the suggested way is only possible by manually pre-selecting the line then running the vba code. This worked and placed the dimension, and I understand how to manipulate this code to change the type of dimension as well as where it is placed.
But as you know, I do not wish to manually pre-select the line. Through more looking around a found a user who was looking to apply centerlines in views (which I will also need to do later on).
One of the suggested methods is to use the "ModelEdge" object. I looked in the object browser and did not find anything their myself but I could be missing something.
To me, this sounds to be exactly what I'm looking for. If I can pre-select the line by programmically calling the model edge I wish to dimension, I can run this code that dimensions the selected line.
You can find the code so far attached
The commented line "oCurve = oDrawDoc.SelectSet(1).Parent" is what was used to get the manually selected line
Here is the Centerline forum, Message 13 is the reference:
Thanks
Mitch
