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Getting started with Inventor API and COM reference

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adhurjaty
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Getting started with Inventor API and COM reference

Hello,

 

I am trying to get started using the APIs with Inventor, but I am having trouble finding the documentation. There are lots of references with VBA and VB.net but I would like to develop with python or C#. I've seen sample code in C# and have run the C# code in Visual Studio and it works. I can find the names of the interfaces and classes associated with the Autodesk namespaces, but I cannot find descriptions of the numerous elements. Where do I find the documentation detailing the namespaces, classes, interfaces and so on?

 

Thanks

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adhurjaty
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Figured it out. I was looking for a file called admapi.chm. It was buried somewhere in my file tree. It is not extremely in depth, but it has pretty much what I need

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wayne.brill
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Hi,

 

Glad you found that document. The help file is here on my system:

"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2014\Local Help\admapi_18_0.chm"

 

There are C# examples on the "Mod the Machine" blog. (searching on C# will find them)  I spent some time converting VBA examples to C#. Here is the link to the first one.

http://modthemachine.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/08/c-help-examples-for-sketch-part-1.html

 

 

Thanks,

Wayne



Wayne Brill
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