Create a new Inventor DWG drawing using VB.NET

[jgaston]

Hello.

I'm trying to create a new DWG file in Inventor.

In the Inventor options I changed the default file type of drawing, but when I add a new document using the Add method from the Documents collection, always creates a file of type IDW.

I tried to force the option from code, but I get the same result.

I am using VB.net 2008 and Inventor 2010, this is the code:

InvApp = InventorGet()

InvApp.Visible = True

InvApp.DrawingOptions.DefaultDrawingFileType = DefaultDrawingFileTypeEnum.kDWGDefaultDrawingFileType

InvDoc = InvApp.Documents.Add(DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject)

Any ideas? Thanks in advance

[Dennis.Ossadnik]

Hi jgaston,

you could use it like that and specify the template file:

Dim InvDoc As Document 

Set InvDoc = InvApp.Documents.Add(kDrawingDocumentObject, "C:\Templates\Norm.dwg", True)

Hope, this helps.

[jgaston]

Thanks Dennis, but hoped to use the default template and not have to deal with code to manage the routes.

If I understand, the help of the API says the method should work this way.

Regards

[Dennis.Ossadnik · Accepted solution]

Hi jgaston

Here is an exaple how you can use the standard templates:

first set the option: DrawingOptions.DefaultDrawingFileType = kDWGDefaultDrawingFileType

then get your template: FileManager.GetTemplateFile(kDrawingDocumentObject, kDefaultSystemOfMeasure, kDefault_DraftingStandard, "{BBF9FDF1-52DC-11D0-8C04-0800090BE8EC}")

use this template in the way i mentioned:

Documents.Add(kDrawingDocumentObject, TemplateNameDWG, True)

Example:

This code will add two new drawing douments to inventor. One dwg, one idw.

Dim InvApp As Application
Set InvApp = ThisApplication

'Get name of DWG Tamplate
InvApp.DrawingOptions.DefaultDrawingFileType = kDWGDefaultDrawingFileType
Dim TemplateNameDWG As String
TemplateNameDWG = InvApp.FileManager.GetTemplateFile(kDrawingDocumentObject, kDefaultSystemOfMeasure, kDefault_DraftingStandard, "{BBF9FDF1-52DC-11D0-8C04-0800090BE8EC}")

'Get name of idw template
InvApp.DrawingOptions.DefaultDrawingFileType = kIDWDefaultDrawingFileType
Dim TemplateNameIDW As String
TemplateNameIDW = InvApp.FileManager.GetTemplateFile(kDrawingDocumentObject, kDefaultSystemOfMeasure, kDefault_DraftingStandard, "{BBF9FDF1-52DC-11D0-8C04-0800090BE8EC}")

'New DWG
Dim oDocDWG As Document
Set oDocDWG = InvApp.Documents.Add(kDrawingDocumentObject, TemplateNameDWG, True)

'New IDW

Dim oDocIdw As Document
Set oDocIdw = InvApp.Documents.Add(kDrawingDocumentObject, TemplateNameIDW, True)

I hope this works for you.

[jgaston]

Thank you very much Denis

I manage with this.

Just one question, the GUID "{BBF9FDF1-52DC-11D0-8C04-0800090BE8EC}" what type of document referred to? where I can find a list of GUID's valid for this function?

Best regards and thank you very much again.

[Josh_Hunt]

Hi @jgaston and @Dennis.Ossadnik 

A decade later and this is still a bug if the documentation https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2020/ENU/?guid=GUID-66A32241-D9C0-4E9D-B6D1-F4A9DA1F69F9 is c...

Thank you for the workaround. However I now have to 'clean' the document of all Drawing Resources and styles before I can build from scratch.

BACKGROUND: I have a corrupt DWG template and I am trying to rebuild it using API to transfer all the content over. Not simple but possible.