Creating Custom Icons in the Autodesk Inventor 2011 Get started Tab

[CADProfessor]

Hi, 

I would be happy to know how to add a custom icon with link and image ; similar to Wiki Icon in Autodesk Inventor in the Get Started Tab and in the community panel

I would be happy to add a facebook Icon within the community panel any one can you help me in getting the right code for this  

[YuhanZhang]

Below VBA code sample demonstrates how to add a button onto ribbon with icon, but you may want to create an addin to achieve your goal:

Sub AddPanelToGetStartedTab()
    
    ThisApplication.Documents.CloseAll False
    
    ' Get the ribbon associated with the zero-doc
    Dim oPartRibbon As Ribbon
    Set oPartRibbon = ThisApplication.UserInterfaceManager.Ribbons.Item("ZeroDoc")

    ' Get the "GetStarted" tab
    Dim oTab As RibbonTab
    Set oTab = oPartRibbon.RibbonTabs.Item("id_GetStarted")

    ' Create a panel named "Update", positioned after the "Measure" panel in the Tools tab.
    Dim oPanel As RibbonPanel
    Set oPanel = oTab.RibbonPanels.Add("Custom", "ToolsTabCustomPanel", "SampleClientId")
    
    ' Create an icon, modify the path to your icon
    Dim oIcon As IPictureDisp
    Set oIcon = stdole.LoadPicture("C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2011\Bin\app.ico")
    
    ' Create a custom command
    Dim oDef1 As ButtonDefinition
    Set oDef1 = ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.AddButtonDefinition("CustomIcon", "CustomIcon", kQueryOnlyCmdType, "Client_id", , , oIcon, oIcon)
    

    ' Create a button control
    Call oPanel.CommandControls.AddButton(oDef1, True)
'    oDef1.Delete
'    oPanel.Delete
    
End Sub

Search in Inventor API Help for "working with the ribbon ui api" topic you may get more info on how to customize ribbon UI.