Selecting 2D point from active sketch in inventor?

[mucip]

Hi,

I'm using Inventor 2013 and VB-Express. I have form to do something. When I press the button on this form, I want to select two point from the active sketch and draw rectangle between these points. Every time user need to select by mouse.

How can I make user to select 2Dpoint intereactively from the active sketch?...

Regards,

Mucip:)

[adam.nagy]

Hi,

Have a look at this post. The mouse events part might work inside the Sketch environment as well:

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2013/02/pick-a-point.html

Cheers,

[mucip]

Hi Adam,

Thanks for your kind interest. Infact, I have seen this blog in Google search but I couldn't understand how can I do this in VB-Express API?... Especially the mouse event?!...

Is there guidence sample for VB-Express API to pick point?...

Regards,

Mucip:)

[adam.nagy]

Hi Mucip,

Just to clarify, the Inventor API is not specific to VB Express, it's the same everywhere.
Event handling is not specific to VB Express either, but to the programming language: in your case VB / VB.NET

There is a VB.NET sample in the SDK that should help you get started with implementing what you want:

"C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2015\SDK\DeveloperTools\Samples\VB.NET\Standalone Applications\Inventor\UserInteraction"

Cheers,

[mucip]

Hi Adam,

it would be perfect if I have Inventor 2015 but I use still 2013 unfortunately... 😞

Is there any other alternative in case of check this code which you explain to me?...

Regards,

Mucip:)

[mucip]

Hi Adam,

I saw many post in this forums that the VBA code doesn't work with API.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/addin-doevents-doesn-t-work/m-p/4329286/highlig...

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/doevents-and-vb-net-selection/m-p/2006589/highl...

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/mouse-event-does-not-work-in-2011-2009-no-probl...

I will try to find API version of this code...

Maybe you may publish the API version of the code which you target me above...

Regards,

Mucip:)

[mucip]

Hi,

I found below code from İnventor Programing help section but not work?!...

Dim Nokta As Inventor.Point2d

'Dim Nokta As object

Nokta = Form1.inv_App.CommandManager.Pick(SelectionFilterEnum.kSketchPointFilter, "Select the point...")

MsgBox("Seçilen: " & Nokta.X)

When I set is as object then it works... How can I convert object to point?...

Regards,

Mucip:)

[ekinsb · Accepted solution]

The type of object being returned is a SketchPoint not a Point2D object.  This should work.

Dim Nokta As Inventor.SketchPoint

Nokta = Form1.inv_App.CommandManager.Pick(SelectionFilterE​num.kSketchPointFilter, "Select the point...")

If you need the position of the sketch point you can use its Geometry property which returns a Point2D object.

[mucip]

Dear Brian,

This the code which I need exactly... Thanks... 😉

Regards,

Mucip:)

[kagum93]

Hi, sorry for digging up the topic.
Do you perhaps remember how you wrote this code? Is the snippet suggested by @ekinsby the whole code or just part of the larger code? Was it written in ilogic editor or in VBA? Thanks in advance for your reply.

[mucip]

Dear kagum94,

It's been 10 years and I don't remember sharp sorry.

But I was using Visual Basic and Inventor API.

Regards,

Mucip:)