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having trouble running the install_64.bat. When I run it (run as
administrator), I get a message that complains that it cant find the
sheetmetalextents.dll although it is in the same directory as the install
file. I tried editing the bat file by appending the path for the
sheetmetalextents.dll, but that did not work either. The path that I added was
c:\Program Files\Autodesk\Macros\SMExtents. When I do that it says the "Unable
to locate input assembly 'C:\Program'.
Attached is a screen shot of what I
see when I run the install_64.bat as an administrator. What do I need to do so
that it finds the .dll file? Update..... In Windows 7, I had to change the UAC
setting to "Never Notify". After I did that and restarted the computer, I
could then run the install_64.bat. Edited by: KArthur1 on May 19, 2010 10:51
AM
What is the latest or best version of "SheetMetalExtents" by Brian Ekins? I need it to run IV2011 64 bit on Windows 7.
I see the version in the posting of 11-14-2008 from Brian himself (this is the latest one I can find from him)
and the 07-31-2009 version from Rob that is apparantly from some where other than this thread
and 04-30-2010 from Kent that says it is only the dll and just run the batch file Brian included (this post mentions overwriting the dll, which is beyond my knowledge. Note: I understand that tinkering with dlls can cause problems and hope to avoid changing the dlls)
Please direct me to the best version for my use. I mostly just need to print the "sheet metal rule" from the "sheet metal defaults" in the title block of my sheet metal drawings.
Also, any guidance for the install is appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Steve
Just moved to Win 7 Inventor 2011 and am using the attached file. I know it works but have not fully tested yet as there may be some rebuild-alls necessary on previously made sheetmetal files - still testing.
Let me know if anyone find any problems and I'll take a look at it, although I would expect it to still work.
Brian,
I am using the Sheet Metal Extents Add-In with Inventor Pro 2011. I have run in to some problems with iParts used in iAssemblies. If I have more than (1) instance of the iPart from the same iPart file and each instance is a different row in the table I am getting the same flat pattern size for both parts. I have tried some work arounds but none have worked at this point. I also get numerous error messages if I update the assembly that contains the iAssemblies.
Do you know of a solution to this problem?
Thanks, Paul
Brian,
Ran into a slight problem when using this add-in. See the video here. http://screencast.com/t/UB4UWWSNM
What I have done is I derived in a sheetmetal part. This part has the Sheetmetallength and sheetmetalwidth parameters in it. When I create the flat pattern in this new part, a new sheetmetallength and sheetmetalwidth is created with the "_1" appended to the name. Notice that the update button is available. Each time the update is done on the part, a new " _x is added to the parameter name. The problem is eventually, the parameter name is too long for vault and an error is given when the part is added to vault.
The only way that I can get the update button to become greyed out is to undo the update, then it becomes unavailable.
Behaves the same in both 2011 x64 and in 2012 x64.
Here is a screenshot of the parameter list of the part that would not go into vault. http://screencast.com/t/pWzyoJC3FW
Hi karthur1,
I use this addin on a daily basis and also used derived parts extensively. I have never noticed this. I just did a test on it and I don't have the same issues you are experiencing.
Something is definitely wrong with your part as the paramters sheetmetallength and sheetmetalwidth should appear in your variable list BEFORE DERIVING. I wonder if you are using an older version of this program or you deleted the parameters before deriving?
(When they are not there, then the file that is derived in will take those names and cause problems as you can see.)
Even if I change a part from standard part to sheetmetal part, those parameters automatically appear. (As a side note, they also exist in my template file.)
Rob
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Something is definitely wrong with your part as the paramters sheetmetallength and sheetmetalwidth should appear in your variable list BEFORE DERIVING. I wonder if you are using an older version of this program or you deleted the parameters before deriving?
(When they are not there, then the file that is derived in will take those names and cause problems as you can see.)
Even if I change a part from standard part to sheetmetal part, those parameters automatically appear. (As a side note, they also exist in my template file.)
Rob,
Ran into this again today.
My ipt template does not have those parameters there. When I derive in a sheetmetal part into it, I get these bloated parameters, but if I manuall add them BEFORE I derive it in I dont.
Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully anyone have a similar problem will see this post.
I am using Sheetmetal extents version 2.1, btw.
Kirk
I am trying to install Sheet Metal extents on a Windows 7 64 Bit machine running Inventor Professional 2013.
When looking at the add-in list it says the add-in is loaded but the functionality is not there. It does not seem to create the sheet metal extents as it has previously.
Is anyone else having this issue? Any ideas greatly appreciated.
I have same setup but have not installed 2013 yet. Will be doing soon. Does anything get written to your files at all? I assume you ran this addin without problems on previous release(s)? If nothing happens at all with addin, it may be worth writing Brian Ekins an email to see if there is any reason the addin should not work on 2013.
Rob
Yes it had worked fine in previous versions. I ma not sure if it is an install issue or what is going in. It says the add in is loaded when I check the add in manager but then when I create a sheet metal part and do the flat pattern then check the custom properties nothing is there.
I haven't tried the add-in on Inventor 2013 yet. I'll try and take a look at this week.
I did look at the program a few months ago when a problem was reported but we were unable to reproduce the issue at that time so I didn't do any more with it. If any of you have any know issues and can send me full reproducable cases I'll take a look at them.
I will be installing 2013 in the next week and will let you know if I too have any issues. Looks like Brian Ekins will let us know as well.
Rob
Mike,
Did you post the recompiled version somewhere? It doesnt work for me in 2013 either.
Kirk