Create work points from cloud of sketch points

[Anonymous]

Hi!

I would like to create work points from 3000 sketch points in a 3d sketch. The points are created from raw-data from an excel-file. Is there som way I can create these points without doing it manually?

best regards
Joakim

[ralfwalter]

Hello,

At this time there is not a means through the command UI to accomplish this. However - the Inventor API offers a rich set of tools to accomplish tasks similar to this.

Regards,

Ralf Walter (Autodesk)

[Anonymous]

If you are still on 32 bit Inventor, my Inventor Tools addin will
read excel files directly into workpoints. You can get it at:

http://www.mcadforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1942

and register for a 30 day free trial. Or maybe I could offer to sell
you the source code as a macro?

Bob S.

ralfwalter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> At this time there is not a means through the command UI to accomplish this. However - the Inventor API offers a rich set of tools to accomplish tasks similar to this.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ralf Walter (Autodesk)

[Anonymous]

The Import Points command should do what you want. It's available when you
have a 3D sketch active. The attachment shows the command in Inventor 2009.
--
Brian Ekins
Autodesk Inventor API Product Designer
http://blogs.autodesk.com/modthemachine

[Anonymous]

Brian,

That command ONLY creates either center points OR sketch points, not
WORK points as the OP asked for (see subject line).

Bob S.

Brian Ekins (Autodesk) wrote:
> The Import Points command should do what you want. It's available when you
> have a 3D sketch active. The attachment shows the command in Inventor 2009.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

[Anonymous]

I am about to try the add-in suggested earlier but have run into some compatibility issues. I do not think they should post any major problems and will report back as soon as I have tried it out.
Thanks alot for all the help.

best regards
Joakim

[Anonymous]

Joakim,

I sent you an email. Apparently IV2010 has alot of compatibility
issues with changes to the object model used in previous versions,
even on 32 bit (64 bit is NOT supported yet). Not sure when I'll
get time to fix the code for IV2010, so hopefully you might still
have a 32 bit version of IV2009 loaded somewhere?

Bob

joakim@jeppsson.se wrote:
> I am about to try the add-in suggested earlier but have run into some compatibility issues. I do not think they should post any major problems and will report back as soon as I have tried it out.
> Thanks alot for all the help.
>
> best regards
> Joakim

[Anonymous]

Bob,

I would be interested in learning why your older program is not working in
Inventor 2010. Older programs should continue to work, with very few
exceptions.

Joakim,

I wrote a small VBA macro to import coordinates from an Excel sheet and
create work points. The spreadsheet is the same format as that used by the
Import Points command. I did limited test but it seems to work ok. One
limitation is that it doesn't create the work points in a 3D sketch. That's
a current limitation of the API. You can only create them at the top level.

The attached file contains the VBA source code. Just copy and paste it into
a VBA module and run the CreateWorkPointsFromExcel macro.
--
Brian Ekins
Autodesk Inventor API Product Designer
http://blogs.autodesk.com/modthemachine

[Anonymous]

Brian,

I haven't had time to look into it yet. It might possibly be a Vista
issue it seems? I use a 3rd party licensing solution that MIGHT
have issues. According to Joakim, it crashes IV2010 when the function
to display the registration info is called. There might be some
TypeName "IRx" issues in it too, but it's been a long time since I've
looked at it.

Bob

Brian Ekins (Autodesk) wrote:
> Bob,
>
> I would be interested in learning why your older program is not working in
> Inventor 2010. Older programs should continue to work, with very few
> exceptions.
>
> Joakim,
>
> I wrote a small VBA macro to import coordinates from an Excel sheet and
> create work points. The spreadsheet is the same format as that used by the
> Import Points command. I did limited test but it seems to work ok. One
> limitation is that it doesn't create the work points in a 3D sketch. That's
> a current limitation of the API. You can only create them at the top level.
>
> The attached file contains the VBA source code. Just copy and paste it into
> a VBA module and run the CreateWorkPointsFromExcel macro.
>

[Qube-it]

Bob,

Could you shoot me an e-mail. I'd be interested in this add-in so that I can work with points gathered with a Total Station. bhallATqubeitdesignDOTcom. Thanks!

Brian Hall