Ilogic API Programming

[tward]

Hey everyone,

Does anyone know if there is a class or someplace where I am able to go and learn the vb.net programming language thats geared towards inventor?

[Namoi1]

not the right place, check the 4th (at the moment) permanent topic in this forum to get started.

Don't be afraid just play with it, you can't really break anything, a bit hard to start if you've never programmed before, but it you have I'll shut up.

A very easy way to get started on programing is VBA through something like excel, record a macro and see what it spits out, and try understand it, just remember is spits out alot of superfluous crap that you didn't really do or need.  Once you understand a little of the syntax Inventor is just about the same but with different objects, which you'll find when you look at that topic.

[Ray_Feiler]

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=1079044&siteID=123112

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=17324828

[ravikmb5]

Start From Basics

For Ex:

First add code to Reference the document via APi

then select a plane on to which Sketch has to be executed via APi

Draw a circle, Rectangle

then adding constraints to the circle midpoint and origin of a sketch

then dimensioning it

exit sketch

select profile

then extrude

[tward]

Yeah I have programmed before and have been playing with it.  I know that the best way that I learn is from examples coupled with explanations.  What I seem to find a lot of is examples with no explanations, where I work now there really isn't time to play and discover all the intricate details of the code and then determine the supurfluous code from the real code.

I have gone through that walkthrough, however I found it not as comprehensive as I would have liked. (I probably sound greedy)

Speaking of which, what's the difference in writing the code into the visual studio express environment and a .txt file that inventor sees as an external rule?

Thanks for the response!