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    <title>topic Re: how to make an .iam assembly become .dgw from ilogic in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/12741459"&gt;@anavazquez5LRNJ&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you mean Inventor .Dwg extension type drawing? What specifically about the drawing do you want to automate? Simply to open the drawing allready complete saved on disk or to create a drawing&amp;nbsp; from scratch placing views etc. There are many forum posts which have carried out some degree of automation. Do you have a sample you have tried or can provide as a bases to start the conversation?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2022/ENU/?guid=DrawingViews_AddBaseView_Sample" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Here&lt;/A&gt; is a start point from the API samples written in VBA. Remove the word Set and change the word "AddBaseViewWithRepresentations()"to "Main"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This will create a view with the given assembly filepath.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:31:23 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>A.Acheson</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-09-13T00:31:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>how to make an .iam assembly become .dgw from ilogic</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/how-to-make-an-iam-assembly-become-dgw-from-ilogic/m-p/11416384#M142592</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I don't know if someone already tried to automate the .dgw drawings from ilogic.&lt;BR /&gt;I would like that since I open an .iam I can do it from some rule.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:38:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>anavazquez5LRNJ</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-09-12T16:38:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: how to make an .iam assembly become .dgw from ilogic</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/how-to-make-an-iam-assembly-become-dgw-from-ilogic/m-p/11417142#M142607</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/12741459"&gt;@anavazquez5LRNJ&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you mean Inventor .Dwg extension type drawing? What specifically about the drawing do you want to automate? Simply to open the drawing allready complete saved on disk or to create a drawing&amp;nbsp; from scratch placing views etc. There are many forum posts which have carried out some degree of automation. Do you have a sample you have tried or can provide as a bases to start the conversation?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2022/ENU/?guid=DrawingViews_AddBaseView_Sample" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Here&lt;/A&gt; is a start point from the API samples written in VBA. Remove the word Set and change the word "AddBaseViewWithRepresentations()"to "Main"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This will create a view with the given assembly filepath.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:31:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/how-to-make-an-iam-assembly-become-dgw-from-ilogic/m-p/11417142#M142607</guid>
      <dc:creator>A.Acheson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-09-13T00:31:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: how to make an .iam assembly become .dgw from ilogic</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/how-to-make-an-iam-assembly-become-dgw-from-ilogic/m-p/11421201#M142673</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;hi&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7946284"&gt;@A.Acheson&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5011186"&gt;@JelteDeJong&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;up to this point I have already sent the views to the drawing now I want to put the dimensions&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN&gt;JelteDeJong&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Here is the code I'm working with&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oDrawingDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingDocument&lt;/SPAN&gt;   
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oPartDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Document&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oSheet&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Sheet&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
 &lt;SPAN&gt;oView1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingView&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oView2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingView&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oView3&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingView&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oView4&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingView&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oView5&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingView&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;oView6&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingView&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingName&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;"TestPart001-Copia "&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;OutputFolder&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;"C:\temp\Archivos\"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;']&lt;/SPAN&gt;

    &lt;SPAN&gt;oPartDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Document&lt;/SPAN&gt;
    &lt;SPAN&gt;oDrawingDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Documents&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Add&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;kDrawingDocumentObject&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;"C:\Inventor\Proyectos\Door.dwg"&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;True&lt;/SPAN&gt;) 
    &lt;SPAN&gt;oPoint1&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;TransientGeometry&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;CreatePoint2d&lt;/SPAN&gt;(11, 16) &lt;SPAN&gt;'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
	&lt;SPAN&gt;oPoint3&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;TransientGeometry&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;CreatePoint2d&lt;/SPAN&gt;(8, 16)
	&lt;SPAN&gt;oPoint4&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;TransientGeometry&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;CreatePoint2d&lt;/SPAN&gt;(14, 16)
	&lt;SPAN&gt;oPoint5&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;TransientGeometry&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;CreatePoint2d&lt;/SPAN&gt;(11, 21)
	&lt;SPAN&gt;oPoint6&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;TransientGeometry&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;CreatePoint2d&lt;/SPAN&gt;(11, 8)
	

	
	
	&lt;SPAN&gt;oBaseView&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oSheet&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingViews&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;AddBaseView&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oPartDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;oPoint1&lt;/SPAN&gt;, 1/32, &lt;SPAN&gt;kFrontViewOrientation&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;KTANGENTEDGESON&lt;/SPAN&gt;) 
&lt;SPAN&gt;oView3&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oSheet&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingViews&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;AddBaseView&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oPartDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;oPoint3&lt;/SPAN&gt;, 1 / 32, &lt;SPAN&gt;kLeftViewOrientation&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;KTANGENTEDGESON&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
&lt;SPAN&gt;oView4&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oSheet&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingViews&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;AddBaseView&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oPartDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;oPoint4&lt;/SPAN&gt;, 1 / 32,  &lt;SPAN&gt;kRightViewOrientation&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;KTANGENTEDGESON&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
&lt;SPAN&gt;oView5&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oSheet&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingViews&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;AddBaseView&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oPartDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;oPoint5&lt;/SPAN&gt;, 1 / 32,  &lt;SPAN&gt;kTopViewOrientation&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;KTANGENTEDGESON&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
&lt;SPAN&gt;oView6&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;oSheet&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingViews&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;AddBaseView&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;oPartDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;oPoint6&lt;/SPAN&gt;, 1 / 32,  &lt;SPAN&gt;kBottomViewOrientation&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;KTANGENTEDGESON&lt;/SPAN&gt;)



&lt;SPAN&gt;oDrawingDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;SaveAsInventorDWG&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;OutputFolder&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;DrawingName&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;".dwg"&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;SaveCopyAs&lt;/SPAN&gt;)&lt;SPAN&gt;'Guarda el dibujo generado&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;oPartDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Activate&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
&lt;SPAN&gt;oDrawingDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Update&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;'Actualiza el Dibujo&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;oDrawingDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Activate&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;'Activa el Documento&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;oDrawingDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Save&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;'Guarda el Documento del Dibujo&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;'oDrawingDoc.Close&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;ThisDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Launch&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;OutputFolder&lt;/SPAN&gt;) &lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:35:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>anavazquez5LRNJ</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-09-14T18:35:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: how to make an .iam assembly become .dgw from ilogic</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/how-to-make-an-iam-assembly-become-dgw-from-ilogic/m-p/11421621#M142679</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;That is a good starting point and really there isn't a lot to add other than you might want to launch the rule from the assembly rather than feeding in the path of the assembly. So if you want to modify this section please let us know.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The dimensions and annotation is a complete another matter and this complexity will likely need a huge investment of time and knowledge to have a satisfactory outcome. Certainty not for a beginner in iLogic, I don't personally go this far in automation due to the complexity and I don't think many do but if you want to get yourself a pot a coffee and give it a go. &lt;A href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-and-vb-net-forum/auto-ballooning-a-drawing-attach-balloon-to-drawingcurvesegment/m-p/10138255/highlight/true#M121839" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Here&lt;/A&gt; is a post that shows how to add balloons and an &lt;A href="http://www.hjalte.nl/37-auto-overall-dimension" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;article&lt;/A&gt; from&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5011186" target="_blank"&gt;JelteDeJong&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;on how to automate some dimensions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 19:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/how-to-make-an-iam-assembly-become-dgw-from-ilogic/m-p/11421621#M142679</guid>
      <dc:creator>A.Acheson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-09-14T19:00:47Z</dc:date>
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