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    <title>topic Excel/Inventor automation in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;Guys,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hoping to get some thoughts and ideas on how to accomplish this.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Goal is to have what i call a "non attended" process.Where the user does not need to have knowledge of Inventor.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Where the user&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN&gt;completes a spreadsheet (make selections,input some data).Once complete he/she can select to open Inventor (invisibly) open a assembly and update/run the ilogic rules contained within that assembly. I am thinking to have a command button on the spreadsheet which would do this.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Once model is updated drawings are created in idw, dwg and pdf formats.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;All files saved in a new folder.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;All with minimum user interaction&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;&lt;P&gt;Some of the questionsi have &amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Curently i have the worksheet be linked to the assembly, is there a better way? Maybe use the GoExcel Application in ilogic to "read" the values?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How to start inventor from the worksheet &amp;nbsp;and open the model?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How to make sure all rules within the assembly(and sub-assemblies,parts) run? Remember the user will not be able to use the itrigger&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;ideas, pointers will be much appreciated.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am doing this in Inventor 2009 and Excel 2000&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2016-04-27T13:32:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Excel/Inventor automation</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/excel-inventor-automation/m-p/6295553#M63568</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Guys,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hoping to get some thoughts and ideas on how to accomplish this.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Goal is to have what i call a "non attended" process.Where the user does not need to have knowledge of Inventor.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Where the user&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN&gt;completes a spreadsheet (make selections,input some data).Once complete he/she can select to open Inventor (invisibly) open a assembly and update/run the ilogic rules contained within that assembly. I am thinking to have a command button on the spreadsheet which would do this.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Once model is updated drawings are created in idw, dwg and pdf formats.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;All files saved in a new folder.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;All with minimum user interaction&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;&lt;P&gt;Some of the questionsi have &amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Curently i have the worksheet be linked to the assembly, is there a better way? Maybe use the GoExcel Application in ilogic to "read" the values?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How to start inventor from the worksheet &amp;nbsp;and open the model?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How to make sure all rules within the assembly(and sub-assemblies,parts) run? Remember the user will not be able to use the itrigger&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;ideas, pointers will be much appreciated.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am doing this in Inventor 2009 and Excel 2000&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/excel-inventor-automation/m-p/6295553#M63568</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-04-27T13:32:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Excel/Inventor automation</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/excel-inventor-automation/m-p/6295765#M63572</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I would use a standalone application (plugin) then do excel and Inventor jobs from there.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;and In this case never touch the iLogic if you want all to be invisible for the user.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&amp;amp;id=17324828" target="_self"&gt;http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&amp;amp;id=17324828&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;An addin could also be used but I don't know if it can be used without any user interaction from inventor.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:46:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/excel-inventor-automation/m-p/6295765#M63572</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jef_E</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-04-27T14:46:10Z</dc:date>
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