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    <title>topic Re: AddBaseView COM Exception in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
    <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8172218#M87282</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I think addBaseView get error because, you active document are Part Document, not drawing document.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;send it back drawing document&amp;nbsp; to active document.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;your code:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;PartDocument RouterPRTDoc = (PartDocument)m_InventorApp.Documents.Open(FullPartFileName.Replace(".ipt", "R.ipt"), true);&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;move this line after partdocument opened:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;OutDWGDoc.Activate();&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;then:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-page"&gt;&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;DIV class="MinimumWidthContainer"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width-wrapper"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-topic-page lia-quilt-layout-two-column-main-side lia-top-quilt"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-18 lia-quilt-column-left lia-quilt-column-main-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-component-topic-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="linear-message-list message-list"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-linear-display-message-view"&gt;&lt;DIV class="first-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-panel-message message-uid-8092131"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-view-wrapper lia-js-data-messageUid-8092131 lia-component-forums-widget-message-view-two"&gt;&lt;DIV class="MessageView lia-message-view-forum-message lia-message-view-display lia-row-standard-read lia-thread-topic"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-message lia-quilt-layout-custom-forum-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-24 lia-quilt-column-single lia-quilt-column-main-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-single"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body lia-tooltip-trigger"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body-content"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;DrawingView DWGBaseView = OutDWGSheet.DrawingViews.AddBaseView((_Document)RouterPRTDoc, &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;tgView.CreatePoint2d(DWGView.Left, DWGView.Top), &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;1/1, &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;ViewOrientationTypeEnum.kDefaultViewOrientation, D&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;rawingViewStyleEnum.kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle, &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;"BaseViewForRouter", &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;DWGView.Camera, &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;NameValMap);&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-page"&gt;&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;DIV class="MinimumWidthContainer"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width-wrapper"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-topic-page lia-quilt-layout-two-column-main-side lia-top-quilt"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-18 lia-quilt-column-left lia-quilt-column-main-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-component-topic-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="linear-message-list message-list"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-linear-display-message-view"&gt;&lt;DIV class="first-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-panel-message message-uid-8092131"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-view-wrapper lia-js-data-messageUid-8092131 lia-component-forums-widget-message-view-two"&gt;&lt;DIV class="MessageView lia-message-view-forum-message lia-message-view-display lia-row-standard-read lia-thread-topic"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-message lia-quilt-layout-custom-forum-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-24 lia-quilt-column-single lia-quilt-column-main-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-single"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body lia-tooltip-trigger"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body-content"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-page"&gt;&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;DIV class="MinimumWidthContainer"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width-wrapper"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-topic-page lia-quilt-layout-two-column-main-side lia-top-quilt"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-18 lia-quilt-column-left lia-quilt-column-main-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-component-topic-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="linear-message-list message-list"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-linear-display-message-view"&gt;&lt;DIV class="first-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-panel-message message-uid-8092131"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-view-wrapper lia-js-data-messageUid-8092131 lia-component-forums-widget-message-view-two"&gt;&lt;DIV class="MessageView lia-message-view-forum-message lia-message-view-display lia-row-standard-read lia-thread-topic"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-message lia-quilt-layout-custom-forum-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-24 lia-quilt-column-single lia-quilt-column-main-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-single"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body lia-tooltip-trigger"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body-content"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 03:08:17 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>dgreatice</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-08-02T03:08:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>AddBaseView COM Exception</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8092131#M85838</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hello,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've read many articles here about an AddBaseView error and none of them resulted in addressing my issue.&amp;nbsp; I will try to include as much detail I can about what I have tried and what the error is.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;First the code, everyone likes code:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;String TemplateFilename = m_InventorApp.FileOptions.TemplatesPath + "Standard.idw";&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;DrawingDocument OutDWGDoc = (DrawingDocument)m_InventorApp.Documents.Open(TemplateFilename, true);&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;OutDWGDoc.Activate(); // &amp;lt;-- this not usually done just wanted to ensure drawing was active after opening it&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;MessageBox.Show("Number of Sheets: " + OutDWGDoc.Sheets.Count.ToString()); // &amp;lt;-- this was added to check if sheet count was correct&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;Sheet OutDWGSheet = OutDWGDoc.Sheets[1]; // &amp;lt;-- in debugger this seems to not set sheet correctly, OutDWGSheet has no object referecable data when stepped over&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;PartDocument RouterPRTDoc = (PartDocument)m_InventorApp.Documents.Open(FullPartFileName.Replace(".ipt", "R.ipt"), true);&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;NameValueMap NameValMap = m_InventorApp.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap();&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;NameValMap.Add("SheetMetalFoldedModel", false);&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;TransientGeometry tgView = m_InventorApp.TransientGeometry;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;// The below line is where the COM Exception gets caught&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;DrawingView DWGBaseView = OutDWGSheet.DrawingViews.AddBaseView((_Document)RouterPRTDoc,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;tgView.CreatePoint2d(DWGView.Left, DWGView.Top),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;1/1,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;ViewOrientationTypeEnum.kDefaultViewOrientation,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;DrawingViewStyleEnum.kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;"BaseViewForRouter",&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;DWGView.Camera,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;NameValMap);&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The TemplateFilename does point to a correct path "O:\\NetworkMachine\\SharedFolder\\&amp;lt;extra path info to folder&amp;gt;\\Standard.idw".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;m_inventorApp is the inventor application.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;See comments in above code for details on things I added to help debug issue and where issue occurs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Here is the image of the error message returned from Inventor when plugin is executed.&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="Error.PNG" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/516238iD3FF7B56121B2338/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="Error.PNG" alt="Error.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&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;&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;&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;&lt;P&gt;We are using Inventor 2017, Autodesk Desktop App says Inventor 2017 is up to date, Addin is compiled using .NET 4.6.2 Framework, the plugin appears to register with Inventor correctly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What is strange is this error is happening only on some machines.&amp;nbsp; We checked windows patches and Inventor patches and all are current.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;U&gt;Things we have tried:&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;I have attempted Both types of casting methods (ex Obj Blah = (Obj)function.Document...;&amp;nbsp; and Obj Blah = function.Document...&amp;nbsp; As Obj;&amp;nbsp; ) when opening the DrawingDocument and PartDocument.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;This Addin was working without this error until we removed a Style from the Style sheet editor we created and did not need anymore.&amp;nbsp; After the save of the Template we have been getting this error.&amp;nbsp; We are able to open the Template and all looks good, we save the template etc. error still occurs.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;We have tried moving the Template folder to the local C: drive and changed the template path in Inventor, error still occurs.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;I have been compiling the Addin on Windows 10 computer and running Addin on Windows 7 computers.&amp;nbsp; Some work some don't.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;We checked the Styles Editor Application in the start menu for Inventor to ensure the Style we deleted was not in there.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can anyone help or think of something else we can try to fix this.&amp;nbsp; I am not sure what happened that triggered this issue, it seems strange though it happened with a Style Editor change one would not think it would break this Addin.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks in advance&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;--&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Shannon&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;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:58:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8092131#M85838</guid>
      <dc:creator>speterso</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-06-26T13:58:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: AddBaseView COM Exception</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8099902#M85940</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hy,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I think you workflow are wrong.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Open Dwg, Activated&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Set Object (OutDwgSheet)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. Oper Part Document? this will be Active Document&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;4. Set Object (NameValMap)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;5. Create Base View&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;see my example video at youtube.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobG6PLNsmM" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobG6PLNsmM&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 08:11:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8099902#M85940</guid>
      <dc:creator>dgreatice</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-06-29T08:11:44Z</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: AddBaseView COM Exception</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8170842#M87250</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I found the line of code causing the issue.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;DrawingDocument OutDWGDoc = (DrawingDocument)m_InventorApp.Documents.Open(TemplateFilename, true);&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;Was causing the issue I changed it to&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;DrawingDocument OutDWGDoc = (DrawingDocument)m_InventorApp.Documents.Add(DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject, TemplateFilename, false);&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;and it now runs on the client machines.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;Anyone know what could be happening here?&amp;nbsp; Even though the issue is solved I am scratching my head understanding why this is even an issue.&amp;nbsp; All I did was instead of opening the document in the inventor instance I add the document to the inventor instance.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;The strange thing is both work fine on my computers I personally tested on but the Open call fails on all of one of our clients machines but Add works fine for them.&amp;nbsp; What setting or configuration could be causing this?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:45:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8170842#M87250</guid>
      <dc:creator>speterso</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-08-01T15:45:48Z</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: AddBaseView COM Exception</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8172218#M87282</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I think addBaseView get error because, you active document are Part Document, not drawing document.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;send it back drawing document&amp;nbsp; to active document.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;your code:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;PartDocument RouterPRTDoc = (PartDocument)m_InventorApp.Documents.Open(FullPartFileName.Replace(".ipt", "R.ipt"), true);&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;move this line after partdocument opened:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;OutDWGDoc.Activate();&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;then:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-page"&gt;&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;DIV class="MinimumWidthContainer"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width-wrapper"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-topic-page lia-quilt-layout-two-column-main-side lia-top-quilt"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-18 lia-quilt-column-left lia-quilt-column-main-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-component-topic-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="linear-message-list message-list"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-linear-display-message-view"&gt;&lt;DIV class="first-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-panel-message message-uid-8092131"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-view-wrapper lia-js-data-messageUid-8092131 lia-component-forums-widget-message-view-two"&gt;&lt;DIV class="MessageView lia-message-view-forum-message lia-message-view-display lia-row-standard-read lia-thread-topic"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-message lia-quilt-layout-custom-forum-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-24 lia-quilt-column-single lia-quilt-column-main-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-single"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body lia-tooltip-trigger"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body-content"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;DrawingView DWGBaseView = OutDWGSheet.DrawingViews.AddBaseView((_Document)RouterPRTDoc, &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;tgView.CreatePoint2d(DWGView.Left, DWGView.Top), &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;1/1, &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;ViewOrientationTypeEnum.kDefaultViewOrientation, D&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;rawingViewStyleEnum.kHiddenLineDrawingViewStyle, &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;"BaseViewForRouter", &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;DWGView.Camera, &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size="1"&gt;NameValMap);&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-page"&gt;&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;DIV class="MinimumWidthContainer"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width-wrapper"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-topic-page lia-quilt-layout-two-column-main-side lia-top-quilt"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-18 lia-quilt-column-left lia-quilt-column-main-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-component-topic-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="linear-message-list message-list"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-linear-display-message-view"&gt;&lt;DIV class="first-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-panel-message message-uid-8092131"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-view-wrapper lia-js-data-messageUid-8092131 lia-component-forums-widget-message-view-two"&gt;&lt;DIV class="MessageView lia-message-view-forum-message lia-message-view-display lia-row-standard-read lia-thread-topic"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-message lia-quilt-layout-custom-forum-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-24 lia-quilt-column-single lia-quilt-column-main-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-single"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body lia-tooltip-trigger"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body-content"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-page"&gt;&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;DIV class="MinimumWidthContainer"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width-wrapper"&gt;&lt;DIV class="min-width"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-topic-page lia-quilt-layout-two-column-main-side lia-top-quilt"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-18 lia-quilt-column-left lia-quilt-column-main-content"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-component-topic-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="linear-message-list message-list"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-linear-display-message-view"&gt;&lt;DIV class="first-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-panel-message message-uid-8092131"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-view-wrapper lia-js-data-messageUid-8092131 lia-component-forums-widget-message-view-two"&gt;&lt;DIV class="MessageView lia-message-view-forum-message lia-message-view-display lia-row-standard-read lia-thread-topic"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt lia-quilt-forum-message lia-quilt-layout-custom-forum-message"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-row lia-quilt-row-main"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column lia-quilt-column-24 lia-quilt-column-single lia-quilt-column-main-left"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-quilt-column-alley lia-quilt-column-alley-single"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body lia-tooltip-trigger"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body-content"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 03:08:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8172218#M87282</guid>
      <dc:creator>dgreatice</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-08-02T03:08:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: AddBaseView COM Exception</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8173214#M87305</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I tried that as well, but thanks for the feedback.&amp;nbsp; I even moved the PartDocument Open line above everything else so when the Drawing Document is opened and activate right afterwards it would have Drawing Document as active document.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As stated a couple times, all versions of code work on my development computer and other test computers I have here.&amp;nbsp; Only our clients computers have problems running the code.&amp;nbsp; When I changes the Drawing Document Open command to Drawing Document Add command it fixed the clients machine and of course works on all my computers here.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am just not understanding is why Open command would not work on this clients computers but the Add command works fine, especially when both work fine on my test computers at my location.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:23:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addbaseview-com-exception/m-p/8173214#M87305</guid>
      <dc:creator>speterso</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-08-02T13:23:58Z</dc:date>
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