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Changing Background color and visual style with iLogic

SveinnIngi — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:11:13 GMT

An Inventor file published an .jpeg image when running an iLogic Rule. Multible users with different templates are executing this but I want a uniform output.

This code at top of the rule was a game changer for me (Kudos to Curtis).

'Return view to Home view

ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item _

("AppViewCubeHomeCmd").Execute

'zoom all

ThisApplication.ActiveView.Fit

http://inventortrenches.blogspot.is/2012/01/autodesk-inventor-ilogic-sort-browser.html

-> I would also like to change Color scheme, Background and Visual Style within the same rule.

Is this possible?

Regards,

Sveinn

Re: Changing Background color and visual style with iLogic

mcgyvr — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:16:01 GMT

Some stuff here

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/ilogic-change-background-colour/td-p/5823608

Re: Changing Background color and visual style with iLogic

SveinnIngi — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:46:43 GMT

Thank you for a super quick reply mcgyvr! This helped. I also found this stuff:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/ilogic-code-for-visual-styles-shaded-with-edges/td-p/3595210

...and ended up with this code:

Dim oView As View = ThisApplication.ActiveView
oView.DisplayMode = DisplayModeEnum.kShadedWithEdgesRendering
oView.Update

ThisApplication.ColorSchemes.Item("Presentation").Activate
ThisApplication.ColorSchemes.BackgroundType = 52737

'Return view to Home view
ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item _
("AppViewCubeHomeCmd").Execute

'zoom all
ThisApplication.ActiveView.Fit

ThisDoc.Document.SaveAs(ThisDoc.Path &"/" &MCode &"_" &ConveyorID & ".jpg" , True)

...Which works for me and I go happy into the weekend! Thank's.

Re: Changing Background color and visual style with iLogic

yuvraj.dhinjal — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:13:56 GMT

I am a new user to Inventor. Is there any easy way to change the background color?

I have used NX before and it very easy to change the background color.

Thanks

Re: Changing Background color and visual style with iLogic

Curtis_W — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:36:04 GMT

Hi @yuvraj.dhinjal,

Welcome to the forum.

See this video for the basics of how to change the background color in Inventor.

Also here is a related link:

http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com/2012/09/inventor-background-color-as-white.html

Note that your question is a bit different from the original question of this discussion topic. Just for consideration in the future, please know that it is generally preferred that you start a new topic, rather than append your additional question to an existing topic, unless the topics are the same.

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com