topic Visualizing Asm or part(3d Objects) In Wpf form in Inventor Programming Forum

Visualizing Asm or part(3d Objects) In Wpf form

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 22:55:55 GMT

Hi,

How can I show a Part or an Assembly In WPF Form at 2d or 3d?
Is it possible? If it is. Could someone give me an example?

Regards.

Re: Visualizing Asm or part(3d Objects) In Wpf form

marcin_otręba — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 07:48:46 GMT

Hi,

1. you can use thumbnail.

2. you can embed for example dwf viewer in your form.

Re: Visualizing Asm or part(3d Objects) In Wpf form

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:36:30 GMT

Is it possible to use the thumbnail in addin?

Re: Visualizing Asm or part(3d Objects) In Wpf form

marcin_otręba — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:38:35 GMT

Yes. Possible. look on this forum, you will find solution for that.

What is the purpose for that ? what you want to accomplish ?

thumbnail

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:47:25 GMT

I have already searched. I found Brain Ekins's article about the topic. I try to design UI. I just want to visualize the part or asm information better and print them.

Re: thumbnail

marcin_otręba — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 07:19:13 GMT

Try this ones:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/convert-ipicturedisp-to-system-drawing-image/m-p/3626400

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/convert-thumbnail-to-image/m-p/7870640

Re: thumbnail

JhoelForshav — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 07:41:42 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

I've attached a sample app in this thread for showing the thubmnail in a form:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/can-vb-net-display-part-thumbnails-in-a-form/m-p/9405241#M107433

Since it's a standalone exe the thumbnail has to be obtained through apprentice. In an addin I think you should be able to use the application object instead 🙂

Hope it helps!

Re: thumbnail

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:38:03 GMT

I used to write code with vb.net and I succeed in it(Aperrentice not in adddin) but I am trying to do c# addin.Thanks for your efforts by the way.

Re: thumbnail

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:37:22 GMT

Is there any demo with C# Addin. In your examples, There are not active Documents just AppSerDoc way approach with vb.net. If I am correct. The AppSerdoc way does not work in add-in. Right? And I could not find any example with an active document way. Why?

Re: thumbnail

marcin_otręba — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 11:27:19 GMT

@Anonymous

i do not have c#, sorry.

"And I could not find any example with an active document way. Why?" -this is because common belief (from which i disagree) is that it is only possible through apprentice, this is possible also from addin with active document.