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Import data exchange model into Inventor
I found a post in Mod the Machine about importing data exchange models into inventor using VBA.
original post: https://modthemachine.typepad.com/my_weblog/2022/04/import-data-exchange-model.html
Sub ImportDataExchangeComponentSample()
Dim oDoc As AssemblyDocument
Set oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim sFdx As String
sFdx = "https://developer.api.autodesk.com/exchange/v1/exchanges"
Dim sUrn As String
sUrn = "urn:adsk.wipprod:dm.lineage:**********************"
Dim sUrl As String
sUrl = sFdx + "?filters=attribute.exchangeFileUrn==" + sUrn
Dim oDEDef As ImportedDataExchangeComponentDefinition
Set oDEDef = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.ImportedComponents.CreateDataExchangeDefinition(sUrl)
Dim oDEComp As ImportedDataExchangeComponent
Set oDEComp = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.ImportedComponents.Add(oDEDef)
End SubI tried it with a few data exchange models that I have on the Autodesk construction cloud and I don't get a model in inventor.
Has any of you tried it?
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Funny enough when running the code in the blog post using the urn of an old Data Exchange file I had, I did get the same result: nothing got imported and also got an *.htm file showing an error:
Maybe I don't have access to that exchange file anymore or something went wrong with it - I don't even know where to look for it.
Then I used the urn of another Data Exchange file in ACC, and with that the import worked fine:
Please make sure that you are indeed using the urn of a Data Exchange file, not the original file it was created for, and also open it in ACC to see that it's working fine.

Adam Nagy
Autodesk Platform Services
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The problem at my end was that we still use Revit 2022 and Data exchange models can be created from Revit 2023+. Also, I skipped the most important step of actually creating a data exchange model in the ACC.
Initially, I thought that every model in the ACC is readily available to grab with that code and imported into Inventor.
Anyway, when I tested with an actual data exchange model and the code works fine.