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Anonymous
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Macro vs Add-In

Hey guys,

 

I have build 2 Add-ins for inventor. I used my Inventor 2018 Pro with free license to develop and test the add-ins. Now that they are done and ready to be tested i need to transfer them to the workstations in the office. The workstations use Inventor 2017 Pro. I have an issue transfering the Add-in files when i follow the readme.txt that comes with the template. So for current use i transferred the code to a macro and implemented it this way so functionality can be tested already. Now what is the advantage of using a macro in stead of an Add-in? One of the programs is for coloring first level components in an assembly, which takes a lot of time if it is a big assembly. would it go faster with an Add-in? If not what can i do to make the Add-Ins run on the workstations?

 

cheers,

Rob Rombouts.