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MechMachineMan
in reply to: martinhoos

Uhhhhh.....

 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/launch-external-ilogic-rule-with-vba/td-p/3170...

 

From the link above, to run iLogic from VBA environment...

 

Public Sub LaunchMyRule1() '<--- "LaunchMyRule1" would be what shows up in the toolbar.
  RuniLogic "MyRule1"
End Sub

Public Sub LaunchMyRule2()
  RuniLogic "MyRule2"
End Sub

Public Sub RuniLogic(ByVal RuleName As String)
  Dim iLogicAuto As Object
  Dim oDoc As Document

  Set oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
  If oDoc Is Nothing Then
    MsgBox "Missing Inventor Document"
    Exit Sub
  End If

  Set iLogicAuto = GetiLogicAddin(ThisApplication)
  If (iLogicAuto Is Nothing) Then Exit Sub

  iLogicAuto.RunExternalRule oDoc, RuleName
End Sub

Function GetiLogicAddin(oApplication As Inventor.Application) As Object
  Dim addIns As ApplicationAddIns
  Set addIns = oApplication.ApplicationAddIns

  Dim addIn As ApplicationAddIn
  Dim customAddIn As ApplicationAddIn
  For Each addIn In addIns
    If (addIn.ClassIdString = "{3BDD8D79-2179-4B11-8A5A-257B1C0263AC}") Then
        Set customAddIn = addIn
        Exit For
    End If
  Next
  
  Set GetiLogicAddin = customAddIn
End Function

 

As an extra, to run VBA from iLogic, it looks something like this:

 

Dim invApp As Inventor.Application

invApp = ThisApplication

'To implement, you almost certainly need to change the indices (values in brackets) to match your code. invApp.VBAProjects(1).InventorVBAComponents("AppEventController").InventorVBAMembers("StartEvent").Execute

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Justin K
Inventor 2018.2.3, Build 227 | Excel 2013+ VBA
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Machine Design | Process Optimization


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