Unable to found documentation for c#

[PizzolatoDavide]

I am trying to get started using the APIs with Inventor, but I am having trouble finding the documentation for c#.

I only find tutorial for vba. (Is there still someone developing in vba?)

I haven't even found books that talk about it, can you tell me someone?

I spent the last two days looking for some documentation but I did not find anything exhaustive.

Can you help me?

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

With Inventor, the push seems to still be towards VB. Especially with the enhancements on iLogic and the internal IDE.

The logic shown in the VBA sample still translate to vb.net and c# with the necessary language differences. You can also look at a few of the customization blogs (some dating back to 2011) to get decent snippets in c#.

[PizzolatoDavide]

Is there no other way?

Isn't there any newer guide?

[MechMachineMan]

The only thing the API documentation lacks is samples. If you understand C# good enough, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to piece things together using your knowledge of the language and the API Object overview alone.

Why must you program in C# if you are in such need of samples? To me, it would make sense to just utilize the language that has samples or further develop your mastery of the language you wish to program in...

[richard.joseph.pollak]

I recently started using C# instead of Visual Basic because I'm developing an add-in that I want to communicate with an ASP.NET web api and want to try to keep the language consistent through both projects.

What are you trying to accomplish? I can try to point you to resources I've found. They're sparse, but they are out there.

[PizzolatoDavide]

Do you have some links please?

[richard.joseph.pollak · Accepted solution]

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@PizzolatoDavidewrote:

Do you have some links please?

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I need to know what you're trying to do with the API to provide relevant links. Are you writing an add-in? Are you making an iRule? What do you want your project to do? The API documentation included with Inventor has all the information for C#. It just doesn't have good examples.

Here is a good general resource:

Mod The Machine: C#

Mode The Machine: Using C# With The Inventor API

If you give me more information about what you're trying to accomplish, I can try to be more helpful.

I agree with @MechMachineMan that you're better off using Visual Basic unless you have a compelling reason to use C#.

Most Inventor API resources are catered to Visual Basic. It's an easier language for a beginner programmer too.

Good luck!

[mslosar]

Thanks for that.

Too bad he never dim BomExport though.