Dockabele iLogic Forms

[Andrea_Garo_]

It would be helpful to make iLogic forms permanently dockable to the edges of the application window so they can be used like the browser model. This would allow the use of iLogic automation rules without having to constantly scroll through the iLogic browser tabs

[kacper.suchomski]

Can you provide a detailed case study?
In many scenarios, this has been possible for many years.

[Andrea_Garo_]

If I create an iLogic module, dragging it to the edges of the window doesn't allow me to permanently anchor it in that position for all the files used, even after closing and reopening the application. This is only possible by developing external plug-ins or add-ins.

[kacper.suchomski]

An external form doesn't allow this.

However, if you need repeatable tools, you can create a form directly in the panel.

This is used to create universal tools and commands, independent of the file.

This is how global forms are usually created.

[Andrea_Garo_]

The need is to have iLogic modules, manageable like the browser model, therefore dockable to the edges of the Inventor window

[WCrihfield]

Just posting a Link to a very similar Inventor Ideas post that was actually created less than a month after this idea was posted.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/ilogic-form-docking/idi-p/13928585 

I replied to that other idea a few days after it was posted, and included a Link to an Inventor Programming Forum topic in which similar ideas were being discussed, with a few preliminary code examples included.  I relayed a very basic process of running a relatively simple iLogic rule that creates (or gets/shows) an Inventor.DockableWindow, then moving a shown iLogic Form into it.  The result could be called a docked iLogic Form, but likely not the way most would prefer.  That route is not ideal because it lacks a lot of control, but is pretty interesting for folks who have never explored those general ideas before.  And since it was done with iLogic rules, instead of a complex add-in, it is easy to try out without investing too much time into.