Addin help inventor 2025

[Alex.Elbertse]

Hello,

Relatively new to programming add-ins, but we need a custom add-in that does the following:

1. Generate a STEP file from parts, or all parts in an assembly.
2. Send a custom XML to a server.
3. Perform a manufacturability check. Wait for the file to be processed, then check the XML file in the export directory. If it fails, it moves it to the failed folder; if successful, it is moved to the done folder.
4. Get the results back into Inventor and process the results.

I would like to know if this is possible and how to start. I tried searching the forum but could not find any samples or topics about it.

Thanks in advance.

[basautomationservices]

100% possible. I can help you out if you like, contact me. 

[Alex.Elbertse]

Thank you for your reply. Actually, I am searching for a starting point to write the code myself.

[basautomationservices]

Ah alright.

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/29mPk2V7aweIo6eLckSF1k.html

This guide explains the basics for making a plugin. From 2025, you can use .NET 8 though. There is an add-in template in the SDK.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-6FD7AA08-1E43-43FC-971B-5F20E56C8846

But there are some nicer ones you can find on github.

For reading/writing XML and pushing it to the server I think ChatGPT will get you 90% of the code. 

[Alex.Elbertse]

add-in template in the SDK. If i install this from the 2025 installation. I don`t get the templates for 2025. Only the 2023, which i previously installed. 

Any idea? 

[basautomationservices]

Most likely they havent changed, just reference the new interop assembly.