Distribute external rule directories iLogic

[Neil_Cross]

Is there a way to distribute the iLogic External Rule Directories via a file copy rather than using export/import through XML? 

I want to be able to copy a file to a number of workstations to ensure the setting is properly distributed rather than request users manually import a XML file.

I've found the directory named in the user.config file in Appdata but copying that file to a new workstation doesn't seem to work.

Cheers

[Curtis_Waguespack]

Hi @Neil_Cross , What I typically do is use some code to set the external rules path. There are a few ways to do this on startup, but I discuss on that uses Inventor's startup application options at this link from last week. I think I used Powershell to do this in the past as well.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/addvbfile-getting-document-and-applicatio...

That might give some ideas.

But to answer your question directly, I'm not aware of a file to copy over for this, but would be interested in knowing this as well.

Hope that helps,

Curtis

[JelteDeJong]

In the latest versions of inventor (I can't remember if it was 2024 or 2025), the  "external rule directories" settings are in the "UserApplicationOptions.xml".

The following PowerShell would add an extra path to "c:\temp\".

$filePath = [System.Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%appdata%\Autodesk\Inventor 2025\UserApplicationOptions.xml")

$doc = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument

$doc.Load($filePath)

$root = $doc.DocumentElement

$settingNode = $root.SelectSingleNode("//iLogic/ExternalRuleDirectories")

# Create node and attribute
$pathAttribute = $doc.CreateAttribute("Path")
$pathAttribute.Value = "c:\temp\"

$dirNode = $doc.CreateElement("ExternalRuleDirectory")
$dirNode.Attributes.Append($pathAttribute)

# Add new node to settingNode
$settingNode.AppendChild($dirNode)

$doc.Save($filePath)