Execution of command AppIsometricViewCmd does not work with opened form

[MaciejWojda]

Hi,

I am writting addin for Inventor in VB.Net. There is a form available in assemblies which on loading opens all components inside and takes a picture. Before taking a picture I try to make the isometric view but for some reason it does not work. I use below lines:

'setting isometric view
Dim oCtrlDef As Inventor.ControlDefinition
oCtrlDef = g_inventorApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppIsometricViewCmd")
oCtrlDef.Execute()

I suppose that it does not work because of already opened form window. 

How can I make it work?

[Curtis_Waguespack]

Hi @MaciejWojda 

This might work:

oCtrlDef.Execute2(True)

oCtrlDef.Execute2(False)

see link:

https://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2015/02/execute-vs-execute2-of-controldefinition.html

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[MaciejWojda]

Thank you @Curtis_Waguespack, but it does not help. I tried all variants, but effect is the same

[A.Acheson]

Can you give some more context of what is happening the form opens. Please include the code before this command runs. It sounds like you don't have focus on the document to run the command. 

Maybe an alternate method is to drive the camera directly. See link here