IV2010 icons

[Anonymous]

What will be the correct details of the icons used in inventor 2010 ribbon. I tried 24x24,32x32,48x48 pixels with 600 dpi 24bit 256 color .bmp files and .ico files as large buttons for my add-ins. But when it loaded in inventor ribbon panels the clarity(sharpness) of the button is very poor compared to the buttons used by autodesk Buttons images found spread. I found in some thread small icon is 16x16 and large is 32x32. I tried all sizes. Please advice the correct pixels, dpi, bit and colors for button icons.

expecting a replay from autodesk support team

Thanks & Regards,
Saseendran Kombath
Interplast co. Ltd.,
UAE Edited by: saseendrankombath on Jul 23, 2009 10:36 AM

[Anonymous]

See this post:

http://discussion.autodesk.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=6162120ۈ

There are some known issues with the clarity of icons. The quality suffers
at certain dpi and if the icons have an alpha channel (transparency)
specified. We are looking into these issues with a high priority.

Sanjay-

[Anonymous]

There is a known issue in how the icons you provide are being handled by
Inventor that is causing the poor display. Work has been done for an
upcoming service pack.
--
Brian Ekins
Autodesk Inventor API Product Designer
http://blogs.autodesk.com/modthemachine


"saseendrankombath" wrote in message news:6223459@discussion.autodesk.com...
What will be the correct details of the icons used in inventor 2010 ribbon.
I tried 24x24,32x32,48x48 pixels with 600 dpi 24bit 256 color .bmp files and
.ico files as large buttons for my add-ins. But when it loaded in inventor
ribbon panels the clarity(sharpness) of the button is very poor compared to
the buttons used by autodesk Buttons images found spread. I found in some
thread small icon is 16x16 and large is 32x32. I tried all sizes. Please
advice the correct pixels, dpi, bit and colors for button icons.

expecting a replay from autodesk support team

Thanks & Regards,
Saseendran Kombath
Interplast co. Ltd.,
UAE

Edited by: saseendrankombath on Jul 23, 2009 10:36 AM

[Anonymous]

Hey Sanjay, I was playing around with the icons and noticed if you use a bitmap with a white background as a button image, then the ribbon will automatically make it transparent.

Also, why does dpi matter? You are specifying the pixels (i.e. 32 pixels x 32 pixels), so there is no need for dots-per-inch right?

[Anonymous]

The problem is with the dpi setting of the screen.
Some internal code optimizes the icon for 96 dpi and so the icons look bad at
120 dpi. This is being fixed.

Sanjay-

[Anonymous]

Thanks Sanjay, Brain looking forward for the fix / service pack.

[ACEDeSmedt]

Where just new on INV 2010 and using our macro's from INV2009.
Now I add the most used macro's to the User Commands on the ribbonbars in inventor.

Can i specify witch Icon must be Large and witch must be small ?
In 2009, Magenta was the Transparant color, What color is it now ?

Regards,
Klaas De Smedt

[fle]

Saseendran,

I had a similar problem. It happened since my Ribbons were anyhow "Upgraded" from the previous IV 2009 toolbar system.
Actually what happens is that your 32x32 bitmap is internally converted into the "large IV 2009" image size of 24x24. Finally that is upgraded then back to 32x32 ribbon button which looses clarity of the image.

Solution:
The solution is to add real Ribbon Buttons to the proper RibbonTab. Unfortunately I have no simple sample I can send you, but I hope you will now be on the right way.
Greetings,
Andreas

[MattH_Work]

"Actually what happens is that your 32x32 bitmap is internally converted into the "large IV 2009" image size of 24x24. Finally that is upgraded then back to 32x32 ribbon button which looses clarity of the image"

This still seems to be happening AFTER SP1 has been installed

Any chance Brian Ekins could post a example / source code (VB.net Addin) giving the steps to create a ribbon with an 'acceptable' icon

Regards

MattH

[MattH_Work]

Scratch the last post, the code had a comma in the wrong place (hey, if NASA can do it, so can I !!!)

All working correctly now

MattH

[Anonymous]

I found acceptable clarity on all Add-In icons after installing SP1

[Anonymous]

There was an issue in how the provided icon was being manipulated for use in
the ribbon. It's been addressed in SP1 so you should see the icon you
expect now.
--
Brian Ekins
Autodesk Inventor API Product Designer
http://blogs.autodesk.com/modthemachine