Teaching myself to make Add-Ins

[Anonymous]

Hey,

I'm teaching myself how to make add-ins. Any advice is welcome (good tutorials, good information sources, etc), but my main question is this:

I'm using Microsoft Blend for Visual Studio (2015) to code, and I'll be using Visual Basic. Where can I get an "Inventor Template" so that I can write add-ins for Inventor, specifically?

If all of that sounds like I know nothing about what i'm trying to do, then it's pretty accurate.

  -Luke

[Anonymous]

Hi,

this is a good place to start:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=17329549

this is an autodesk add in guide. It will take you through how to install the SDK (software development kit)

Installing this will provide you with an inventor addin Template to use in visual studio.

(someone will correct me if am wrong but I'm not sure if visual studio 2015 supports the inventor addins. I use visual studio 2010 pro and was under the impression that the later versions won't do it.)

One you install the SDK the samples are a great source of info and a good place to start, I began by butchering the samples to suit.

You can also access the inventor api help file from within inventor, top right of the inventor there should be a drop down to open it from. 

Lastly there are some very good self-paced guides on this forum. 

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Hope this helps, good luck with the coding and ask here for support it's generally well received.