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Add-In missing from Add-In Manager

CGVJM6DF
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Add-In missing from Add-In Manager

CGVJM6DF
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HI

 

I tray to do an Add-In in VS 2022 for Inventor 2024.2 "Following" this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QROrJdg0NQ8

All it is good but whatever I do I can't see the Add-In in to the Add-In Manager...

I did it befor for Inventor 2022 following the same tutorial and it wase ok but now....

 

Can somebody help me?

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Frederick_Law
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Not gonna watch the video :winking_face_with_tongue:

 

Addin folder and file should be in %appdata%\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins

It'll need the .dll and .addin files.

<Addin Type="Standard">
  <!--Created for Autodesk Inventor Version 21.0-->
  <ClassId>{addin class ID}</ClassId>
  <ClientId>{addin class ID}</ClientId>
  <DisplayName>AssemCount</DisplayName>
  <Description>AssemCount</Description>
  <Assembly>AssemCount.dll</Assembly>
  <LoadOnStartUp>1</LoadOnStartUp>
  <LoadAutomatically>1</LoadAutomatically>

  <!--LoadBehavior  0:Start with Inventor -->
  <!--LoadBehavior  1:Start with part -->
  <!--LoadBehavior  2:Start with assembly -->
  <!--LoadBehavior  3:Start with presentation -->
  <!--LoadBehavior  4:Start with drawing -->
  <!--LoadBehavior 10:On Demand -->

  <LoadBehavior>2</LoadBehavior>
  <UserUnloadable>1</UserUnloadable>
  <Hidden>0</Hidden>
  <SupportedSoftwareVersionGreaterThan>21.0</SupportedSoftwareVersionGreaterThan>
  <DataVersion>1</DataVersion>
  <UserInterfaceVersion>1</UserInterfaceVersion>
</Addin>
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CGVJM6DF
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Tanks @Frederick_Law 

 

Nothing...:pensive_face:

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Frederick_Law
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What do you mean by "nothing"?

What did you check or try?

You can't find the folder?

You can't find the files?

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JelteDeJong
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Sometime ago I wrote a tutorial about creating an addin. Maybe the part "Help: My addin won't load" is some help to you.

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CGVJM6DF
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HI @JelteDeJong 

 

I have try your example too, but nothing works! I can't see them in Add-In Manager

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JelteDeJong
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You should have created an *.addin file. And have saved it on 1 of the locations I wrote about. Can you share that file?

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CGVJM6DF
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Do you mean this file:

CGVJM6DF_0-1706175631701.png

Unfortunately I am not allowed to drag the file here....

This is what it is in this file.

CGVJM6DF_1-1706175761405.png

 

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JelteDeJong
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I'm not familiar with this way of viewing XML files. (I like to open them with notepad) Anyway, I see potential problems.

  • The dll name is surrounded by square brackets. They should not be there.
  • If I'm correct your <SupportedSoftwareVersionGreaterThan> is for Inventor 2023. I don't know which version you are working with but I would set it to 16 (Inventor 2015) for debugging purposes. Just to be sure that is not the problem.

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