Add-In missing from Add-In Manager

[CGVJM6DF]

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?

[Frederick_Law]

Not gonna watch the video 😜

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>

[CGVJM6DF]

Tanks @Frederick_Law 

Nothing...😔

[Frederick_Law]

What do you mean by "nothing"?

What did you check or try?

You can't find the folder?

You can't find the files?

[JelteDeJong]

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

[CGVJM6DF]

HI @JelteDeJong 

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

[JelteDeJong]

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

[CGVJM6DF]

Do you mean this file:

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

This is what it is in this file.

[JelteDeJong]

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.