Can't found add-in name in Add-in Manager

Can't found add-in name in Add-in Manager

hieut1392
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Can't found add-in name in Add-in Manager

hieut1392
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I am practicing making a simple add-in, creating a button on the Inventor ribbon, clicking it will display the Hello World message.

With the help of Grok, I built it without any errors.

The output path I set is C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Inventor Addins\HelloWorldAddIn.

When I opened the Add-in Manager, I noticed that most of the default add-ins are from the path C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2016\Bin.

I copied the .dll file to the above path and restarted Inventor but it still did not recognize it. How can I get Inventor to scan my add-in?

 

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yan.gauthier
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You need the .addin manifest file. Inventor scans the files with .addin extension to list its available addins.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-52422162-1784-4E8F-B495-CDB7BE9987AB

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