Inventor API - Extend Surface

[Khoa_NguyenDang]

HI all guy 

Does anybody know how to use the Extend Surface feature in Part Environment with Inventor API

My code is here. But I have no idea to continue to use Extend 

If anyone knows it, please help me

Thank you so much!

[dutt.thakar · Accepted solution]

@Khoa_NguyenDang 

I tried the same in Inventor 2019, but seems like the "Add" method is not yet exposed with Extend Features. See below thread that is quite old but it also states the same.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/vba-inv2012-surface-extend/td-p/3286681

Hope this has answered your question

[WCrihfield · Accepted solution]

It's still not available in Inventor 2021 either.  And when I searched for the topic within the Inventor Ideas forum, I didn't find any matches, so it doesn't even look like anyone is trying to get it implemented.  I also found a much older post from this customization forum, dating back to early 2008 where someone was also inquiring about this, and found out it wasn't available.

@Khoa_NguyenDang  If I were you, I would create a post there on the Inventor Ideas forum that asks for the Autodesk team to expose this ExtendFeatures.Add() method to the API so we can work with it.  Good luck.

[Khoa_NguyenDang]

Hi @dutt.thakar 

Thank you for your reply, I also sad to hear that new

So How about the Ruled Surface Feature. Did you use that feature with Inventor API before

I am tried to use that feature instead of Extend 

[Khoa_NguyenDang]

Hi @WCrihfield 

Thank you for your reply. Hope in the future Inventor API can include the Extend Feature

So How about the Ruled Surface Feature. Did you use that feature with Inventor API before

I am tried to use that feature instead of Extend 

[dutt.thakar]

@Khoa_NguyenDang 

I have not used that feature with API, but I have just checked the API Document and it has got an "Add" method, means you can create that with API. 

You first need to create RuledSurfaceDefinition , Then you can add this in RuledSurfaceFeature method.

You need some inputs for creating RuledSurfaceDefinition which you can check in API Document. This will be a bit tricky task to achieve, but seems like this can be done.

Hope this will help you.

[CattabianiI]

Still not implemented, I posted it as Idea: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/provide-api-to-create-extend-feature/idi-p/12483855