Link to word

[elofusion]

Hi,

Is there anyway to link your model to word in Inventor? So that when i change my model in Inventor it changes in word?

[jtylerbc]

There (sort of) used to be, using a now-discontinued product called Inventor Publisher.  It didn't technically directly connect Inventor and Word.  The Inventor file was referenced by the Publisher file, then the Word document referenced the Publisher file.  This required an add-in for Word than installed with Publisher.

Inventor Publisher was discontinued a couple of releases ago.  Some of its functionality was added to the revised Presentation environment in Inventor, but as far as I know there is no replacement for the Word linking functionality.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! If Inventor part file is inserted as an object, it will be displayed as a file icon with a link to the actual ipt file. Out of box Word is not able to view Inventor in its own window. I recall there is an API workflow essentially allowing a viewport to be created in Word and then look into the file. Let me ping Curtis and see if he is aware of a solution. @Curtis_Waguespack

Hi Curtis,

Have you heard about this workflow before?

Many thanks!

[elofusion]

I know that Solidworks have the function Im looking for but I dont want to use Solidworks. Does anyone know another program that can do this? I want to create assembly instructions.

[MechMachineMan]

He could also use API directly in conjunction with 

GetObject("", "Microsoft.Word") 

to access the Word program and then use Word API to modify the file and then save it.

[elofusion]

Getobject? Sorry but i dont know how to use that command... Do you have a link to a guide or something?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Check this out:

http://dwf.blogs.com/beyond_the_paper/2006/05/how_do_i_embed__1.html

[elofusion]

Thanks for the help!

If i put it this way that I want to make assembly instructions like in Solidworks, is that possible?