Navisworks Manage - starting automation and selecting ActiveDocument

[Anonymous]

Hi

very new to API's for Autodesk products. trying to automate a Navisworks session using vb.net  and get a document's information - model, layers etc.

code below works in starting the session and loading the file but I cant then select the active document - gets the error attached -= I am sure I am doing something stupid... but help would be appreciated, cant seam to find any vb.net examples all c.

thanks in anticipation

error attached as screen shot

Imports Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Automation
Imports Autodesk.Navisworks.Api
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Dim NWApp As New Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Automation.NavisworksApplication

NWApp.OpenFile(Zone_File_Name.Text)


NWApp.Visible = True


Dim NWDOC As Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Document


NWDOC = Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.ActiveDocument

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

You cannot access the Navisworks application objects when running in automation mode, only call a plugin that does so using ExecuteAddInPlugin(pluginname).

So you need to encapsulate all your operations in a plugin, then execute your plugin from the automation app.

[Anonymous]

Hi

thanks, very helpful - I thought that might be the case.

[ahmed.adel.hagag]

hi @Anonymous  , could you share with me the project file ?