How To Update Inventor To Latest Version
Johanne
I presently am running Autodesk Inventor 2011 on one machine and need it installed on another. My IT people are in another state and need to know what version I am running. I e-mailed them "Inventor 2011" to which they asked me the version of 2011 I have. I thought there was an "about" section on the tabs in Inventor that would tell me, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Can anyone please tell me how to get this information.
Hi, is there a way to see what version of Android the device is using?
I want to offer 2 different types of menu structures, one for v12 and one for v11 and under.
The left side swipe menu I am using doesn't work on less then 12 so need to give them another option, or is there another way of doing this?
I'm have the same problem whit the versions and it's a pain in the a**. I' think that the file should keep the version of inventor that was created with. I have a big assy created with 2015. We opened in 2016 once and now I'm not able to open it in 2015 again! Aghhh
I thought it was a marketing ploy by Autodesk at first. Not having access to files created in the next version of the software? We've been working with AutoCAD for years and it plays well with it's upgrades, or it did until Autodesk rewrote the ubiquitous .dwg. Now you have a three year window of compatibility with AutoCAD. Anyway, it's the fault of the tools used in creating the model. Newer versions implement newer tools. These tools have a mathematical language written into the modeling file. Old versions of Inventor can't read the files because they don't have the tools used to create the features and therefore lack the "language" to translate them. Simply put.
Step1: Right click on the file
Step2: Select "open with"
Step3: Select "Inventor" i.e. the older version you want to open it with
If its not there in the option, select "more apps" (if you are using windows 10) and select inventor.
Still not there?
Now select "look for another app on this PC"
Then open the Autodesk folder and select the folder for the version you want to open with. Then, open "Bin", scroll down till you see "Inventor" (with the inventor logo), double click it and your file will open.
All you need do is to click on the topmost left hand side file icon, a dialog box appears,
click on open and locate the old file to be loaded, double click on the old file.
An infomation dialog box appears confirming change in inventor file openning,
click on "accept" and the file will be modified to the recent version.
To view this information, right-click on the Inventor document in Windows Explorer or in another file manager and select iProperties. The Details tab then displays the "Created with" and "Last Update with" fields with the Inventor version (release) and build numbers.
Even more useful is the bulk feature. From the Windows Start menu, launch the Design Assistant application (in the Inventor folder) and use File > Open Folder to open the folder with the Inventor files you are examining. Their names will be displayed. Use View > Customize:
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All SolidSteel parametric for Autodesk Inventor libraries and databases are customizable and extensible to suit individual preferences or needs. This makes it easy to create favorite lists and thus, for example, exclude profiles or profile standards that you do not use from the selection.
All changes can be conveniently made in standard Excel spreadsheets. These are then automatically converted by the system into high-performance SQL databases, making daily access during construction as fast as possible.
Managing standard parts such as stair steps is similarly easy. You create a new Inventor file with a stair step and save it in the correct location. An entry in an Excel spreadsheet later, you can use the new step in the 3D CAD design.
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This tutorial is about writing your own addin. There are other tutorials out there. This tutorial is not about doing it the most simple way. There are Visual Studio templates out there that will set up most stuff for you ( _addin_template/). In this tutorial, we will set up everything manually. I want to show you all the settings. That has the advantage that you are not limited to specific settings, Inventor/Visual Studio versions or programing language.
In this tutorial, I show you how/where to write all your code. If you want to follow along but you get lost (or if you just want to look a the completed code.) Then you can find the entire project on my git hub page. (Download)
I assume that you have installed Visual Studio. (Be aware that Visual Code is another programming IDE from Microsoft but you cant create addons with it.) This is not a tutorial on how to install Visual Studio. But some tips if you did not install it jet: you can download it here: Make sure you install everything to create .Net desktop applications. Also include the .Net 4.8 framework. (Depending on your Inventor version you will need it.)
First of all, you can select your language C# or VB.net. C# is the most commonly used .Net language. Therefore most information on the internet is about C#. That can be an advantage if you are looking for a solution to a programming problem. But if you have a problem with the inventor API then most answers/examples are written in VB.net (or VBA which is very similar) In this tutorial I will focus on VB.net because you can find more relevant information.
For an addin you minimum need 2 files. The first one is the .addin file. With that file, you tell Inventor that you want it to load an addin. The information in that file are presented in the addin screen within Inventor.
The second file each addin needs is the DLL (Dynamic-link library). This is the file with the compiled code. In this file, there should at least be 1 class, the "StandardAddInServer". This class is the entry point for Inventor. That means that when Inventor starts and it did read your .addin file. Then it will load your dll and starts looking for this class. When it has been found it will start calling functions in this class.
This is the class that will hold the iLogic rule. In this example, I will be able to copy/paste an iLogic rule from Inventor to the class. (Just remember we did not implement all iLogic functions/properties. Your code might not work if you copy one of your rules. In that case, you need to implement your functions to emulate the iLogic functions)
Notice line 4, this is where we tell the compiler to inherit the base class. In the more complicated rules, you will have more functions or even a whole class. Then you might need to add also code outside of the main function.
2022-06-19: Changed the rule to find the names of the ribbons, ribbonTabs and ribbonPanels. All data was (and still is) written to the iLogic log, but now the log window is also automatically opened. (Credits go to Curtis Waguespack for posting this extension in this form post)
The right to grant of a patent belongs primarily to the inventor (s.7 (2)), the person(s) who devised the invention (s.7 (3)). However, this right may pass to another person or legal entity, for example by deed of assignment, by inheriting the rights following the death of the inventor, by contract of employment or by acquisition following the bankruptcy of the inventor.
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