UNOFFICIAL INVENTOR

Have you ever asked “How do I export all of my iProperties to a text file”?

If you have, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve written an iLogic utility that will export ALL of the iProperties in an Inventor file to a txt file.

Inventor stores 65 iProperties in every file, some of which are hidden from the user interface, but we can get to them through the API. In addition to the 65, there is still the possibility to store even more in Custom, or “user” iProperties. By default, iProperties are broken down into 4 categories

• Inventor Summary Information – 8 properties
• Inventor Document Summary Information – 3 properties
• Design Tracking Properties – 54 properties
• Inventor User Defined Properties – File/user dependant

This iLogic utility runs through the file and exports all of the standard iProperties and then any custom iProperties, the text file is saved to the same location, and with the same file name as the Inventor document. I have included a handy table at the bottom of this post, which lists the “iLogic Names” of all of the iProperties available, should you wish to interact with them.

The Animated GIF shows the iLogic Code in Action:

Below is the iLogic code, I have used an Array to gather the properties from each of the 4 categories listed above. As my iLogic Code iterates through each of these sections, the text file will always contain all of the properties, including any custom properties that have been added. I’m not happy to have included an “On Error Resume Next” but I have… the error that was coming up, is related to the thumbnail. But the good news is that the code works really well.

'Code by @ClintBrown3D 'Originally posted at https://clintbrown.co.uk/ilogic:-write-all-iproperties-to-txt
On Error Resume Next ' The Thumbnail throws an error, so this is neccessary for now

Dim invDoc As Document : invDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
oCommandMgr = ThisApplication.CommandManager
Dim invDesignInfo As PropertySet
invDesignInfo = invDoc.PropertySets.Item("Design Tracking Properties")

oWrite = System.IO.File.CreateText("C:\Temp\TEST.txt")'Create and write to a text file

Dim oList As New ArrayList
oList.Add("Design Tracking Properties:")
oList.Add("")

invDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
invDesignInfo = invDoc.PropertySets.Item("Design Tracking Properties")
Dim invPartNumberProperty As [Property]
For Each invPartNumberProperty In invDesignInfo ' iterate through the commands and write to file
	oList.Add(invPartNumberProperty.Name & " --> " & invPartNumberProperty.Value)
Next
oList.Add("")

'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
oList.Add("Inventor Summary Information:")
oList.Add("")
invDesignInfo = invDoc.PropertySets.Item("Inventor Summary Information")
For Each UnoInvProp In invDesignInfo
	oList.Add(UnoInvProp.Name & " --> " & UnoInvProp.Value)
Next
oList.Add("")

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
oList.Add("Inventor Document Summary Information:")
oList.Add("")
invDesignInfo = invDoc.PropertySets.Item("Inventor Document Summary Information")
For Each UnoInvProp1 In invDesignInfo
	oList.Add(UnoInvProp1.Name & " --> " & UnoInvProp1.Value)
Next
oList.Add("")

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
oList.Add("Inventor User Defined Properties:")
oList.Add("")
invDesignInfo = invDoc.PropertySets.Item("Inventor User Defined Properties")
For Each UnoInvProp2 In invDesignInfo
	oList.Add(UnoInvProp2.Name & " --> " & UnoInvProp2.Value)

Next
'Clint = InputListBox("Prompt", oList, Clint, Title := "Title", ListName := "List")
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Create and write to a text file
oWrite = System.IO.File.CreateText(ThisDoc.PathAndFileName(False) & ".txt")

'Write Array out to String
For Each Item As String In oList
	oWrite.WriteLine(Item)
Next

oWrite.Close()

ThisDoc.Launch(ThisDoc.PathAndFileName(False) & ".txt")'open the file

This version of the code was briefly tested with Inventor 2020.2

Please note that I cannot offer any additional support, this blog post is offered as-is, and is aimed at the more advanced user.

As always, please test all iLogic code extensively on non-production files. Do not use any code in a production environment until YOU have thoroughly tested it and have verified that it works as expected. Always back up any data before running any experimental code. You are ultimately responsible for any iLogic code that you run, so make sure you test it thoroughly!

This site takes absolutely no responsibility for how you use this code in production (see disclaimer)

For reference the tables below show how these iProperties can be accesses using iLogic.

Inventor Document Summary Information
Property Name	Type	iLogic code
Category	String	iProperties.Value(“Summary”, “Category”)
Company	String	iProperties.Value(“Summary”, “Company“)
Manager	String	iProperties.Value(“Summary”, “Manager”)

Design Tracking Properties
Property Name	Type	iLogic code
Authority	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Authority”)
Catalog Web Link	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Catalog Web Link”)
Categories	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Categories”)
Checked By	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Checked By”)
Cost	Currency	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Cost”)
Cost Center	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Cost Center”)
Creation Time	Date	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Creation Time”)
Date Checked	Date	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Date Checked”)
Defer Updates	Boolean	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Defer Updates”)
Description	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Description”)
Design Status	Long	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Design Status”)
Designer	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Designer”)
Document SubType	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, ” Document SubType”)
Document SubType Name	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, ” Document SubType Name”)
Engineer	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Engineer”)
Engr Approved By	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Engr Approved By”)
Engr Date Approved	Date	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Engr Date Approved”)
External Property Revision Id	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “External Property Revision Id”)
Language	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Language”)
Manufacturer	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Manufacturer”)
Material	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Material”)
Mfg Approved By	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Mfg Approved By”)
Mfg Date Approved	Date	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Mfg Date Approved”)
Parameterized Template	Boolean	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Parameterized Template”)
Part Icon	IPictureDisp	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Part Icon”)
Part Number	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Part Number”)
Part Property Revision Id	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Part Property Revision Id”)
Project	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Project”)
Proxy Refresh Date	Date	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Proxy Refresh Date”)
Size Designation	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Size Designation”)
Standard	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Standard”)
Standard Revision	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Standard Revision”)
Standards Organization	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Standard Organization”)
Stock Number	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Stock Number”)
Template Row	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Template Row”)
User Status	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “User Status”)
Vendor	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Vendor”)
Weld Material	String	iProperties.Value(“Project”, “Weld Material”)

Inventor User Defined Properties
Property Name	Type	iLogic code
Custom	Varies	iProperties.Value(“Custom”, “PropertyName”)

Tables based on information show on the Manufacturing DevBlog