Have you ever wanted to use iLogic to print drawings, or create specific printer setups? Look no further, I have converted the Inventor print API sample to iLogic and expanded it to expose additional functions. Using this code you could set up rules for specific print job types, or just for specific printers. The code... Continue Reading →
iLogic – Suppress/Unsuppress and Delete Rules
You may need an easy way to delete, suppress or unsuppress iLogic rules in an Inventor file. Generally you may want to delete internal rules in files, as running rules externally is often better (maybe I'll explain my thoughts in another blog post). Doing this is quite simple, see the line of code below. iLogicVb.Automation.DeleteRule(DocumentName,... Continue Reading →
iLogic – Run Rules From a List
I've written an iLogic rule that gathers the names of all of the internal rules in a file, and then shows them on an input list box. The user can run any rule on the list by clicking on the rule in the list. This could be quite useful for users, as it could pop... Continue Reading →
iLogic – Open File Location
This is more of a quick tip than a blog post, but it's certainly worth sharing, as it may save you some time. Have you ever wanted to open the location of the file you are working on? I was about to publish this blog post, when I got an email from my regular guest... Continue Reading →
iLogic – Quick Background Toggle Rule
Guest Post by M Veldkamp Here’s a solution to a problem that isn’t really a problem. You want to take screenshots of your model for a presentation, but your inventor background is a blue gradient. You can of course go through the hassle of changing your settings manually but why bother if you can do... Continue Reading →
iLogic Unit Converter
This blog post a bit of a throwback to a few years ago, it's based on a very old unit converter that was hosted on Autodesk's website. The idea of this blog post, is an iLogic rule to fire up the unit converter inside of Inventor, as shown in the animation below. To make this... Continue Reading →
Assembly Surface Areas & an iLogic Hack
Back in 2015, I wrote a blog post detailing some best practice around calculating assembly surface areas for paint or coatings, sadly this post has disappeared from the interwebs, but I did include a reference to it in my AU London class "Need for Speed: 102 Productivity Hacks for Inventor" The Area iProperty of an... Continue Reading →
Enhanced BoM Export With iLogic
If you have been looking to automate the export of BoM's from Inventor to Excel, or CSV, you've come to the right place. I've adapted the Inventor API sample to work with iLogic, and added a few tweaks to give the user some input around the export. When the iLogic code is run, it checks... Continue Reading →
Let’s Talk About iLogic Errors (& GDPR?)
Guest Post by M Veldkamp Last time I talked about iLogic and Forms. This time I want to discuss errors and error handling. Like I’ve mentioned before, I made a rule that grew and grew and grew. Right now it’s over 1900 lines and it’s getting hard to track which user makes which errors sometimes. It... Continue Reading →
Export Points to CSV or TXT with iLogic
Have you ever wanted to export all work points in a part file out to CSV or TXT file? Well look no further! This is some pretty old code that I have had kicking about for some years, the reason I had not released it until now, is that it contained a small bug,... Continue Reading →
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