iLogic – Centre & Arrange Dimensions

I've been doing a bit of work on an iLogic configurator and I thought it would be useful to share some code that I have been using for quite some time. Often when creating configured products, the dimensions on the sheet move, and need some tidying up. This iLogic utility centres all of the dimensions... Continue Reading →

Automating Detail Views With iLogic

I converted an Inventor API sample for creating detail views to iLogic. Initially it took me 2 minutes, and I had the code working well, but the sample code is for a detail view with a rectangular boundary, as shown below. I don't use the rectangular version, so I spent a good 30 minutes figuring... Continue Reading →

iLogic View Chopper

I was looking through the Inventor API samples and I came across some code for applying "Break Views" in the Inventor drawing environment. The API sample works quite well, so I thought I would adapt it to work with iLogic and add some additional functionality to make it more useful. My code adds in view... Continue Reading →

Show Changed Dimensions When Opening Drawings

Guest Post by Jelte de Jong The other day I had a look at the “Inventor Ideas” forum.  I came a cross the following topic “Show Changed Dimensions when Opening Drawings”. (link) Last week someone requested this function in inventor but as it turns out that exactly the same function was also requested in 2017. (link)... Continue Reading →

Setting Up ASME Standard Hole Clearances

Guest post by Tanner Dant I recently came across a new challenge while working in Inventor. By default, Inventor does not include ASME standard clearances in the hole command, and I needed to use them for my project. A little internet sleuthing showed me a way to add data to the hole command dialog, and... Continue Reading →

iLogic: Show Flat Pattern Orientation

Guest Post by Jelte de Jong At the company that I work for, we make products that are almost entirely composed of sheet metal parts. We cut and bend our products ourselves, we export our flat patterns out, to be used in our CAM software. When preparing flat patterns for export, I sometimes get confused, as... Continue Reading →

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