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iLogic Solid Body Visibility
Issue:You want to be able to control the visibility of Solid Bodies in a Multi Body part file using your iLogic rule.Solution:Here is a quick example that demonstrates severaloptions to toggle the...
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iLogic: Delete All Sick Assembly Constraints
Issue:You sometimes end up with a large number of broken (sick) assembly constraints, due to a particular workflow (such as swapping out a base component). You know why this is happening and don't mind...
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Rule Fillet Incident Edges For Machined Corners
Issue:You want a way to quickly add and update rounded corners that are cut with a particular size end mill when creating CNC router cut parts.Solution:Although the Rule Fillet tool is located on...
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Determine File Type for iLogic Rule
Issue:You need your iLogic code to check to see if the file type is a part file first, before running. Otherwise it generates an error. Is there a way to do this?Solution: Here are a couple of quick...
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Turn On/Off all Workfeatures with iLogic
Issue:You have other members of your design team that do not remember to turn off work features at the part level or sub-assembly level when they are done working with those files. As a result file...
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Ilogic - Add Standard Virtual Parts From a Text File
Issue:You have a number of standard Virtual parts that you find yourself adding over and over. You'd like to have the ability to add them based on a predefined list.Solution:Here is an example iLogic...
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Inventor HSM Express – The Free CAM Solution for Inventor Users – Beta...
Issue:You're looking for an integrated CAM solution to use with Autodesk Inventor.Potential Solution:Check out the Inventor HSM Express Beta tools.From the Autodesk CAM Team:The Autodesk CAM Team has...
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Ilogic - Add Standard Virtual Parts From an Excel File
Issue:You have a number of standard Virtual parts that you find yourself adding over and over. You'd like to have the ability to add them based on a predefined list.You saw the post about adding these...
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Use 3D Solid Edges for Frame Generator Selection
Issue:You use the Frame Generator tools in Autodesk Inventor all of the time, but you find that creating the base 3D sketch is tedious, time consuming, and doesn't always take edits well. Is there...
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iLogic: How to learn Inventor's Application Programming Interface (API)
Issue:You've been somewhat successful using iLogic code examples that you find online, but you'd really like to learn how to create your own code from scratch. So how do these other people find the...
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Hybrid Wireframe and Shaded Views in Autodesk Inventor
Issue:You want to create a view on your drawing that has some parts shaded and some that look wire-framed, so you can show some particular detail of your assembly in your detailed drawing.In the past...
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iLogic - Dynamic MultiValue Parameter Lists "Filtered" By Current Selected Value
Issue:You want to "filter" a list (List B) based on the selection from another list (List A), but the lists are long and writing the If/Then or Select Case statements are repetitive, and difficult to...
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iLogic: Select and Set Sketch Dimension Tolerances
Issue:You want to to quickly select and set standard tolerances for your sketch dimensions.Solution:Here is a quick routine written for iLogic using the API to do this. This employs the...
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Inventor API: using UnitsOfMeasure.ConvertUnits
Issue:You're writing a bit of code that might be used in Inventor documents of varying unit types. For instance maybe this code is sometimes used in inch based parts, other times it's used in...
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iLogic: Custom Sort PartsList with Temporary Column
Issue: You have a parts list that has a challenging sort criteria, due to needing to sort for values that might or might not exist in the same column. In the example above we want to sort the...
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Traverse Assembly to Turn Off all Work Features and Sketches with iLogic
Issue:An update to an older post on this topic:http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com/2013/03/turn-onoff-all-workfeatures-with-ilogic.htmlSolution:You can use this example iLogic rule to traverse the...
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iLogic Rule to Update Drawing Resources
Issue:You have drawings that you want to update with a new border, title block, sketch symbol or other Drawing Resource item.Solution:Here is a quick iLogic rule to do this.oBorderName = "My...
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iLogic : Set View Scale from Standard Preset Set List
Issue:You would like to set the view scale of your drawing views using the predefined scale list as found at Manage tab > Styles Editor button > Standard > Standard name> General tab >...
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Autodesk University 2023: Bridging the Gap Between iLogic Automation and...
Planning to attend Autodesk University 2023 in November? If so join me on Tuesday, November 14th as I present a practical guide to transitioning from iLogic to Inventor add-ins.Hope to see you...
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Open Drawing From Balloon
Issue:You'd like to be able to open a component drawing by selecting a balloon from an assembly drawing.Solution:Here is an iLogic rule that uses a bit of API code to do this.DimoDocAsDrawingDocument =...
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