I've been trying to create a LinearGeneralDimension on an IDW from one Workpoint to another.
It crashes when i call the .AddLinear
Here is my code snipit.
Inventor.DrawingView dv = FindDrawingViewInSheetByName(sheet, "VIEW12");
if (null != dv) {
Inventor.WorkPoint p1 = FindWorkPointInAssemblyByName(dv.ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.ReferencedDocument as Inventor.AssemblyDocument, "MR1");
[code]...
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' Get the Active Drawing document
Dim oDrawDoc As Inventor.DrawingDocument
oDrawDoc = invApp.ActiveDocument
[code]........
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Windows 7 64 Bit
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