AutoCAD Inventor :: Create WorkPlane By Point And Line

Apr 5, 2013

I am trying to create a workplane by a point and a line.  I can do this maually, but have not been able to reproduce this in code.

BTW: I realize I can create a fixed workplane by using the point, the edge, and an edge perpendicular to the edge, but I cannot have this as a fixed workplane.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Find Intersection Point Between Line Segment And Workplane

Aug 31, 2011

I have to create a hole (extrude) in a wall part in my assembly document where a stack will be installed.

To determine where, I verify if a line segment pass through the wall (XY Plane).

But I get an error with the command: IntersectWithLine

Here's my

 Public Function IntersectionPoint(ByVal app As Inventor.Application,
ByVal wp As Inventor.WorkPlane) As Inventor.Point
Dim oTransGeom As Inventor.TransientGeometry = app.TransientGeometry
Dim startPoint As Inventor.Point = oTransGeom.CreatePoint(Me.StartVertex.X,
[Code] ......

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Create Workplane From Selected Face?

Nov 14, 2012

I am working on a project were I need to select a face and create a workplane out of such face, see the figure attach. my language of choice is C#. 

Here is what I think it should be done, my proble is that the oWork (the workplane I just created remains null) and the whole project crashes.
 
private Inventor.Application mApp = null;.....if (((mApp.ActiveDocument != null))){
if ((mApp.ActiveDocument.DocumentType == DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject)){
PartComponentDefinition oPartCom = mApp.ActiveDocument as PartComponentDefinition;
PartDocument oDoc = mApp.ActiveDocument as PartDocument;if ((oDoc.SelectSet[1]) is Face){
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("You just selected a surface", "Surface Evaluator");Face oFace = oDoc.SelectSet[1] as Face;
WorkPlane oWorkpl = oFace as WorkPlane;
PlanarSketch oSketch = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.Sketches.Add(oWorkpl, false);
//WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
}}}

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Create A Workplane With The API That Is Tangent To A Surface

May 18, 2006

How can I create a workplane with the API that is tangent to a surface and passes thru a workpoint. It is easy to create a work plane of type kPointAndTangentWorkPlaneDefObject by point and click in Inventor 11, but I can't figure out how to do it in the API.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Create Workplane From A Face Using Select Set

Nov 8, 2012

I am making a C# Add-in, I need to create a plane from a selected face, I am using the following code, but I am getting stuck.

if (((mApp.ActiveDocument != null)))
{
if ((mApp.ActiveDocument.DocumentType == DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject))
{
PartComponentDefinition oPartCom = mApp.ActiveDocument as PartComponentDefinition;
PartDocument oDoc = mApp.ActiveDocument as PartDocument;
[code].......

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Best Way To Create A Workplane At Angle On Tube Surface?

Aug 1, 2013

What is the best way to create a workplane at a given angle on the surface of the tube. Imagine the workplane long and thin running along the surface of the tube. The angle will be a parameter (from a sketch or user).

I'd like the workplane to always be on the surface of the tube, even when the diameter of the tube (from a dimension in a sketch) changes.I'm thinking that a (angled) line in the same sketch as the two circles (which define the tube diameter and thickness) would be a good starting point.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Create Workplane From A Face In Assembly Document

Jul 15, 2011

In an assembly document, I try to add a MateConstraint between male and female side of an 45 degrees elbow. The male side is built on the XZ Plane and Y Axis And I try to create a workplane on the female face.

But a got an error with the last line of code.  Here's my code (vb.net code) :

' Get application object
Dim app As Inventor.Application = GetObject(, "Inventor.Application")       
Dim doc As Inventor.AssemblyDocument = app.ActiveDocument           

[Code] .......

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AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Create Feature Line By Snapping To Cogo Point Node

Oct 7, 2013

I think this issue started with SP2. I don't remember having these issues in SP1 and earlier.

Create some COGO points at varying elevations.Start a new feature line.Use "node" object snap and pick your first cogo pointIt does not pick up the elevation of the point (it used to)Now draw feature line segments to a few more cogo points entering the elevation each time.It does not pick up the elevation of the point (it used to)Now switch to Arc mode and snap to a few more cogo points.It does correctly picks up the elevation of the cogo points (like it used to)R.K. McSwain | CADpanacea | twitter | Cadalyst tips/code

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Xara :: Create Line That Starts One Point Then It Moves 90 Degrees?

Aug 19, 2011

Im trying to create a line that starts a one point then it moves 90 degrees one direction then 90Deg in another direction so i get like a maze effect. When i use the line tool and draw a line holding down i think SHIFT to make it 90deg when i let go to finish the line and then try and draw on the end of the line i cannot! It just gives me a grab handle for the end of the line but i want to continue drawing the line adding to it so to speak.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Put IFeature On Workplane

Aug 12, 2013

I want to put my iFeature on my workplane,but i can't.However, if I change my PlaneInput = oFace , it can work perfectly.My program is below:

Private WithEvents oInteraction As InteractionEvents
Private WithEvents oselect As SelectEvents
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
    Set oInteraction = ThisApplication.CommandManager.CreateInteractionEvents
    Set oselect = oInteraction.SelectEvents

[code]...

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Associating A Workplane With A Block

Dec 3, 2012

I want to use a lofted solid as a component in an assembly. I am using a top-down approach with 2D blocks to get the kinematics right before creating the components.

My problem is that the sketches needed to create the loft are on workplanes, and those workplanes are fixe with respect to an absolute coordinte system.

Is there a way to assosiate workplanes with a block instead, so that they will move with the part?

Is it possible that the problem is trying to do this in a part file, and that if I place the finished solid in an assembly it will then be able to move? ( I am fairly new to Inventor.)

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Moving A Fixed Workplane?

Jan 6, 2014

I created a sketch on a 'fixed workplane' and extruded it. I would like to know if it is possible to move the workplane? I understand I can change the workplane if it is a 'plane by offset from plane'.

If moving a fixed workplane is possible, does the extruded features move along together?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Constrain Point To Curved Line?

Nov 23, 2012

I have an assembly with a curved line made in a sketch, and a part with a point in the bottom.

I want to constrain the point to the curved line, but the regular Constrain options wont let me do so.

I am making an animation with Inventor Studio, so I need this constrain, so I later on in studio can manipulate it and insert the first part into the other.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Save As To DWG Changes Snap Point Of Dim Line To CLs

Dec 9, 2011

I must not be the only one required to produce 2d dwg's for work.

I'm using INV 2009 and our vendor swears up and down in 2012 every thing is fixed, which somehow I doubt since they failed to fix the conversion from idw to dwg in the previous 12-13 releases.

Anyways, my problem today is that the dimiension lines I spent so much time making them meet our industry and company standards in my idw are all wrong in the dwg's I saved.

(please see attached).

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Two Line Intersect Point Function?

May 25, 2012

Does SDK have two line Intersect Point?

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Illustrator :: Create Wavy Line With Consistent Wave Regardless Of Anchor Point Spacing?

Jan 10, 2013

The above image shows my problem. All have the same zig zag effect setting, but due to inconsistent anchor point spacing there is inconsistent waviness. Is there a way to make a wavy line that is not a distortion based on anchor point distances? I'd like all my wavy lines to look nice and consistent like this:
 
The only reason they're so consistent is the absolute setting has been used but these lines are all straight and have only 2 anchor points, start and finish, hence the wave is consistent. It's harder when the lines are curvy and have a different number and spacing of anchor points.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Change Colour Of User Workplane?

Nov 22, 2011

Is it possible to change the colour of User Workplanes in IV 2011?

Autodesk Inventor 2013-64Bit Edition
Intel Xeon W3520 @ 2.67GHz
Win 7 Pro
6.7 System Rating
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Keep Drawing View Aligned To Workplane?

Jul 31, 2012

I have some models which are based on skeleton modeling and where the actual parts are modeled at the position where they are in the assembly. When the skeleton part is changed the parts will update and their orientation related to the origin planes can change. This is where the problem lies, on the drawings of these parts the views are all skewed after an update.

Is it somehow possible to tell Inventor that all views on a a drawing should stay alligned to a workplane? Because it are all parts and no assemblies I cannot use posreps (and I don't want to use dummy assemblies). I also tried setting a specific edge to be horizontal with the rotate command in the drawing. This works for the base view, but all projected views will still be skewed after an update.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: VBA Code Not Working For Workplane In Assembly

Oct 15, 2004

I have assembly file in which I have created a work plane "Work Plane19" . Now I wanted to create a new work plane which will be paralle to workplane "WorkPlane19" & offset by 10.5 mm in same assembly document through VBA subroutine. I have tried with following code but getting error,

Public Sub NewWorkPlaneCreate()
Dim oAssly As AssemblyDocument
Set oAssly = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

[Code].....

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AutoCAD Inventor :: IPT File - Get Suppress Status Of Workplane

Jul 29, 2013

I have a ipt file in my assembly and try to makes some constraints. Everything ios working well, but there are some suppressed workplanes, and I don't want to use them for a automatically created constraint. Is there a way to find out the workplane suppress status?

Why are they suppressed? They are defined on a part feature (extrusion surface). And when I supress that feature, also the Workplane is suppressed.

But I only can get the visible status. Maybe there's a way to get it about the part feature, but therefore, I have to search for the part feature, and that's also a problem. I cannot get the part feature, who is used for the workplane definition (I think, it's a problem of my knowledge )

Please see attached a small view on the browser where you can see the suppressed Planes.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: 2013 WorkPlane Edit Dimension

May 19, 2012

I have three workplanes.  All three were created the same way (offsetting an existing workplane).  I want to change the offset dimension.  I can on one of the planes, but on the other two, I have to "Redefine Feature".  There is no Edit dimension available in the menu.

One plane like this:

Two planes like this:

Why is it different?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Rotate New Workplane Along A Default Axis With API

Nov 5, 2011

How do you create a new Workplane from a Defualt Plane and rotate it along a default Axis?I am new to API and trying to create workplanes and rotate them along a Axis.

Im trying to use "AddByPlaneAndOffset" is this the right method?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Select Workplane In Drawing Document With API

Jun 18, 2013

If i made a workplane include in a drawing document with api, then it will display in the view as a center line.

I want add some note to the Center line,but i didn't know how to select it with api, Is there have the API function to do this work?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Making Workplane With Export Object?

Feb 17, 2010

In Inventor, it is possible to mark a workplane with "Export Object", by rightclicking on the node. This make the workplane accessible when using the part as derived.

What is the programmatic access to the property? Can not find it on the Workplane object?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Hide Workplane That Is Contained Within Clientfeature?

Oct 18, 2013

Is there anyway to completely hide a workplane that is contained within a clientfeature?

The attached part shows this when you hover over the client feature in the browser. I have the visibility of the plane turned off but it still shows up when the clientfeature is pre-selected.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Can't Use Sketch To Create Point Or Axis

Oct 4, 2011

I have this assembly shown in the pic. below. I'm trying to create a point or axis in the blue corner points (to attaches something later on) but it just won't let me choose it for some reason. I know that it's possible to to do that (almost sure I already done this trivial thing in inventor.)

Any reason it's not letting me choose the sketch points/line to in order to create points or axis(s)?

Inventor 2012 Pro.
I7 workstation

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AutoCad :: Select Line Start / End Point That Is Known Distance From OSnap Point?

Jun 9, 2011

I'm trying to draw a plan of my house in Autocad 2009 but I seem to be endlessly using trim and extend because I can't easily select the points that I want with osnap. Eg. imagine I have a box, and I want to start drawing another box inside it that has each side as 10 units smaller than the corresponding side on the outer box.

Step 1 - I draw a small line from the top left corner of the big box using the endpoint snap, typing in "5" for the length.

Step 2 - I then do the same at right angles to the first line to get me to the starting point of the inner box. This always leaves me with 2 small lines to remember to delete.

Step 3 - Then in order to draw the top line of the inner box I end up drawing to a random length because I can't say "draw until 5 units away from the right hand side of the big box", then I end up trimming it later once I've repeated steps 1,2 and 3 for the next side of the inner box.

I know in my example above I could have scaled the box down or something but that's not what I'm getting at. I really want a way of selecting line start and end points that are a known position away from an existing point.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: 2014 ILogic Rule To Change Visibility Of Workplane Selected In Browser

Oct 4, 2013

I want to be able to have All Work Planes set as 'Invisible' but create a Message.box or Icon that allows me to change the Visibility of any individual workplane(s) physically selected in the browser.

A rule written by another member should do the trick if the following line could be altered so as not to read 'For Each' oWorkPlane but instead for 'Each Selected' oWorkplane.

'For Each oWorkPlane In docFile.ComponentDefinition.WorkPlanes' 

'get user input
oInput = InputRadioBox("Select workplane visibility:", _
 "Turn ON workplanes for all components", "Turn OFF workplanes for all components", "False", "iLogic")
'Define the open document (top level assembly)
Dim openDoc As Document
openDoc = ThisDoc.Document

[code]....

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Create Work Point On Midpoint Of Curved Edge

Apr 1, 2013

Is it possible to create a work point on the midpoint of the curved edge of any feature.

I was not able to access the midpoint of an edge.

Config :: Intel (R) Xeon (R) CPU E31245 @ 3.30 GHz, 16.0 GB, 64bit win7
Inventor 2013 and Vault Basic 2013

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AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Perpendicular Line From Point Laying On A Line / Pline

Sep 30, 2013

 I have a line or a pline segment and i want to start a line from a point laying there and go perpendicular outwards. Is there a way to do it with tracking?

Yes, i saw the command draw line at an angle but i find it a little bit complicated for a simple task like that. I am sure autodesk have a simplest solution about that.

If i am already at the draw line mode and i can easy catch the tracking perpendicular to previous segment but if i want to start from another line and go perpendicular i cannot make the tracking work.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Create Two Point Styles For One Point

Dec 19, 2013

I am trying to get point 1234 to show a label that says Point #1234 and then in a grading plan have that same point show up as a spot elevation.  I have tried making two point groups "Point #" and "Spot Grades" which include the same points in them with two different label styles for each group, however the point seems to only want to take one label style at a time.

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Win 7 x64
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