You need Inventor to react to events (other than the user pushing on a button or the build-in events from iLogic).(At least looking better than the windows we can make with iLogic) You need to present a cool looking window to the user.The codebase for what I want is too big/complicated for an iLogic rule.Then why should you create addins? Most of the time I create addins in the following cases: Even better if you are using Inventor 2023 or later this is a built-in functionality.

I have created an addin for you that can create buttons for iLogic rules and you don’t have to write a line of code for it. To be fair you probably should never turn an iLogic rule into an addin so you have a button. Here I will only focus on creating an addin.

If you want to know more about this function you can just read about it in the blog post. Therefore I have chosen to change my iLogic rule “One Rule to Search Them All” ( ) into an addin. But I did not want to spend too much time explaining the functionalities and code of what the addin does. Also, I want you to be able to change the functionality easy. I wanted you to have a functional and useful addin at the end of the tutorial. That has the advantage that you are not limited to specific settings, Inventor/Visual Studio versions or programing language. In this tutorial, we will set up everything manually. There are Visual Studio templates out there that will set up most stuff for you ( ). This tutorial is not about doing it the most simple way. This tutorial is about writing your own addin.

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