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Welcome to smallGURU
smallGURU is a blog dedicated to CAD, Autodesk Inventor, CAD Customization, Visual C#, Motion and Dynamic Simulation and loads of other things related to Mechanical CAD software.
My contribution in software development:
- IN-Motion : Motion and Dynamic Simulation Addin for Autodesk Inventor
- IN-Screenshot : Screenshot Addin for Autodesk Inventor
- RoboAnalyzer : Easy way to learn Robotics
CAD Customization Archive
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IN-Screenshot Free Addin for Autodesk Inventor
Posted on February 16, 2010 | View CommentsThis post is for all Autodesk Inventor Users. How many times have you felt the need to take a screenshot of your Inventor file (assembly, part, drawing etc) and send it across to people who do not have Inventor or even upload the image online. You would have to follow one of the following two options Option A: File >... -
IN-Motion Released for Autodesk Inventor 2010
Posted on February 8, 2010 | View CommentsWe have released IN-Motion for Autodesk Inventor 2010. IN-Motion is an affordable Motion and Dynamic Simulator for Autodesk Inventor. We had launched IN-Motion for 2009 version of Inventor earlier this year. Autodesk has certified IN-Motion to work with Inventor 2009 and 2010. We are also developing for 2011 version and would be available soon after Autodesk launches its product line... -
Develop Autodesk Inventor Addin Using C# – Part 5
Posted on September 3, 2008 | View CommentsWatch High Resolution Video at AR-CAD Summary: How to Add extra buttons to already existing Addin Command Bar. This is in continuation of my earlier posts on Developing Inventor Addins using C# Part1, Part2, Part3 and Part4. In our last screencast, I had explained how to replicate assembly tree view inside our addin command dialog. We go a step further... -
Develop Autodesk Inventor Addin using C# – Part 4
Posted on September 2, 2008 | View CommentsWatch High Resolution Video on AR-CAD This is in continuation of my earlier posts on Developing Addins for Autodesk Inventor using C# Part1, Part2 and Part3. In this screencast, I have introduced a TreeView component in our Custom Form, which gets displayed upon clicking on our Addin Button. I have also introduced concept of ImageList briefly and how it was... -
Develop Autodesk Inventor Addin using C# – Part 3
Posted on September 2, 2008 | View CommentsWatch High Resolution Video on AR-CAD This post is in continuation of my earlier posts on Developing Addins for Inventor using C# part1 and part2. In this screencast / video tutorial, we go a step forward and show a Form / Command Dialog when our Custom Button is clicked in Inventor. The form created is very much basic. Ideally the... -
Debugging Autodesk Inventor Addin using Visual Studio
Posted on September 1, 2008 | View CommentsWatch High Resolution video on AR-CAD If you have followed my earlier screen casts on Developing Inventor Addin using C# (Visual Studio) here and here, I had not touched anything on How to debug an Addin using Visual Studio. When you build / register an Addin, a DLL (Dynamic Link Library) file is created which Inventor identifies as an Addin.... -
Develop Autodesk Inventor Addin using C# – Part 2
Posted on September 1, 2008 | View CommentsPart 2a: Watch High Resolution video of Part2a videos on AR-CAD Part 2b: Watch High Resolution video of Part2b videos on AR-CAD Part 2c: Watch High Resolution video of Part2c videos on AR-CAD This video tutorial is in continuation of my earlier post on Developing Autodesk Inventor Addin using C# – part 1. In this session, we go... -
Develop Autodesk Inventor Addin using C# – Part 1
Posted on August 25, 2008 | View CommentsPart 1a Part 1b Watch High Resolution video of both above videos on AR-CAD I hope you have gone through my earlier video tutorial and post, as they provide a good (if not great) foundation for basic concepts of Autodesk Inventor API and how it Inventor can be customized using Visual C#. In the previous posts, we had connected to... -
Customize Autodesk Inventor API using C# – Part 3
Posted on August 19, 2008 | View CommentsIn continuation to my previous post on Customizing Inventor using C#, I go a step further and interact with an opened Assembly through API. I have ported the code from VBA to C# for the example explained in Introduction to Inventor API and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). The attached document is from Autodesk University of 2003. Start a new... -
Customize Autodesk Inventor API using C# – Part 2
Posted on August 18, 2008 | View CommentsWatch High Resolution video on AR-CAD I hope you have gone through my previous posts on Inventor API a) Introduction to Autodesk Inventor API and Customization and b) Customize Autodesk Inventor using C#. It is also assumed that you have gone through DevTV: Introduction to Inventor Programming Video, which is on Inventor Customization page. In the above video, we connect...
