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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
Visual C# 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 >... -
ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu
Posted on June 13, 2009 | View CommentsIn continuation of my earlier post on ZedGraph example which plots a sinosoidal graph, I have extended it further to: Add a new custom menu item in context menu(which appears on right click on the graph) Export Graph plot data to CSV (coma separated values) file. Which can be opened by spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel and Open Office calc.... -
Zedgraph C# Graph Plot Example Application
Posted on January 30, 2009 | View CommentsUpdate : Check out ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu , It has code to make a custom context menu item and also export the graph plot data as CSV. Zedgraph is a very good opensource C# graph plotting library. Check out more details at my earlier post on Zedgraph. I have gone a... -
Minimize forms along with Parent Application or Form in C#
Posted on December 20, 2008 | View CommentsHow to minimize forms that belong to a particular application, when the parent application (In my case Autodesk Inventor) is minimized ? When you create software or addins, you would want the forms/dialogs to be minimized and not floating around when parent application is minimized. For that we need to deal with hWnd of parent application. “hWnd” stands for Window... -
Opensource C# Graph Plot Library – ZedGraph
Posted on December 18, 2008 | View CommentsUpdate: Check out Zedgraph C# Graph Plot Example Application , I have an example ZedGraph Application (with sourcecode) to draw Line Plot, Bar Graph and Pie Chart. Update 2: Check out ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu , It has code to make a custom context menu item and also export the graph plot... -
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... -
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...
