Inventor API
Professional .NET add-ins
C#/.NET add-ins using the Inventor object model for custom ribbon commands, document and application events, geometry and feature operations, parameter control, validation and specialist engineering tools.
ADN services for the Autodesk Inventor product family
Autodesk® Inventor® Software Development & Engineering Automation
Custom Inventor add-ins, iLogic systems, product configurators and connected engineering-data workflows for manufacturers, machine builders and design teams.
The engineering problem
Turn Inventor know-how into controlled, maintainable software
Inventor teams lose time when product rules live in individual designers’ knowledge, drawings and bills of materials require repetitive edits, or CAD data must be re-entered into quoting, Vault, ERP, MES and machine systems. Axiotech converts those manual steps into documented Inventor software with explicit rules, controlled interfaces, testable behaviour and supportable handover.
Autodesk Inventor software services
Specialised development for Autodesk Inventor workflows
As an Autodesk Developer Network member, Axiotech can develop, test and support specialised Autodesk Inventor solutions using the relevant Autodesk developer resources and technical channels.
Clients can use this capability to automate repetitive design work, capture engineering rules in maintainable software, create configurable product and machine families, generate drawings and BOMs, connect Inventor with Vault and business systems, and modernise inherited iLogic or API utilities.
Specific Inventor development services
From desktop design automation to governed cloud processing
The exact route depends on the installed Inventor and Vault versions, the document estate, deployment constraints and whether processing must run interactively, unattended on controlled infrastructure or through Autodesk Platform Services.
iLogic
Rules, forms and reusable libraries
Embedded or external rules, user and global forms, event triggers and shared libraries that capture product knowledge across parts, assemblies and drawings without leaving critical logic as an undocumented macro.
Configure to order
Product and machine configurators
Validated option rules that drive parameters, features, components, model states, iParts and iAssemblies; then generate the correct model, drawing pack, BOM and downstream order data.
Documentation
Drawings and controlled outputs
Automated IDW/DWG sheet creation, view placement, scales, title blocks, parts lists and publishing to agreed formats such as PDF, DXF, DWG or STEP where supported by the selected workflow.
Manufacturing data
BOM, iProperties and business systems
Structured or parts-only BOM extraction, item numbering and iProperty governance, with mapped interfaces to costing, quotation, ERP, MRP, MES, databases and production reporting.
Vault Professional
Files, revisions and release workflow
Integrations around check-in/check-out, properties, references, revision and lifecycle state, job processing and controlled release—designed around the customer’s Vault configuration and permissions.
Inventor Apprentice
Lightweight document interrogation
Standalone utilities that use Inventor Apprentice to inspect document properties, assembly structure and file references without automating the full Inventor desktop interface.
APS Inventor Automation API
Cloud and batch automation
App bundles, activities and work-item integrations that run Inventor add-ins or iLogic for scalable model configuration, design checking, drawing generation, BOM export and bulk file processing.
Lifecycle engineering
Upgrade and modernisation
Assessment and controlled replacement of inherited VBA, iLogic and add-in utilities; version compatibility work, regression tests, deployment packaging, diagnostics and long-term support.
Technical routes are selected against the customer’s licensed Autodesk products and supported APIs. See Autodesk’s Inventor API overview and Automation API overview.
Capability
What Axiotech can undertake
- C#/.NET Inventor API add-ins with ribbon commands, events, configuration and deployment
- Embedded and external iLogic rules, forms, shared rule libraries and event-triggered automation
- Parameter-driven parts, assemblies, model states, iParts, iAssemblies and engineer-to-order configurators
- Automated IDW/DWG drawing views, sheets, title blocks, annotations, parts lists and publishing
- Structured and parts-only BOM, item numbering, iProperties and ERP/MRP data exchange
- Inventor Apprentice applications for document properties, references and structure without the Inventor user interface
- Autodesk Vault Professional integrations for files, properties, revisions, lifecycle states and controlled release workflows
- APS Inventor Automation API app bundles and iLogic work items for cloud-based configuration, checking, generation and batch processing
- Batch migration, standards checking, property repair, format export and legacy VBA/iLogic/add-in modernisation
- Connections from Inventor and Vault data to quoting, databases, ERP, MES, TwinCAT, PLC and machine systems
Project evidence
Typical deliverables
- Inventor workflow assessment and an automation opportunity map
- Version-controlled C#/.NET add-in, iLogic rule set, service or integration source code
- Supported Inventor/Vault version matrix, dependencies and deployment configuration
- Representative IPT, IAM, IDW/DWG and Vault test data with acceptance cases
- Interface specifications for BOM, iProperty, ERP/MES/database or cloud data exchange
- Signed or controlled deployment package with installation, upgrade and rollback instructions
- User, administrator and developer documentation with maintainable handover
Regulated or quality-managed application?
Add GAMP 5-aligned documentation and validation support to this work package
Axiotech can connect this service to traceable requirements, SDS/SMDS, controlled source and configuration, risk-based verification, FAT/SAT and agreed qualification-support evidence.
Delivery model
Assessment, design, proof, commissioning and support
The scope can begin with a focused review or proof of concept, then move through agreed technical and commercial gates. Axiotech documents assumptions, interfaces, responsibilities, tests and handover so the result can be operated and maintained after commissioning.
Define
Survey the current state, intended outcome, constraints and evidence obligations.
Deliver
Engineer and integrate the agreed system with controlled reviews and acceptance gates.
Sustain
Commission, train, hand over and provide planned remote or onsite support.
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Next step
Describe the machine, software estate or production outcome.
We will identify a sensible first assessment or work package.