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Mini Tool Add-in for Autodesk Inventor — 5 Features That Save Engineers Hours Every Week

 If you work with Autodesk Inventor on a daily basis, you already know the drill. Opening the matching CAD drawing means digging through folders. Every new assembly needs the BOM reformatted from scratch. Saving a drawing file requires navigating to the right folder every single time. Small tasks, but they add up — and none of them move your actual work forward. Mini Tool Add-in was built to eliminate exactly that kind of friction. What Is Mini Tool? Mini Tool is a lightweight add-in for Autodesk Inventor that sits directly in the ribbon, no extra libraries, no complex configuration. Once installed, a Mini Tool panel appears in your Assembly, Part, and Drawing environments — ready to use immediately. It was developed by a practicing design engineer, so every feature comes from a real workflow problem, not a feature list on a whiteboard. The 5 Features 1. Open CAD — Find and Open Your Drawing File Instantly You are looking at a part in Inventor and need the corresponding Au...
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Auto Block Tap Holes for Easy Counting in AutoCAD

Free AutoCAD AutoLISP – Automatically Convert Tap Holes to Blocks for Easy Counting When working with mechanical drawings in AutoCAD, one common problem is: Tap holes are drawn using circles, arcs, and lines Different designers use different drawing styles When you need to count tap quantities (M3, M4, M5, etc.) , it becomes: Time-consuming Error-prone Hard to standardize 👉 The most effective solution is to convert all tap holes into standard blocks . This FREE AutoLISP tool helps you do exactly that — automatically . 🎯 Main Purpose The main purpose of this AutoLISP is to convert tap holes into blocks, so that tap quantities can be counted easily and accurately in AutoCAD. After conversion, you can quickly count taps using: COUNT BCOUNT Data Extraction BOM workflows Perfect for manufacturing preparation , drawing checking , and standardization . 🔧 What This AutoLISP Can Do ✔️ Select multiple sample tap blocks (M2, M2.5, M3, M4, M5, etc.) ✔️ Autom...
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🚀 Stop Hunting for Drawings: Open 2D CAD Files Directly from Inventor Assemblies

 As engineers, we often need to cross-check our 3D models against the 2D production drawings to ensure everything is in sync. The traditional way is a time-killer: Open the folder. Search for the Part Number. Check the revision. Finally, open the DWG. If you are doing this 20-30 times a day, you are losing valuable design time. Today, I’m sharing a free iLogic tool that lets you open the corresponding DWG file with just one click, even while you are working inside a massive assembly (.iam). Key Features: Instant Comparison: Quickly verify 3D vs 2D without leaving your workspace. Assembly Integration: Just select a part in your assembly and run the script—it finds the drawing for you. Revision Control: It automatically detects the "Revision Number" and looks for the correct file version (e.g., Part-01.dwg ). Workflow Efficiency: Eliminates manual navigation in Windows Explorer. Dim oDoc As Document = ThisDoc.Document Dim partFileName As String = "" Dim revis...
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[Inventor iLogic] Stop Wasting Time! Replace File v1.3: The Ultimate Solution for Component Replacement & IDW Auto-Updates

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  [Inventor iLogic] Stop Wasting Time! Replace File v1.3: The Ultimate Solution for Component Replacement & IDW Auto-Updates December 24, 2025   Are you designing a new machine based on an old model, or simply replacing a standard component group? Ask yourself these 3 questions: Frustrated with Inventor's native "Replace" command?  It’s slow, involves too many intermediate steps (re-selecting folders), and lacks the flexibility you need. Tired of manually fixing Drawing (.IDW) references?  After replacing a part, opening a drawing only to see the "Resolve Link" error is a true nightmare. Is this task taking up hours of your day?  It’s repetitive, boring, and drains the creativity of a real engineer. If the answer is  YES , then  Replace File v1.2  is the tool you need to liberate your workflow. 🚀 1. One-Click IPT/IAM Replacement Forget the cumbersome steps of the default command. With a minimalist interface, you can replace individual parts (...
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[Inventor iLogic] Stop Wasting Time! Replace File v1.2: Xử lý triệt để bài toán thay thế & Update bản vẽ IDW

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  Bạn đang thiết kế một máy mới dựa trên Model cũ, hay đơn giản là thay thế một cụm chi tiết tiêu chuẩn? Hãy tự hỏi mình 3 câu này: Bạn có đang phát điên vì lệnh Replace sẵn có của Inventor? Nó chậm, qua nhiều bước trung gian (chọn lại folder) và đôi khi không linh hoạt theo ý bạn. Thay xong bản .ipt mới, bạn có phải ngồi "thay thủ công" lại link Reference trong IDW không? Cảm giác mở bản vẽ ra mà báo lỗi Resolve Link thật sự là một cơn ác mộng. Công việc này lặp đi lặp lại hàng chục lần mỗi ngày? Nó nhàm chán, tốn thời gian và lấy đi sự sáng tạo của một kỹ sư thực thụ. Nếu câu trả lời là CÓ , thì bản cập nhật Replace File v1.2 chính là công cụ bạn cần để giải phóng sức lao động. 🚀 1. Thay thế IPT/IAM chỉ với "One-Click" Không còn các thao tác rườm rà qua nhiều bước của lệnh mặc định. Với giao diện tối giản, bạn có thể thay thế chi tiết đơn (IPT) hoặc cụm lắp ráp (Assembly) ngay lập tức chỉ với một cú click chuột. Tốc độ xử lý nhanh gấp 5 lần so với thao tác t...
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