Autodesk Inventor Addin Templates

This is a collection of multi-version Visual Studio project templates for creating Autodesk Inventor Add-Ins. Started from the templates created by Curtis Waguespack & provided in his Autodesk University 2023 class: Bridging the Gap Between iLogic Automation and Inventor Add-Ins.

Install or Update

dotnet new install Autodesk.Inventor.Templates

Uninstall

dotnet new uninstall Autodesk.Inventor.Templates

Usage

Visual Studio UI

1. Open Visual Studio
2. File => New => Project
3. Search for Inventor
4. Select Inventor Add-In Basic Template
5. Enter project name and location
6. Click Create

Command Line

• List all installed Inventor templates.

  dotnet new list inventor

• Display all available options for the basic template.

  dotnet new inventoraddin-basic --help

• Create a new add-in with the basic template and default settings (Inventor 2026).

  dotnet new inventoraddin-basic --name YourAddInName

• Create a new add-in with the stacked buttons template and default settings (Inventor 2026).

  dotnet new inventoraddin-stacked --name YourAddInName

• Create a new add-in with the basic template and specified Inventor version.

  dotnet new inventoraddin-basic --name YourAddInName --InventorVersion 2025

• Create a new add-in with the basic template, specified Inventor version and output directory.

  dotnet new inventoraddin-basic --name YourAddInName --InventorVersion 2025 --output C:\Projects\YourAddInName

Setup

Run Locally

1. Clone this project or download it. It's recommended to install GitHub Desktop. To clone it via command line, use the following:

   git clone https://github.com/tylerwarner33/autodesk-inventor-templates.git
   

2. Generate the package locally

   dotnet pack -o ./nupkg -p:PackageVersion=1.0.0

3. Install the locally generated package.

   dotnet new install ./nupkg/Autodesk.Inventor.Templates.1.0.0.nupkg

   • View installed packages.

     dotnet new uninstall

4. Uninstall the locally generated & installed package.

   dotnet new uninstall Autodesk.Inventor.Templates

Release

GitHub UI

1. Open https://github.com/tylerwarner33/autodesk-inventor-templates
2. Select Actions tab
3. Select Release workflow
4. Click Run workflow

Command Line

Ex. version 1.0.0

git tag 1.0.0
git push --tags

Resources

• Microsoft Learn: Custom Templates For dotnet new
• Microsoft GitHub: Reference For Template.json

License

This sample is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. Please see the LICENSE file for more details.