TE1130 Inventor® Add-in
To use the TwinCAT 3 Interface for Inventor®, an add-in is started in Inventor®. This is used to start the TwinCAT Usermode Runtime, filter parameters, configure motion axes and create the sensors, for example.
 | For technical reasons, the Inventor® add-in only works in the first opened Autodesk® Inventor® instance. |
Activating TE1130 Autodesk® Inventor® add-in
The first time you want to use the add-in in Autodesk® Inventor® it may not be displayed in the ribbon. In this case, you need to activate the add-in.
Proceed as follows:
- 1. Click the Tools tab on the ribbon in the Autodesk® Inventor® startup window.
- 2. Click the Add-Ins button.
- The Add-In Manager window opens.
- 3. Select the add-in TE1130 Inventor® Runtime.
- 4. Check Loaded/Unloaded.
- 5. Check Load Automatically.
- 6. Click the OK button.
- The add-in is now displayed in the ribbon at Add-Ins.
Operating buttons of the TE1130 Autodesk® Inventor® add-in
You can find the add-in on the Add-Ins tab in Autodesk® Inventor®. The controls of the add-in are described below.
Configuration | Open configuration window to set axes and sensors. |
Initialize | The function initializes the Usermode Runtime so that the "Inventor Machine" can be selected as a target in TwinCAT. |
Start | Start TwinCAT Runtime from Autodesk® Inventor®. |
Continue | Continue TwinCAT Runtime. |
Terminate | Exit TwinCAT Runtime completely. |
Stop | Set TwinCAT Runtime to configuration mode from Autodesk® Inventor®. |
Pause | Stop TwinCAT Runtime to operate Autodesk® Inventor®. |
Runtime Informations | Displays information about the runtime. |
Help | Links to the help pages on the Internet. |