Documents.Add Method
Parent Object: DocumentsDescription
Creates a new of the specified type. Optionally, a template file can be specified instead.
Syntax
Documents.Add( DocumentType As DocumentTypeEnum, [TemplateFileName] As String, [CreateVisible] As Boolean ) As DocumentParameters
| Name | Type | Description |
| DocumentType | DocumentTypeEnum | Input that specifies the type of document to add. If the DocumentType argument is specified to be kDrawingDocumentObject, the method will honor the application option to decide whether to use an idw template or an Inventor DWG template. |
| TemplateFileName | String | Input String that specifies the name of the template file. This is an optional argument whose default value is "". |
| CreateVisible | Boolean | Optional input Boolean that specifies whether the created document or template is visible. This is an optional argument whose default value is True. |
Samples
| Name | Description |
| Adding iAssembly occurrences | This sample demonstrates adding iAssembly occurrences to an assembly. |
| Adding iPart occurrences to an assembly | This sample demonstrates adding iPart occurrences to an assembly. |
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| Navigation between browser and data | This sample demonstrates the navigation between a browser node and it's corresponding data model object and vice versa. This sample creates a work plane, finds its browser node and gets the work plane object back from the browser node. |
| Creating a new parameter group | This sample demonstrates the creation of model, reference and user parameters and copying these parameters to a newly created group. |
| Add a decal feature | This sample demonstrates the creation of a decal feature. |
| Derived Parts and Assemblies | This sample demonstrates the use of the API to create derived parts and assemblies. |
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| Hole Feature - Through holes (RegularAndTapped) | This sample demonstrates the creation of through holes, both regular and tapped. |