iLogic to insert an image into Drawing Sketch by Sketched Symbols

by Chandra shekar Gopal,

Question: How to insert an image into drawing sketch of active sheet in a drawing document using iLogic code?

Answer: After creating a drawing sketch in Inventor (UI or API), the image cannot insert as image command is grayed out (shown in below image). The insertion of image is not supported in drawing sketches.

So, another way is to insert an image through sketched symbols. For reference, there is already blog on Sketched Symbol which talks about the creation of Sketched Symbol. The same blog link is given below.

https://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2012/08/creating-sketched-symbols.html

Using the same blog reference, below iLogic code can be used to insert an image into drawing sketch of active sheet in a Drawing document. 

Dim oDwg As DrawingDocument oDwg = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument   Dim oTG As TransientGeometry oTG = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry   Dim oSSD As SketchedSymbolDefinition oSSD = oDwg.SketchedSymbolDefinitions.Add("mySymbol")   Dim oRes As DrawingSketch 'Open the sketch in edit mode. Call oSSD.Edit(oRes)   Call oRes.SketchImages.Add("C:\Temp\sample.png", oTG.CreatePoint2d(0, 4)) 'Quit the Edit mode.   oSSD.ExitEdit (True) 'Insert the sketched symbol on the active sheet.   Call oDwg.ActiveSheet.SketchedSymbols.Add("mySymbol", oTG.CreatePoint2d(10, 10))