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If you use a handy VBA macro in Inventor, you can make it directly available by assigning it to a new icon in your ribbon menu.

Right-click in an empty space in your ribbon and choose "Customize User Commands" from the context menu. In the "Customize" dialog (on the "Ribbon" tab) select your macro from the list "Macros" and use the ">>" button to copy it to the requested ribbon tab. See the picture (in Czech):

Setting macro icons

You can define your own custom icon by placing a BMP file along your IVB macro file - name it ModuleName.MacroName.Small.bmp

Inventor2013Inventor2012
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17.10.2011    17097×  
applies to: Inventor 2013 · Inventor 2012 ·

See also:
Tip 14641:Automatic naming of Inventor drawing sheets according to the first model (iLogic).
Tip 14611:Contribution of individual features to the total mass of an Inventor part (iLogic).
Tip 14527:Search/Replace texts in Inventor drawings - iLogic.
Tip 14489:Multiline header of a parts list in an Inventor drawing.
Tip 14359:Automatic macro execution when opening a CAD file (AutoCAD, Inventor, Max, PowerMill)


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