Automatic macros are macros that are automatically run when certain events happen within Autodesk Inventor. An automatic macro is like any other macro except for its name. To create an automatic macro just name a macro so it contains any of the automatic macro names. Depending on the name of the macro, it will be automatically run by Autodesk Inventor if the associated event occurs. Automatic macros are only supported within document projects. Macros within the Application or a User Project that use the names below will be ignored as far as running automatically.

Inventor identifies automatic macros by their names. For example the name for the macro that will run automatically when the document is opened is "AutoOpen." Autodesk Inventor allows some flexibility in this naming by only requiring the string to be part of the macro name. For example, the following macro names will be considered auto-open macros: AutoOpen1, AutoOpen2, NewAutoOpen, autoopen3, or TestAutoOpen4. From these examples you can see that additional characters can precede or be appended to the auto macro name. In addition, it is not case-sensitive. Because of this flexibility you can create multiple automatic macros for a single event. If there are multiple macros for an event, their order of execution is arbitrary.

Autodesk Inventor runs automatic macros automatically whenever the associated events occur. If the user presses the Shift key when the event occurs, the automatic macro will not run. For example, if the user presses the Shift key while opening a document that contains an AutoOpen macro, the macro will not run.

AutoOpen

This macro is run automatically when the document it is contained within is opened.

AutoNew

This macro is run automatically when a new document is created from a template. For this macro to be used, it must exist within the template file.

AutoSave

This macro is run automatically whenever the document it is contained within is saved.

AutoClose

This macro is run automatically whenever the document it is contained within is closed.

AutoEdit

This macro is run when parts/sub-assemblies are opened or edited.