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Linking and Unlinking Autodesk Inventor

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Requirements Before Linking Registering and Linking SimMechanics Link Software SimMechanics Link Menu in Autodesk Inventor Unlinking SimMechanics Link Software

Requirements Before Linking

Before you can register and link SimMechanics Link with Autodesk Inventor, you must have already installed Inventor and SimMechanics Link software on your system. See Installing and Linking SimMechanics Link Software in the SimMechanics Link User's Guide.

After you have installed the SimMechanics Link utility, you must register and link it with Inventor before you can use it.

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Registering and Linking SimMechanics Link Software

You must register and link the SimMechanics Link utility with Inventor from within MATLAB^®.

Steps within MATLAB

To register:

1. Start a MATLAB session with the SimMechanics Link utility already installed.

2. From the MATLAB command line, enter smlink_linkinv. You see a message indicating a successful link.

3. You can now close MATLAB if you want.

Linking to Multiple Installations of Inventor

If you have more than one installation of Inventor, you link the SimMechanics Link utility automatically to all installations by a single execution of the smlink_linkinv command at the MATLAB command line.

Linking Different SimMechanics Link Installations

You can link only one SimMechanics Link installation at a time to a given CAD platform. If you want to change the SimMechanics Link installation that is registered with Inventor, you must unlink the existing installation, then link the other installation.

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SimMechanics Link Menu in Autodesk Inventor

After linking the SimMechanics Link utility, the SimMechanics Link menu appears in the Inventor menu bar if you open a Inventor assembly file (file with extension .iam).

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Unlinking SimMechanics Link Software

To unlink the SimMechanics Link utility from a MATLAB session running on the same computer as your Autodesk Inventor installation, enter the smlink_unlinkinv command at the MATLAB command line.

Caution   To use this command: Autodesk Inventor must already be installed on your computer. SimMechanics Link software must also have already been registered with Autodesk Inventor on your computer.

Unlinking from Multiple Autodesk Inventor Installations

If you have multiple installations of Autodesk Inventor, unlinking SimMechanics Link software from Inventor unlinks it from all of your installations of Inventor at once.

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Linking and Using the Autodesk Inventor Add-In

Supported Autodesk Inventor Constraints and Their Corresponding Joints

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