Right-click on (or Dependencies) in the Solution Explorer. Select Add Reference .
Generally, you must use the version of the Interop DLL that matches the version of Inventor you are automating. Why Use autodesk.inventor.interop.dll ? autodesk.inventor.interop.dll
Navigate to the tab (or browse directly to the Inventor installation folder, usually C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor [Version]\Bin ). Right-click on (or Dependencies) in the Solution Explorer
Right-click References in the Solution Explorer, select Add Reference... , browse to the Public Assemblies path mentioned above, and select Autodesk.Inventor.Interop.dll . select Add Reference...
and memory management issues. Let me know what you'd like to explore!
At its core, Autodesk.Inventor.Interop.dll is an . Because Autodesk Inventor is fundamentally written in C++ (a native language), its underlying COM (Component Object Model) API cannot be read directly by modern .NET languages.