Welcome to the Autodesk PowerInspect API Examples repository. This repository provides the source code for the advanced add-ins which may be added to the PowerInspect application. These are normally only supplied in compiled DLL form, allowing the user to optionally load these DLL add-ins into the PowerInspect application.
The PowerInspect development team is not actively maintaining or enhancing these add-ins. The source code is being made available to third parties who would like to do their own enhancements, or who would like to use these examples as templates for creating their own add-ins. Contributions to this repo will be reviewed and considered for inclusion (see below), but please be aware that these add-ins have low development priority.
To learn more about PowerInspect, visit the forum here or the product website here.
The repository for the PowerInspect API Examples is hosted at: https://github.com/Autodesk/PowerInspect-api-examples
To Contribute please see CONTRIBUTING.md.
There are just a few simple steps for building one of these add-ins:
- Clone the repository.
- Open the README.md file for the specific add-in.
- Follow the build instructions in the README.md file.
After building your add-in, you will be able to access it from within PowerInspect by following these steps.
- Run PowerInspect
- Press the "File" button on the top left of the ribbon.
- Open the Add-In Manager form by choosing "Options" and selecting "Add-In Manager".
- Select your add-in in the list and click OK. (You may need to "Browse" for the add-in if it does not appear in the list).
- Your add-in should now appear under the "Addin Tab" in the ribbon for PowerInspect.
In order to clarify the intellectual property license granted with Contributions from any person or entity, Autodesk must have a Contributor License Agreement ("CLA") on file that has been signed by each Contributor to this Open Source Project (the "Project"), indicating agreement to the license terms. This license is for your protection as a Contributor to the Project as well as the protection of Autodesk and the other Project users; it does not change your rights to use your own Contributions for any other purpose. There is no need to fill out the agreement until you actually have a contribution ready. Once you have a contribution you simply fill out and sign the applicable agreement (see the contributor folder in the repository) and send it to us at the address in the agreement.
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