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· Copy Design v1.1.1

Copy Design v1.1.1

Fixed Copy Design failing to load in Autodesk Inventor 2024. A recent update stopped the add-in from loading in Inventor 2024; it now loads correctly again. Inventor 2025, 2026, and 2027 were not affected.

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· Batch Publisher v1.1.2

Batch Publisher v1.1.2

Fixed Batch Publisher failing to load in Autodesk Inventor 2024. A recent update stopped the add-in from loading in Inventor 2024; it now loads correctly again. Inventor 2025, 2026, and 2027 were not affected.

Update
· Mate Origins v1.5.1

Mate Origins v1.5.1

Fixed Mate Origins failing to load in Autodesk Inventor 2024. A recent update stopped the add-in from loading in Inventor 2024; it now loads correctly again. Inventor 2025, 2026, and 2027 were not affected.

Update
· Constrain Plane Toggle v1.5.2

Plane Toggle v1.5.2

Fixed Plane Toggle failing to load in Autodesk Inventor 2024. A recent update stopped the add-in from loading in Inventor 2024; it now loads correctly again. Inventor 2025, 2026, and 2027 were not affected.

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· Property Editor Pro v1.7.2

Property Editor Pro v1.7.2

Fixed Property Editor Pro failing to load in Autodesk Inventor 2024. A recent update stopped the add-in from loading in Inventor 2024; it now loads correctly again. Inventor 2025, 2026, and 2027 were not affected.

Update
· Part Visibility v1.2.1

Part Visibility v1.2.1

Fixed Part Visibility failing to load in Autodesk Inventor 2024. A recent update stopped the add-in from loading in Inventor 2024; it now loads correctly again. Inventor 2025, 2026, and 2027 were not affected.

Update
· Reset Representations v1.1.1

Reset Representations v1.1.1

Fixed Reset Representations failing to load in Autodesk Inventor 2024. A recent update stopped the add-in from loading in Inventor 2024; it now loads correctly again. Inventor 2025, 2026, and 2027 were not affected.

Update
· Frame Stiffener v1.3.1

Frame Stiffener v1.3.1

Fixed Frame Stiffener failing to load in Autodesk Inventor 2024. A recent update stopped the add-in from loading in Inventor 2024; it now loads correctly again. Inventor 2025, 2026, and 2027 were not affected.

Update
· Manipulate v1.1.1

Manipulate v1.1.1

Fixed Manipulate failing to load in Autodesk Inventor 2024. A recent update stopped the add-in from loading in Inventor 2024; it now loads correctly again. Inventor 2025, 2026, and 2027 were not affected.

Update
· Model Query v1.1.1

Model Query v1.1.1

Fixed Model Query failing to load in Autodesk Inventor 2024. A recent update stopped the add-in from loading in Inventor 2024; it now loads correctly again. Inventor 2025, 2026, and 2027 were not affected.

Launch
· Drawing Tools v1.0.0

Drawing Tools v1.0.0

First public release of Drawing Tools — a productivity add-in for Autodesk Inventor that speeds up drawing layout and annotation. The commands live in the Drawing Tools panels on the Bas Automation tab and act on the active

Update
· Batch Publisher v1.1.1

Batch Publisher v1.1.1

The document type filters above the list (Parts / Assemblies / Drawings) now take effect on the first document you activate. Previously a freshly activated assembly ignored the toggles until you closed the document and reopened it.

Update
· Property Editor Pro v1.7.1

Property Editor Pro v1.7.1

Selection as a clickable list. A new opt-in Show selection as list general setting turns the selection summary into a per-file list. Each selected document gets its own row, and clicking a row filters the property grid to that file's sel…

Update
· Constrain Plane Toggle v1.5.1

Plane Toggle v1.5.1

Refreshed the Show planes and Show axes radial marking-menu button icons with new artwork.

Update
· Part Visibility v1.2.0

Part Visibility v1.2.0

The visibility commands now work in assemblies, not just parts. Right-click in an assembly document and you get the same context-menu options you already had in parts — hide others of a type, hide all of a type, and show all of a type —…

Update
· Model Query v1.1.0

Model Query v1.1.0

Preview thumbnails — a new optional Preview column shows each component's shell thumbnail right in the occurrences grid. Settings profiles + redesigned settings page — settings are now grouped into clear sections, with named profiles you…

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· Property Editor Pro v1.7.0

Property Editor Pro v1.7.0

Docs & Support are now part of the shared Bas Automation Hub. The Docs and Support buttons live in a shared "Bas Automation → Help" panel that works across every Bas Automation add-in. When more than one add-in is loaded, a single Docs/S…

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· Property Editor Pro v1.6.2

Property Editor Pro v1.6.2

In-app Support button. A new Support button on the Bas Automation ribbon tab lets you report a bug, request a feature, or send feedback without leaving Inventor. It automatically captures a screenshot of your Inventor window and bundles…

Update
· Constrain Plane Toggle v1.5.0

Plane Toggle v1.5.0

Bas Automation Hub — Plane Toggle now ships with and connects to the shared Bas Automation Hub, which adds unified Docs and Support buttons to the ribbon across all of your installed Bas Automation tools. When several tools are loaded, t…

Update
· Part Visibility v1.1.0

Part Visibility v1.1.0

Bas Automation Hub — Part Visibility now ships with and connects to the shared Bas Automation Hub, which adds unified Docs and Support buttons to the ribbon across all of your installed Bas Automation tools. When several tools are loaded…

Update
· Batch Publisher v1.1.0

Batch Publisher v1.1.0

Settings pages now use a consistent header: a top toolbar with a back button and the page title, replacing the title that used to sit above the navigation list. The Output Path column in the document grid now shows the resolved output fi…

Launch
· Batch Publisher v1.0.0

Batch Publisher v1.0.0

The first public release of Batch Publisher — export drawings to PDF, DWG, and other formats in bulk, with filename templates and configurable per-row overrides.

Update
· Manipulate v1.1.0

Manipulate v1.1.0

Bas Automation Hub — Manipulate now ships with and connects to the shared Bas Automation Hub, which adds unified Docs and Support buttons to the ribbon across all of your installed Bas Automation tools. When several tools are loaded, the…

Update
· Reset Representations v1.1.0

Reset Representations v1.1.0

Bas Automation Hub — Reset Representations now ships with and connects to the shared Bas Automation Hub, which adds unified Docs and Support buttons to the ribbon across all of your installed Bas Automation tools. When several tools are…

Update
· Frame Stiffener v1.3.0

Frame Stiffener v1.3.0

Bas Automation Hub — Frame Stiffener now ships with and connects to the shared Bas Automation Hub, which adds unified Docs and Support buttons to the ribbon across all of your installed Bas Automation tools. When several tools are loaded…

Update
· Copy Design v1.1.0

Copy Design v1.1.0

Bas Automation Hub — Copy Design now ships with and connects to the shared Bas Automation Hub, which adds unified Docs and Support buttons to the ribbon across all of your installed Bas Automation tools. When several tools are loaded, th…

Update
· Mate Origins v1.5.0

Mate Origins v1.5.0

Bas Automation Hub — Mate Origins now ships with and connects to the shared Bas Automation Hub, which adds unified Docs and Support buttons to the ribbon across all of your installed Bas Automation tools. When several tools are loaded, t…

Update
· Property Editor Pro v1.6.1

Property Editor Pro v1.6.1

See a selected part's real on-disk file name and location. Click a component in an assembly and the Selected line shows its actual file name, with a tooltip listing the browser name, file name, folder and full path — so you always know w…

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· Reset Representations v1.0.3

Reset Representations v1.0.3

Fixed the Reset Representations window failing to open due to a missing shared UI resource. Corrected the product name shown in the installer's license agreement to "Reset Representations". Improvements to infrastructure.

Update
· Mate Origins v1.4.0

Mate Origins v1.4.0

Redesigned the ribbon icons for much better legibility at small ribbon sizes. Mate Origins (one coordinate triad) and Mate With Offsets (two triads) are now bold, fill the button, and are easy to tell apart at a glance. Both commands now…

Update
· Copy Design v1.0.5

Copy Design v1.0.5

Internal refactor: lifted Copy Design's document tree control to the shared library, replacing the bespoke tree-node implementation. The tree, its columns, and the copy run behave exactly as before — this is a code-sharing change with no…

Update
· Model Query v1.0.2

Model Query v1.0.2

Corrected the product name shown in the installer's license agreement. The EULA title previously read "Property Editor Pro" (carried over from another add-in); it now correctly reads "Model Query".

Update
· Frame Stiffener v1.2.1

Frame Stiffener v1.2.1

Refreshed all ribbon command icons (Add, Insert Single, Insert Double, Update, Edit, Settings) and the installer artwork for a cleaner, consistent look. The Frame Stiffener ribbon panel now lays its commands out in a fixed order — Add, I…

Update
· Model Query v1.0.1

Model Query v1.0.1

Improvements to infrastructure.

Update
· Copy Design v1.0.4

Copy Design v1.0.4

Added an "Add active document" button to the source panel, so you can add the document you currently have open in Inventor without browsing for it. Improvements to infrastructure.

Launch
· Manipulate v1.0.0

Manipulate v1.0.0

The first public release of Manipulate — a marking-menu-driven visual glyph for moving and rotating assembly occurrences directly in the graphics window.

Blog post

Inside Frame Generator, Part 2: Tracking Edits

Frame Generator has no 'frame edited' event. You stitch one together from OnActivateCommand, OnTerminateCommand, OnDelete, OnNewOccurrence, OnOccurrenceChange and OnCommit — plus two magic command names and the literal string 'Change Frame' as a transaction-name match. Here's the actual sequence and the kBefore/kAfter ordering you have to respect.

Blog post

Inside Frame Generator, Part 1: The Data Model

How Autodesk Inventor's Frame Generator stores frame members: the com.autodesk.FG attribute set, the Frame.Skeletons XML payload, three different IDs and which one survives a profile change, and why attribute lookups need GetNativeOccurrence() rather than the proxy you receive from events.

Launch
· Model Query v1.0.0

Model Query v1.0.0

The first public release of Model Query — explore any Inventor document's component tree by querying iProperties, geometry, and sheet-metal data with name and type filters.

Update
· Frame Stiffener v1.2.0

Frame Stiffener v1.2.0

Inventor 2023 is no longer supported. Stay on v1.1.9 if you still need Inventor 2023.

Update
· Mate Origins v1.3.3

Mate Origins v1.3.3

Inventor 2023 is no longer supported. Stay on v1.3.2 if you need 2023 compatibility.

Update
· Part Visibility v1.0.9

Part Visibility v1.0.9

Inventor 2023 is no longer supported. Stay on v1.0.8 if you need 2023 compatibility.

Update
· Copy Design v1.0.3

Copy Design v1.0.3

Inventor 2023 is no longer supported. If you're on Inventor 2023, stay on v1.0.2 — this build targets Inventor 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027.

Update
· Constrain Plane Toggle v1.4.0

Plane Toggle v1.4.0

Inventor 2023 is no longer supported. Stay on v1.3.9 if you need 2023 compatibility.

Update
· Reset Representations v1.0.2

Reset Representations v1.0.2

Inventor 2023 is no longer supported. Stay on v1.0.1 if you need 2023 compatibility.

Update
· Property Editor Pro v1.6.0

Property Editor Pro v1.6.0

Bug fixes and improvements to infrastructure.

Update
· Property Editor Pro v1.5.9

Property Editor Pro v1.5.9

Inventor 2023 is no longer supported. Property Editor Pro now targets Inventor 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027.

Blog post

Inventor 2027 Entitlement & .NET 10 Migration for Paid App Store Add-ins

Autodesk's compatibility note for Inventor 2027 says existing .NET 8 add-ins should keep working without recompilation, and for most add-ins that's accurate. The exception is paid App Store add-ins that call AdWebServicesWrapper to verify entitlement — free add-ins typically skip that check, so they're unaffected. The wrapper was renamed and retargeted to .NET 10 in 2027, so paid App Store add-ins do need a migration. Here's the conditional TFM / per-version reference / manifest-gate pattern I rolled out across 7 add-ins.

Update
· Copy Design v1.0.2

Copy Design v1.0.2

Inventor 2027 support. Refreshed ribbon icon.

Update
· Constrain Plane Toggle v1.3.9

Plane Toggle v1.3.9

Inventor 2027 support.

Update
· Reset Representations v1.0.1

Reset Representations v1.0.1

Inventor 2027 support.

Update
· Part Visibility v1.0.8

Part Visibility v1.0.8

Inventor 2027 support.

Update
· Mate Origins v1.3.2

Mate Origins v1.3.2

Inventor 2027 support. A single installer now ships .addin manifests for every supported Inventor version — no separate download per year.

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