In this article I wrote about adding files to your AppBundle so that they will be cached on the Design Automation server.
The easiest way to get the "Design Automation for Inventor" Visual Studio Project Template to include additional files in the AppBundle zip file is to add them to the "Bundle" folder, which will be placed next to the "Output" folder that is set for the project's Build ("bin\Debug" by default):
So the content to be zipped will be in "bin\Bundle" folder and there I can find the "Contents" subfolder best suited for placing my folder with the additional files - in this case called "Parts":
Now after every build of the project the files will be copied into the zip file:
Follow @AdamTheNagy Adam Nagy joined Autodesk back in 2005 and has been providing programming support, consulting, training and evangelism to external developers. He started his career in Budapest, then worked in Prague for 3 years and now lives in South England, UK. At the moment focusing on Inventor and Fusion 360, plus cloud and mobile related technologies. Adam has a degree in Software Engineering and has...