Autodesk App Store Navisworks

The minimum ‘development’ configuration file will be along the lines of:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<ApplicationPackage > 

  <Components Description="2026 parts">

    <RuntimeRequirements OS="Win64" Platform="NAVMAN|NAVSIM" SeriesMin="Nw23" SeriesMax="Nw23" />

    <ComponentEntry AppType="ManagedPlugin"ModuleName="./Contents/v23/ADSK.MyPlugin.v23.dll">

    </ComponentEntry>

  </Components>

  <Components Description="2025 parts">

    <RuntimeRequirements OS="Win64" Platform="NAVMAN|NAVSIM" SeriesMin="Nw22" SeriesMax="Nw22" />

     <ComponentEntry AppType="ManagedPlugin"ModuleName="./Contents/v22/ADSK.MyPlugin.v22.dll">

  </Components>

</ApplicationPackage>

This example specifies a single ‘Component’:

• OS="Win64": This component works for 64-bit product only.
• Platform="NAVMAN|NAVSIM": This component works in both Navisworks Manage and Navisworks Simulate.
• SeriesMin="Nw23" SeriesMax="Nw23": Nw23 means this component works for Navisworks 2026 version. As said above, our .NET API of on release is only compatible within one major version. Similarly, Nw22 means this is a component that works with Navisworks 2025.
• AppType="ManagedPlugin": This component is a managed .NET assembly that contains plugins targeted at the Navisworks .NET API.
• ModuleName="./Contents/v23/ADSK.MyPlugin.dll": Specifies the relative path to the components .NET Assembly. We’ve put it in a ‘v23’ folder signifying it’s targeted at “Navisworks 2026” only. You can put specific release of binary in specific folders, or name them uniquely in one folder.

Notes:

• Real configuration files will require more content than this.
• The <ApplicationPackage> element can contain multiple <Components> elements. Each component can target a different Platform and Series.

In this example the DLL pointed to by ModuleName is a managed .NET assembly. This could be written as a C# ‘Class Library’ and could contain a basic “Hello World” AddInPlugin as defined in the following code.
using Autodes.Navisworks.Api.Plugins;
...
 [PluginAttribute("MyPlugin", "ADSK", DisplayName = "Myplugin : Hello World")]
 [AddInPluginAttribute(AddInLocation.AddIn)]
 public class Myplugin : AddInPlugin
{
 public override int Execute(params string[] parameters)
 {
  MessageBox.Show("hello World");
  return 0;
}
}
...

Notes:

• You will have to add a reference to %PROGRAMFILES%\Autodesk\Navisworks Manage <release number>\Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.dll. (‘CopyLocal’ should be set to False).
• Real code should use your own unique Developer ID.