What is the difference between application, software, hardware, and system?

Yes, you can access the flat pattern extents using the Sheet Metal Component Definition. FlatPattern object and then calling the RangeBox property. This gives you the MinPoint and MaxPoint, from which you can calculate width and height.

No, ClientGraphics are not persistent-they are temporary and exist only in the memory of an active Inventor session.

You're right-Sheet.Name is read-only in Inventor 5.3 SP2, and there’s no supported workaround to rename a sheet directly through the API in that version. Renaming sheets via code only became possible in Inventor 6.0, where Autodesk introduced a Rename method on the Sheet object.

Yes! You can insert workpoints using XYZ coordinates in an Inventor assembly with the API using ComponentDefinition.WorkPoints.AddFixed.

Yes, UserInputEvents is part of Inventor’s Application.CommandManager object.

Here’s how to get a reference in VBA:

• Dim uiEvents As UserInputEvents
• Set uiEvents = ThisApplication.CommandManager.UserInputEvents