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Thoughts About the AutoCAD API (AutoCAD .net API)
I got thinking about the AutoCAD APIs (ObjectARX/.NET) – they’re virtually the same – the .NET API is basically a wrapper to the ObjectARX API (with some differences). If you want the full power of low level calls then you gotta go with ObjectARX. But then using .NET comes with a very powerful benefit…
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WPF User Interface for Precast Panel Comparison
This utilises WPF to compare panels, isolate changes and make better decisions. See below for a demonstration: WPF – Eliminating Errors using Cross Checking from Tek1 on Vimeo.
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3d Steel Estimation
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Estimate accurately 3d Model Click to Download Sample take-off Accurate estimation from people with takeoff experience, highly skilled in the use of Autocad, Tekla, and Excel. You save your estimators time. We provide you low-cost accurate takeoffs. How do we do it? We prepare a cad file in Autocad cad suitable for conversion to Tekla.…
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The Connect Handrail Command – Demo (BubbleDeck)
This is a little utility which connect handrails. It does so if: 1. The handrail block references are parallel to the panel edges, and 2. If they are a minimum 560 mm away from the edges and 3. If they are colinear with each other. Here is a demo: Demo – Connect Handrails Command in…
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Refactoring the Code – Printing Selected Beams to Excel – Part 3 – (Tekla Open API)
Let us now continue to refactor according to good design principles.
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Refactoring the Code – Printing Selected Beams to Excel – Part 2 – (Tekla Open API)
Ok, so we’ve done some significant refactoring. We’ve considered a lot of things. Some things still to be improved: Naming, Better utilization of the ClosedXML library – because our techniques are quite primitive right now. Testing (this really should be done first, but no matter). Further refining the code according to SOLID design principles. Here…
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Refactoring the Code – Printing Selected Beams to Excel – Part 1 – (Tekla Open API)
We will attempt to do something which is seldom done or discussed in Tekla code samples: and that is the very important issue of refactoring code. 1. Start with Tests. The first thing you need is a good suite of tests. That way you will know whether something has gone wrong or not.…
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Write Selected Beam Members to an Excel File (Tekla Open API – Tutorial)
What is the task at hand? The user selects some beams. We then want to collate the following information into various Excel spreadsheets: Name Profile Length and finally Weight We want two views: the first aggregates the beams by their name and finish, and the second merely lists all the beams selected with the information…