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Steps to Mastery of the API (AutoCAD .net API)
I’ve compiled a list. There’s actually quite a bit involved. I don’t think you can get away with simply not knowing anything about unamanged ObjectARX world. Here is the list below – which I will update. If you see any notable topics which I have missed, please feel free to add a note and I…
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Finding the Point on a Curve Which is the Closest Point to Another Curve? (AutoCAD .net API)
The Genesis of this problem This is a tricky little problem and I could not find a solution on the forums. So I resolved, upon discovering the solution, to oblige posterity and the public, to publish my findings. Specific Notes about this problem Now the following code has been generalised to the specific case of…
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Point Monitor Hello World (AutoCAD .net API)
This is largely a replication of what is contained in the documentation without the extraneous (and extremely confusing) intertwining of WPF/WinForms functionality. Personally I believe when engaging in hello world functions that they should be as simple as possible. I have done as much here. In time, I will add further details to provide you…
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What is a Result Buffer Data Type? (AutoCAD .net API)
Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly, the documentation is a little sparse on this point. But somewhere deep within the annals of the AutoCAD documentation I found this little beauty: Here is the documentation. But for you folks who may find that the link does not work, I will also copy and paste verbatim, what is said there: The ResultBuffer type…
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Extracting Bolt Distances of Single Part Drawings (Beams) With an Output In Excel – Part 2 (Tekla Open API)
In the last part, we left off having collected the relevant Single Part Drawings that we were after. Hopefully we have applied the correct property to filter out the ‘HEA’, ‘IPE’ and ‘CC’ drawings. We will now focus on part II – extracting the distance of the bolts from the beam’s start position. …
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Extracting Bolt Distances From Single Part Drawing Files With an Output In Excel – Part 1 (Tekla Open API)
Every now and again we obtain a request from our readership to tackle a problem. If it is of general interest to the public and given our commitments we do sometimes oblige. Here is one such interesting problem. We will tackle this in three parts, and will focus on part 1 in this blog post.…
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Drawing Metal Edges – BubbleDeck Detailing (+ Video Demo)
What is the task at hand? You have a set of 30 panels. You need to draw metal edges around the edges of all these panels. That’s easy, but it’s subject to certain specific requirements. If it’s a Perth job then: The metal edge can only be a maximum of 3.0m…
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What are curve parameters? (AutoCAD .net API)
A perusal of the .net Reference Guide reveals these types of functions: But as per usual, there is no explanation in the documentation as to what a exactly a parameter is. This is best explained by example. Stay with me here: Suppose you have a curve (i.e. a polyline) that has n points. Or…
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BREP API – A Very Basic Primer (AutoCAD .net API)
The boffins at AutoDesk have ported that which has existed in the ObjectARX API into .net – it’s basically a wrapper. And on a side-note – it is well worth reading the ObjectARX documentation for that very reason – let’s face it – the documentation for AutoCAD APIs are not very good. So definitely…
