by Fenton Webb AutoCAD OEM does support LISP, but there are a few restrictions: LISP applications must be compiled into .fas, raw .lsp files are not supported. You must compile your LISP applications using the inbuilt “AutoCAD OEM” (aoem.exe) application that is installed with the AutoCAD OEM CD. The ActiveX... Continue reading

by Fenton Webb Using WPF databinding, you can actually bind your WPF colors to the CommandLine color settings. This can be achieved using the Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.Data.DataBindings.ColorSettings ObserveableCollection. The possible color settings property names are: CommandLineForeground CommandLineBackground CommandLineHistoryForeground CommandLineHistoryBackground CommandLineTempPromptForeground CommandLineTempPromptBackground CommandLineKeywordHighlight CommandLineKeywordBackground CommandLineKeywordHover If you want a good example of how... Continue reading

By Stephen Preston Register and mark your calendars now for this upcoming webcast on making the most of the Autodesk Exchange Apps store ... "How developers can ride and profit from the adoption wave of Autodesk Exchange Apps" The Autodesk Exchange Apps stores (currently there are 15 stores) are a... Continue reading

by Fenton Webb If you want to obtain an id or reference to an off-page connector that is linked to a given off-page connector using the API then… For the 2013 Plant3d SDK Use the DataLinksManager.GetRelatedAcPpObjectIds(), GetRelatedRowIds() using “ConnectorsRelationship” as the relationship name and “Connector1”, “Connector2” as the role names.... Continue reading

by Fenton Webb In an effort to further improve the experience our users and developers have with the AutoCAD developer documentation, an update to the AutoCAD Developer Center has been made to make it easier for people to locate the various developer documentation that is available to them. This action... Continue reading

by Fenton Webb The best way to force a refresh of the Plant3d Project Manager window is to invoke the command _.REFRESHPMESW You can invoke this command synchronously using the notes found here http://adndevblog.typepad.com/autocad/2012/04/synchronously-send-and-wait-for-commands-in-autocad-using-c-net.html Continue reading

by Fenton Webb Here’s how to obtain the RGB value from an already AcDb::kOpenForRead AcDbEntity. static COLORREF GetRGBFromEntity( AcDbEntity *ent ) { COLORREF colorRef = RGB(255, 255, 255); AcCmColor Color = ent->color(); AcCmEntityColor::ColorMethod ColorMethod = Color.colorMethod(); switch(ColorMethod) { case AcCmEntityColor::kByACI: { long acirgb, r,g,b; acirgb = AcCmEntityColor::lookUpRGB(Color.colorIndex()); b = (... Continue reading

By Philippe Leefsma There is one particular whitelist in AutoCAD concerning online help. Only the domains on the list will be accepted by help browser, and the others will be forwarded to system default browser. This white list is hardcoded in 2013, but in the 2014, developers can now create... Continue reading

by Fenton Webb Issue I need to create (or set) an AcDbMText object with the background mask turned on. How can I do so programmatically? Solution We can do this both in ObjectARX and LISP. In ObjectARX, we can use setBackgroundFill() member function of class AcDbMText to do the job.... Continue reading

by Fenton Webb You might need to set the AutoCAD Drawing Window color (Model Space Background) to a different color via your installer. To do so is pretty easy – simply set your OEM registry key .\Profiles\<<Unnamed Profile>>\Drawing Window\Background setting to the desired DWORD value. Continue reading

By Stephen Preston A quick reminder that the AU Call for Proposals closes on May 19th, so you don't have much time if you want to be considered as a presenter this year. We're keen to continue our theme from the last two years of scheduling a significant number of... Continue reading

By Gopinath Taget This is the final post in the series titled AutoCAD Map 3D API Training content. The previous posts are: Part-1 , Part 2, Part-3, Part-4 and Part-5. In this post, I will talk about the API for creating and managing Map Layers. There are two basic Map... Continue reading

By Stephen Preston As part of our ADN Open work to move our API content to more accessible (search-engine-findable) locations, I'm posting our webcast archive to DevBlog. Some of these recordings are old now, but still contain useful information. And, being recordings of live webcasts, they are not as polished... Continue reading

By Stephen Preston As part of our ADN Open work to move our API content to more accessible (search-engine-findable) locations, I'm posting our webcast archive to DevBlog. Some of these recordings are old now, but still contain useful information. And, being recordings of live webcasts, they are not as polished... Continue reading

By Gopinath Taget This is in continuation of Partha’s earlier posts on AutoCAD Map 3D API Training content: Part-1 , Part 2, Part-3 and Part-4. In this post, I will talk about the Geospatial geometry API. To start with let me state that there have been a few changes to... Continue reading

By Augusto Goncalves Following some suggestions on my previous post, here is a new version of the Snoop Civil 3D Database that is packed with the .bundle format. Just extract it under C:\Users\<your login>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins folder and it will autoload on Civil 3D 2012, 2013 and 2014. Download the tool with... Continue reading

By Augusto Goncalves What's coming Have you noticed that the Autodesk Exchange Store website is showing its UI interface in non-English? From the website perspective, it will automatically select the correct version according to the ‘Language’ settings of the browser, or you can select at the bottom of the page.... Continue reading