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AutoCAD 2021 issue of deleting custom dictionaries from previous versions

Apr 13, 2020

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We have our users reporting an issue with AutoCAD 2021 deleting custom dictionaries from previous versions(steps that can be used to recreate – as reported by a user). Chances are you have already come across this after looking into AutoCAD 2021.This issue is currently being addressed by the Engineering. We will keep this post updated…

DevKit hotfix for Maya 2020

Feb 10, 2020

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Autodesk Alumni

in Maya

With the release of Maya 2020, there was a minor change to the IMF library names. It was previously named IMFbase.lib, but it’s been changed to adskIMF.lib. This caused a few problems in producing the DevKit and even in the Maya lib installation folder. For both the Linux and Windows platforms, the IMF library file…

SIGGRAPH 2019

Jul 23, 2019

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Autodesk Alumni

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The Forge DevTech M&E team will be attending SIGGRAPH this year! You can find me, Cheng Xi Li, Kevin Vandecar, and Denis Grigor at the Autodesk booth (#1211) in the Exhibition. Come to our booth to check out our demos and learn more about Forge. At the Autodesk booth, you can also find Maya, 3ds…

Cached Playback issues and their workarounds

Apr 25, 2019

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Autodesk Alumni

in Maya

Cached playback is a new feature that is available in Maya 2019, and it’s a major performance upgrade from previous releases. However, sometimes with new features, you may run into some issues while developing your plugins. Our engineers are actively working on building the Cached Playback API in C++ and Python which will make it…

Vault sample from AU 2018 class available online

Nov 20, 2018

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Autodesk Alumni

in Vault

Hello everyone, my name is Paul Gunn. I'm a software architect on Vault and recently taught a class on the Vault 2019 API at Autodesk University 2018. Doug attended my class and graciously offered the opportunity to share this information with you as a guest blogger. My class delved into new server APIs that provide…

Pattern generation of linetype with text on polyline entity

Oct 11, 2018

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Autodesk Alumni

in AutoCAD

By Deepak Nadig Generating linetype with text on a Polyline entity could result in linetype pattern generated continuously across all vertices as below image. This is because the linetype generation property of Polyline is ON Interactively this can be changed by issuing PEDIT command, setting Ltype gen as Off. Command: PEDIT Enter an option [Open/Join/Width/Edit…

Identify Mechanical Desktop file(MDT) using .NET

Jul 30, 2018

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Autodesk Alumni

in AutoCAD

<?xml encoding=”UTF-8″>By Deepak Nadig Recently, we had a customer query regarding distinguishing an AutoCAD Mechanical desktop file among a set of drawing files. Answer: Mechanical desktop should have entry named AmdtFileType with a value of 84 in the Custom tab of DWGPROPS(image) One of the ways to distinguish a Autodesk Mechanical desktop file could be to retrieve…

Autodesk Inventor 2019 の APIトレーニングマテリアルの公開

Jun 4, 2018

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Autodesk Alumni

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Autodesk Inventor 2019 の日本語バージョンの発表に伴い、Autodesk Inventor 2019 APIトレーニング教材一式「APIトレーニングテキスト」「APIトレーニング実習ガイドと演習＆回答」及び「演習と実習用ファイル」を公開いたします。公開されるコンテンツは、Autodesk Inventor 2019 APIトレーニングテキスト（.ppt P.368）を pdf ファイルに変換した “Inventor2019API .Net Training_J.pdf”、テキスト内の演習問題と各開発ガイド（実習）を説明した「演習と実習ヘルプファイル」の”Inventor2019API Exercise.chm”、「演習と各開発ガイド（実習）の回答」( 14の演習回答と 80の実習の回答) をそれぞれVBAマクロファイルとVisual Studio 2017(VB.Net)のプロジェクトとしたファイル群、また「演習と各開発ガイド（実習）で使用するInventorファイル群」の公開となります。・Autodesk Inventor 2019 の APIトレーニングテキスト・Autodesk Inventor 2019 の APIトレーニング実習ガイドと演習＆回答・Autodesk Inventor 2019 の APIトレーニング演習と実習用ファイル関連ファイルのダウンロード先：１．Autodesk Inventor 2019 の APIトレーニングテキストは、 Inventor 2019 の APIトレーニングテキストからダウンロードできます。２．実習ガイドは、…