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  • AutoCAD Answer Day

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    AutoCAD Answer Day is happening RIGHT NOW in the community! Come ask your questions and get answers in real time from the teams who bring you AutoCAD!

  • Autodesk Answer Days – AutoCAD, May 7, 2015

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    By Virupaksha Aithal Do you have any AutoCAD® or AutoCAD LT® questions that you’ve always wanted to ask? If yes, then join the first in a series of Ask Autodesk Anything events on May 7, 2015. This event is dedicated to answering your questions about AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. We’ll have some DevTech engineers attending…

  • Identify the block editing mode in AutoCAD

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    By Virupaksha Aithal In last couple of weeks we have received quires related to identifying the block editing state in AutoCAD. One approach to identify the state is to read the system variable “BLOCKEDITOR” using GetSystemVariable in .NET or using acedGetVar in ObjectARX. BLOCKEDITOR will be 1 if you are in block editing mode.

  • Digitally signing plug-in files

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    By Virupaksha Aithal Digital signature is like an electronic security mark affixed to your plug-in file. The digital signature has the details about the publisher, the independent entity who can guarantee the publisher’s identity. It also has the cryptographic checksum which is used to verify that the content has not been tampered after signing or…

  • Autodesk AutoCAD I/O

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    By Virupaksha Aithal AutoCAD I/O API is HTTP (REST) API set that enables applications to query, create, update, project, and transform DWG content. AutoCAD I/O API is in beta stage now. We invite you to try it out and give us feedback!  This new API enables AutoCAD’s core functionality in a web service environment. If…

  • Developer Days 2014

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    By Virupaksha Aithal Got great ideas for cloud and mobile apps?  Want to know where Autodesk is going with cloud, mobile, desktop and other innovative technologies to grow its business in the near and longer term?  Join us at DevDays 2014 to learn how you can take advantage of new technologies to grow your business reach by…

  • Slide Library Manager Application

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    By Virupaksha Aithal A D N senior manager Cyrille Fauvel write a Slide Library Manager Application for AutoCAD slides/slide Libraries. I thought of sharing the same with all. Please refer the github link https://github.com/ADN-DevTech/AutoCAD-Slide-Library-Manager . This Application is a utility which helps you to create, edit, and manage AutoCAD slide libraries. It can read any…

  • Copy extension dictionary

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    By Virupaksha Aithal Below command shows the procedure to copy the extension dictionary entries from one entity to another. A special logic is placed at the end to set the names of the dictionary same as source object as “DeepCloneObjects” copy the objects with different names in target entity. [CommandMethod("copyExtDic")] public void copyExtDic() { Document…

  • Exchange Apps Webinar Recording and Resources

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    By Virupaksha Aithal The easiest way to distribute/sell your Autodesk application AddIn's is to use the Autodesk Exchange Apps Store. This is what the webinar of Jim Quanci and Stephen Preston on May 22nd was about. More info can be found on Jeremy's blog: http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2014/05/exchange-apps-webinar-recording-and-resources.html 

  • Graphic changes in AutoCAD 2015:

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    By Virupaksha Aithal Below are some of the important Graphic changes with respect to AutoCAD 2015. To create “CreateAutoCADOffScreenDevice” .NET KernelDescriptor descriptor  = new KernelDescriptor(); descriptor.addRequirement(Autodesk.AutoCAD.UniqueString.Intern("3D Drawing")); GraphicsKernel kernal = Manager.AcquireGraphicsKernel(descriptor); Device dev = gsm.CreateAutoCADOffScreenDevice(kernal); ObjectARX: descriptor.addRequirement(AcGsKernelDescriptor::k3DDrawing);AcGsGraphicsKernel *pGraphicsKernel = AcGsManager::acquireGraphicsKernel(descriptor); AcGsDevice *offDevice = pGraphicsKernel->createOffScreenDevice(); To create “CreateAutoCADModel” .NET Model model = gsm.CreateAutoCADModel(kernal); ObjectARX: AcGsModel pModel = gsManager->createAutoCADModel(pGraphicsKernel);…