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  • Zoom & Center to a Lat / Lon location using Autodesk Design Review API

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    By Partha Sarkar   In Autodesk Design Review using the “Center to Coordinates” UI tool we can set the center for a Map to a specific coordinate value entered through the User Interface as seen in the screenshot below –     Using ECompositeViewer.centerToCoordinates(coordType, x, y) we can replicate the above mentioned UI tool command. You…

  • My Fake Job Processor

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    This article is such a hack that I created a new category to mark the occasion. It goes without saying (but I’m going to say it anyway) that Autodesk isn’t going to provide support for what I’m about to say. In talking with people about various Vault customizations, I find that sometimes it would be…

  • Drawing Compare

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    Update:  The 2013 version is available from the Vault App Store. Design Review has this cool feature where you can compare drawings.  Through the magic of API programming, Jan Liska from Autodesk Consulting has hooked this functionality to Vault.  The tool is called Drawing Compare and it easily lets you compare two drawings or two…

  • Attachments and Dependencies FAQ

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    I want to explain some of the more confusing aspects of File attachments and dependencies.  What is a Dependency? It's just what it sounds like.  The parent file depends on the child file.  The parent file can't work properly if the child file is not present.  Dependencies should be only created programmatically such as the…