AutoCAD Add-ins Using VB.NET

Discover how to work with the AutoCAD .NET application program interface (API) and the Visual Basic .NET programming language to create a working plugin.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Exercise files

1. Working with the Microsoft Visual Studio Development Environment

• Visual Studio IDE overview
• Setting up your environment
• Introduction to Visual Basic

2. Creating Your First Project

• Create a project using the Autodesk wizard
• Understanding project properties
• Class overview
• Create a class
• Create a command routine
• Create a function
• Create a project manually

3. Basic .NET Functionality

• Using conditions
• Working with strings
• Collections and loops
• How to use error trapping

4. AutoCAD ApplicationServices Namespace

• Working with AutoCAD application properties
• Working with the DocumentCollection
• Working with a document's properties
• Creating a new drawing

5. AutoCAD DatabaseServices Namespace

• Working with database properties
• Understanding ObjectIds
• Working with transactions
• Working with TableRecords
• Creating a line

6. AutoCAD EditorInput Namespace

• Getting a user-specified point
• Getting a user-specified distance
• Getting a user-selected entity
• Getting a selection set
• Using input keywords

7. Class Object Fundamentals

• Creating a base class object
• Inheriting a base class object
• Using the shared keyword

8. Creating a Window Interface

• Introduction to WPF
• Create a window
• Binding data
• Bringing it all together