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Steps to Master the AutoCAD .net API
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Some of the more advanced topics required in order to master the AutoCAD APIs:

.NET / ObjectARX

  • Jigs
    • Dynamic Dimensioning
  • Overrules
    • Grip Overrules
    • Snap Overrules
    • Transform Overrules
    • Geometry Overrules
  • Database Events
  • Storing Data (Named Object dictionaries, Extension Dictionaries).
  • PointMonitor and PointFilter (e.g. you want to filter out or in certain points) classes:
  • Custom Entities (ObjectARX only - cannot be used with .NET)
  • Transient Graphics API
    • ( Arcball, Blips, Compass, Dynamic Dimensions, Dynamic Input Text, Gizmos, Glyphs, Grips, Fences, Highlighting, Osnaps, Polar, Selection Areas, Tracking, Tootips, UCS Icons + others I may have missed here.)
  • Geometric Constraints API
  • DeepCloning
  • BREP API
  • CUI
  • Associative Dimensioning (ObjectARX)
  • SheetSet API
  • P/Invoke (calling the unmanaged code)
  • Incorporating WPF into AutoCAD plug-ins.
  • Design Patterns in plug-ins.

Cloud Services

  • Forge / A360 APIs.

Basic LISP / AutoCAD Scripting

  • AutoLISP fundamentals

Handy-hint: I had often wondered where and how other people obtained their knowledge of certain classes. It was then that I peaked into the ObjectARX documentation - there's stuff in there which is not in the managed documentation. You'll gain a lot by reading it.

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