Getting Started with Custom Subassemblies

[jwilkerson]

I have been programming in Autocad, LDT, and C3D 2008 with VBA for years (all self taught. I now would like to learn how to program custom subassemblies. From what I read, I should do this in dot net. I have found a section of the 2008 Civil 3D Developer's Guide called Creating Custom Subassemblies that I will start my training with, but I was just wondering if there are any other resources available that would help me.

Thanks,

Jeff

[Civil3DReminders_com]

http://au.autodesk.com/sessions/detail/651/

http://www.adskconsulting.com/adn/cs/api_course_sched.php you can download the ADN class webcast that covered the Civil 3D API which should have had a section on creating subassemblies (I haven't watched this one though).

Also I found if you add the custom subassembly to an existing tool catalog you don't need to go to the trouble of creating a registry file.

Christopher
http://blog.civil3dreminders.com/

[jwilkerson]

Thanks. Thats a good start. I have one other question. I have never used dot net so I bought a book. Can I use the same compliler within AutoCAD that I use to write VBA programs or do I need to buy and install another one in order to program in dot net?

[Sinc]

You can download Visual Studio Express Edition for free from Microsoft's website. Most people use either VB or C# for .NET programming. There is also a rabid following for some newer options, such as IronPython or Boo. But you'll probably find a lot more sample code and examples in C#. And the code for the Stock Subassemblies (found in the Civil-3D installation directory) is written in VB.

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[Civil3DReminders_com]

You can get Microsoft Visual Studio Express for VB.net for free.
http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/default.aspx