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Adding property in general section

arpeet.shah — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:11:16 GMT

Hello Folks, Can we modify the "Properties Palette functionality" of AutoCAD to add a custom property in the General section for each entity using AutoCAD .Net api ?

I am facing challenges to add a property in the General section so that I can fetch it in Navvisworks and forge. Please let me know if it is possible and if we can add a property in the General section. Below is the reference image for you to understand the exact location where I wish to add custom field in the pallet.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Adding property in general section

Ed__Jobe — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:03:29 GMT

See this topic.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/net/how-to-create-custom-prop-in-properties-palettes-and-assign-to/m-p/7874929

Re: Adding property in general section

arpeet.shah — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:47:01 GMT

Hello @Ed__Jobe , the solution that you have provided above doesn't provide us the desired results.
We are trying to add custom properties in the general section of the Property pallet.

For a clear view, we have tried the following solutions as well:

https://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/03/exposing-autocads-properties-palette-functionality-to-net---part-1.html

https://www.keanw.com/2009/03/exposing-autocads-properties-palette-functionality-to-net---part-2.html

But somehow we are not able to build the code in this. We are looking for the similar solution in AutoCAD 2020 and above.

Re: Adding property in general section

Ed__Jobe — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:36:38 GMT

The post I linked to mentioned that you can't do it without C++ to develop an *.arx file. That's what Kean did in part 1, the post you linked to. In part 2, he supplied the code for the arx project and a arx file, plus the NET code to use the arx. To compile the arx code, you need to use C++, even though the code looks similar to C#.