topic Re: ObjectARX 2015 Wizards not appearing in ObjectARX Forum

ObjectARX 2015 Wizards not appearing

Jedimaster — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:51:02 GMT

We are upgrading to AutoCAD 2015. I am trying to get all our custom applications to work. There are too many problems with upgrading the VBA applications to VB7. So I figure converting or revamping them in OBJECTARX seem to be the best way to go. I have been putting off learning Object ARX till now. I am a bit of an old schooler starting with LISP more than 25 years ago.

I am running Windows 7 64bit MicroSoft Visual Studio 2012 Express. I install ObjectARX 2015 and ObjectARX 2015 Wizards. When I open VS and try to create a new project the OBJECTARX/AutoCAD templates do not appear.

Is it because it is Express and not Professional? Any insight would be most appreciated.

Re: ObjectARX 2015 Wizards not appearing

norman.yuan — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:51:23 GMT

If you have knowledge and experience on LISP/VBA, and have been planned and put off ObjectARX for 25 year, the more realistic choice would be to choose to do AutoCAD .NET API instead of ObjectARX C++, which is mainly for professional CAD developers and one can only do meaningful development with ObjectARX C++ with at least 1 -2 years of C++ experience.

With .NET API, you can choose to use VB.NET, which a VBAer may feel a bit more comfortable with the very similar code syntex/style. And you are not limited with specific Visual Studio version to work with specific AutoCAD version(as ObjectARX C++ requires). You can get Visual Studio 2013 Community version for free, which is equivalent to Visual Studio 2013 Professional.

Doing .NET API, downloading and iinstalling ObjectARX Wizard is an option, but not required. As long as you have AutoCAD 2015 installed and has Visual Studio 2012/3 iin the same computer, then off you go.

Re: ObjectARX 2015 Wizards not appearing

Jedimaster — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:28:10 GMT

Thank you for the advice on .NET. I would rather get the OBJECTARX running. I feel it is more reliable and more stable. Do not like having to work in an outside compiler but if I have to would rather go the C++/OBJECTARX route.

So the wizards do not work well with Express?

Re: ObjectARX 2015 Wizards not appearing

BKSpurgeon — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:47:23 GMT

I had the same problem.

for me the plug in was hidden somewhere. you simply have to search autocad in the search bar - and then it magically appeared. why not try it?

see below:

Re: ObjectARX 2015 Wizards not appearing

BKSpurgeon — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:51:28 GMT

oh one more thing.

GET RID OF THE EXPRESS edition. it has ridiculously limited functionality.

download VS community edition.

and the plug in should still work though, when you are with express, but you are very limited in options. e.g. if you wish to manually debug with another applicaiton - you cannot tweak that setting with Express, but will simply have to rely on the plugin template to do it for you. with Community you have more funcionality. debugging is very limited with express.

gluck.