Development Version?

[Anonymous]

Is there such a thing as a development licence for AutoCAD 2000?

I ask because I've recently become involved in developing a program that
queries document properties etc. from various sources, Word, Excel etc. and
now I have a requirement to add in AutoCAD drawings. I'd really rather not
go through OpenDWG unless I have to.

The customer is happy with buying a copy of AutoCAD for the final roll out,
but of course I need something to develop the system with. I'm no CAD guru
at all and have no intention of drawing even a straight line with the
product. So a cheaper alternative to laying out a lot of cash is
required... initially.

regards
Warlord

[Anonymous]

If you like VB/VBA, AutoCAD exposes an object model and is a VBA host.
Because it is COM compliant you can also access it from other languages.

If you like Visual C++ you can get the ObjectARX SDK for free from Autodesk
at
http://www.autodesk.com/develop/devres/objectrx/index.htm

-- Walter -- http://www.ActiveDwg.com

[Anonymous]

Warlord wrote:

> I have a requirement to add in AutoCAD drawings. I'd really rather not
> go through OpenDWG unless I have to.

Use the freely available DwgPropX.dll or Acaddpx.dll.

Terry

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a good idea. Got any pointers as to where to get them from?

"Terry W. Dotson" wrote in message
news:3B0EF32D.6DD3CFA0@dotsoft.com...
> Warlord wrote:
>
> > I have a requirement to add in AutoCAD drawings. I'd really rather not
> > go through OpenDWG unless I have to.
>
> Use the freely available DwgPropX.dll or Acaddpx.dll.
>
> Terry

[Anonymous]

The VB/VBA route is probably most suited as the App is ASP Web Based, but it
doesn't rule out C++... just not in my repertoire as yet.

Only thing with using VB/VBA means I must have AutoCAD installed, right?

"Walter" wrote in message
news:AD5078B84FF157C157AF19320FF13864@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> If you like VB/VBA, AutoCAD exposes an object model and is a VBA host.
> Because it is COM compliant you can also access it from other languages.
>
> If you like Visual C++ you can get the ObjectARX SDK for free from
Autodesk
> at
> http://www.autodesk.com/develop/devres/objectrx/index.htm
>
> -- Walter -- http://www.ActiveDwg.com
>
>

[Anonymous]

I did manage to find this. It appears to work great, but I guess it relies
on the DWG Author to have filled in the required fields... I guess this
would apply to everything.

"Warlord" wrote in message
news:9795213037B004DFD54F47D983D54785@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Sounds like a good idea. Got any pointers as to where to get them from?
>
> "Terry W. Dotson" wrote in message
> news:3B0EF32D.6DD3CFA0@dotsoft.com...
> > Warlord wrote:
> >
> > > I have a requirement to add in AutoCAD drawings. I'd really rather
not
> > > go through OpenDWG unless I have to.
> >
> > Use the freely available DwgPropX.dll or Acaddpx.dll.
> >
> > Terry
>
>

[Anonymous]

I think OpenDwg has a toolkit that lets you query drawings without opening
them, but I'm not sure whether it uses any AutoCAD DLL's. If not, you can
access them from VB or any VBA host.

-- Walter -- http://www.ActiveDwg.com

[Anonymous]

OpenDWG is just the thing... apparently... only thing is I can't seem to
download it 😞

"Walter" wrote in message
news:FF4D8CBAD044B6D6CD7C49DEE7D3A0EF@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I think OpenDwg has a toolkit that lets you query drawings without opening
> them, but I'm not sure whether it uses any AutoCAD DLL's. If not, you can
> access them from VB or any VBA host.
>
> -- Walter -- http://www.ActiveDwg.com
>
>