General Development Question

[Anonymous]

I need to find out what it would take to create a custom menu option in
AutoCad that will launch an add-on application to be used for loading and
configuring drawing files for a custom product line. The application will
need to access a database of product information, load a DWG file for a
product into AutoCad, and configure it with a title, size, and other
attributes. Can this be done with VB/VBA, ObjectARX, or something else?
What versions would be supported with either option.

Thanks.

Scott

[Anonymous]

Some aspects of your request are ambiguous. For example, what do you mean by
"load a DWG file for a product into AutoCad"? Do you mean find a file on
your hardrive/server and open it or do you just want it to load a template
file?

If all you're looking for is an application that will load a template file,
insert a title block, and fill in the title block information based on a
database entry, that should be pretty easy to do with vba. As long as you
have a unique key which can link the drawing to a certian database entry.

Tim Riley

"Scott Marion" wrote in message
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> I need to find out what it would take to create a custom menu option in
> AutoCad that will launch an add-on application to be used for loading and
> configuring drawing files for a custom product line. The application will
> need to access a database of product information, load a DWG file for a
> product into AutoCad, and configure it with a title, size, and other
> attributes. Can this be done with VB/VBA, ObjectARX, or something else?
> What versions would be supported with either option.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
>

[Anonymous]

Scott -

I have an application already developed that sounds like it does what you
want. I have a database containing information about various types of
drawings, including layer information. The user can set up a drawing through
a dialog box in which he picks a drawing type and title block format and
gives the file a name. The program then sets up the drawing, loads all
relevant layers, inserts title blocks, creates viewports, etc. It's written
entirely in VBA and includes many lther features such as plotting
automation, etc.

If you'd be interested in a prepackaged solution like that, please let me
know.

Tony Burba


"Scott Marion" wrote in message
news:2CDDD07BEF2F1C4AB63B7B025AE3DC89@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I need to find out what it would take to create a custom menu option in
> AutoCad that will launch an add-on application to be used for loading and
> configuring drawing files for a custom product line. The application will
> need to access a database of product information, load a DWG file for a
> product into AutoCad, and configure it with a title, size, and other
> attributes. Can this be done with VB/VBA, ObjectARX, or something else?
> What versions would be supported with either option.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
>