AutoCAD API

[Anonymous]

Does AutoCAD API have a viewer that I can link my application to?

Thanks

[lando7189]

Yes.  Check in to acctrl.dll.

[Anonymous]

Forgive my ignorance Lando7189, but what is "acctrl.dll."?

Thanks

Rasheeda

[lando7189]

It is the 'DWG TrueView' control that you can drop onto a form to view dwg files.  You would need to call it from an application developed in VB.NET as it can't be called from VBA within AutoCAD.

[Anonymous]

Is it difficult to add the API to an application and then call the "DWG TrueView"?

What is involved in this? ie Does it take alot of hours?

thanks

Rasheeda

[lando7189]

Rasheeda,

Here is an example of how to use it within Visual Studio (The example is for AutoCAD 2009 & VS2005 using C#, but it demonstrates the basic idea of how it works). 

http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2008/03/embedding-autoc.html

It also requires DWG True View being installed on the machine the program is running. 

[Anonymous]

So, would I embed the DWG True View within my software application that is on the web?

[lando7189]

DWG True View must be installed on the local machine, but the web page should then work.

[Anonymous]

Therefore it would have to be embedded into the software on a server (ie server license)?

thanks

[lando7189]

No -- the dll would be referenced only.  The server wouldn't need it, just the local pc calling the webpage.

[Anonymous]

So, would I need to develop a viewer for my software using the AutoCAD api, or has this been done already?

I want to be able to view .pdfs and dwgs within my software?

thanks

[lando7189]

The acctrl.dll contains the viewer control.  You just reference it, add the control, and add it to a form.  The example i listed earlier shows an example.

[Anonymous]

my clients wouldn't be able to download a dwg viewer onto their pc, because of restrictions. Hence I wanted to incorporated into the web based software?

Is this doable?

[dgorsman]

What you are after, I think (viewing DWG files online, as you would a movie or image) isn't currently doable at least not very easily.  There are a few prototype systems out there but they are quite complex.  You may want to consider a non-scripted solution such as A360 which includes viewers for many different file types.

[Anonymous]

I have no idea whether this will help?:
http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2015/05/viewing-50-design-software-fo...

Or the "View and Data API"?