Instant Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 Customization with .NET

Tom Nelson

Sep 2013 · Packt Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. An instruction-based guide with examples written in the C# programming language. VB.NET programmers can also take advantage of these examples by using one of the free conversion websites to convert the examples to VB.NET.Clear, step-by-step instructions and complete code examples illustrate the processes, making it easy to develop your own custom AutoCAD tools.This book is perfect if you are interested in customizing AutoCAD 2014 using the .NET API. You should have a basic familiarity with programming. Prior experience of customizing AutoCAD is helpful, but not required (as is a basic understanding of AutoCAD commands). If you have AutoCAD customization experience with another API, such as Lisp or VBA, you may find the examples in this book helpful when learning the .NET API.You should also have a basic familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (the Express editions are fine).

About the author

Tom Nelson is an independent AutoCAD programming consultant and freelance technical writer and editor. He began freelance consulting after nearly nine years with Autodesk, first with the Developer Technical services, and later as a technical writer for various Inventor feature teams and the Autodesk Intent and Fusion product teams. He has worked as an in-house CAD applications programmer for a HVAC manufacturing company and as a mechanical designer for the aviation and semiconductor industries. Tom has delivered numerous CAD programming projects, both in-house and as a consultant, and has nearly 20 years’ experience of supporting or developing Autodesk APIs.Tom has developed and presented a training class, AutoCAD ActiveX/VBA API for Autodesk Developer Network members, and contributed code and content to the Autodesk AutoCAD .NET API training class. He has also presented this onsite at Autodesk in San Rafael, CA.Tom is an Autodesk authorized developer. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, daughter, and two cats.