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Coming soon - Autodesk Cloud Accelerator v2

By Stephen Preston

Following the huge success of our inaugural Autodesk Cloud Accelerator program earlier this month, we're now in the planning stages for Cloud Accelerator v2. This will be held in our San Francisco office from June 1st to June 12th 2015. The format will be the same as the first - if you have an idea for an application you can build using any Autodesk Cloud Platform API, then you're eligible to apply.

Our Accelerator website (autodeskcloudaccelerator.com) will be updated very soon with the new Call for Proposals, but you’re welcome to email <[email protected]> as soon as you like with a  proposal. The deadline for proposals will be April 19th 2015.

To maximize your chance of success, bear in mind that the two main criteria we’ll be evaluating your proposal against are:

• Can the proposed workflow be achieved using the Autodesk API in its current state – we’ll be looking for evidence in your proposal that you’ve already evaluated the capability of the Autodesk API you want to use.
• Could the application developed during the Accelerator go on to become a commercial product (or a component of an existing commercial product).

When submitting your proposal, please make sure you include the following information in your submission email:

Your company
    Name:
    Address:

Proposer - the individual to contact about proposal
    Name:
    Telephone:
    Email address:

Attendees – the names and email addresses of the one or two people who will attend the accelerator
    Attendee 1 Name:
    Attendee 1 Email:

    Attendee 2 Name:
    Attendee 2 Email

    Will the attendees be staying in the Autodesk provided hotel accommodation?  Yes | No

Autodesk APIs to be used – delete those not applicable, or put an X by all applicable
    _  View & Data API
    _  AutoCAD I/O
    _  BIM 360 Field API
    _  BIM 360 Glue API
    _  Fusion 360 API
    _  ReCap Photo API

Your proposal – not more than 2000 words. Write it in the email or send as attachment

We hope to receive your proposal soon :-).

AutoCAD 2016

By Virupaksha Aithal

Augusto Goncalves has created a DevTV on the new AutoCAD 2016 product & API. Watch DevTV below.

. 

 

Also, Kean has listed the key features for developer in AutoCAD 2016 in blog AutoCAD 2016 for developers

How to use Toggle Button Ribbon API

By Madhukar Moogala

Recently I have received a request from an ADN partner on how to create a Toggle Button which has toggle state IsChecked.

I will discuss about Windows runtime API only not CUI,if want to explore CUI you can refer this nice blog.

One example of existing Toggle Button on AutoCAD UI is

Home\Groups

Code is self explanatory.

[CommandMethod("ToggleButton")]

public void ToggleButton()

{

Autodesk.Windows.RibbonControl ribbonControl

    = Autodesk.Windows.ComponentManager.Ribbon;

 

RibbonTab Tab = new RibbonTab();

Tab.Title = "Test Ribbon";

Tab.Id = "TESTRIBBON_TAB_ID";

 

ribbonControl.Tabs.Add(Tab);

 

Autodesk.Windows.RibbonPanelSource srcPanel

    = new Autodesk.Windows.RibbonPanelSource();

srcPanel.Title = "Panel1";

 

RibbonPanel Panel = new RibbonPanel();

Panel.Source = srcPanel;

Tab.Panels.Add(Panel);

 

Autodesk.Windows.RibbonToggleButton button

    = new Autodesk.Windows.RibbonToggleButton();

 

button.Text = "Toggle Button";

button.Size = RibbonItemSize.Large;

/*

Embedding Image resource to your project

1.On the Project menu, choose Add Existing Item.

2.Navigate to the image you want to add to your project.

* Click the Open button to add the image to your project's file list.

3.Right-click the image in your project's file list and choose Properties.

* The Properties window appears.

4.Find the Build Action property in the Properties window.

* Change its value to Embedded Resource.

*

Then opens a stream on the embedded image.

* The name used to refer to the image takes this form:

<namespace>.<image name>.<format>

*/

 

button.Image = getBitmap("TestCmd2015.Koala.jpg", 16, 16);

button.LargeImage = getBitmap("TestCmd2015.Koala.jpg", 32, 32);

button.ShowText = true;

button.CommandParameter = "";

button.CommandHandler = new ToggleButtonCmdHandler();

 

srcPanel.Items.Add(button);

 

Tab.IsActive = true;

}

 

public class ToggleButtonCmdHandler : System.Windows.Input.ICommand

{

public bool CanExecute(object parameter)

{

return true;

}

 

public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged;

 

public void Execute(object parameter)

{

Document doc =

Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;

 

Autodesk.Windows.RibbonToggleButton button

    = parameter as Autodesk.Windows.RibbonToggleButton;

 

doc.Editor.WriteMessage(

"\nRibbonButton Executed: " +

button.Text +

" (IsChecked: " + button.IsChecked.ToString() + ")");

}

}

 

public BitmapImage getBitmap(string imageName, int Height, int Width)

{

BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage();

 

image.BeginInit();

image.StreamSource

    = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(imageName);

// image.UriSource = new Uri(imageName);

image.DecodePixelHeight = Height;

image.DecodePixelWidth = Width;

image.EndInit();

 

return image;

}

2-Way databinding to a RibbonTextBox using WPF

By Balaji Ramamoorthy

To have a RibbonTextBox automatically update your data when the user updates the ribbon textbox and vice-versa, you can use the RibbonTextBox.TextValueBinding to establish a 2-way databinding. Here is a sample code :

 public  class  ManufacturerData 

 	: System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged

 {

     private  string manufacturerName;

     public  ManufacturerData() { }

     public  ManufacturerData(String manufacturer)

     {

         manufacturerName = manufacturer;

     }

     public  String ManufacturerProperty

     {

         get { return  manufacturerName; }

         set

         {

             manufacturerName = value;

             OnPropertyChanged("ManufacturerProperty" );

         }

     }

     public  event  

 		System.ComponentModel.

 		PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

     private  void  OnPropertyChanged(string info)

     {

         System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventHandler 

 			handler = PropertyChanged;

         if  (handler != null)

         {

             handler(this , new  System.ComponentModel.

 				PropertyChangedEventArgs(info));

         }

     }

 }

 public  class  Commands 

 {

     public  static  ManufacturerData _data 

 		= new  ManufacturerData("Autodesk" );

     public  static  bool  _added = false ;

     [CommandMethod("RTB" )]

     static  public  void  RibbonTextBoxMethod()

     {

         if  (!_added)

         {

             Autodesk.Windows.RibbonControl rc 

 				= Autodesk.Windows.ComponentManager.Ribbon;

             Autodesk.Windows.RibbonTab rt = null;

             foreach (Autodesk.Windows.RibbonTab tab 

 												in rc.Tabs)

             {

                 if  (tab.AutomationName.Equals("Add-ins" ))

                 {

                     rt = tab;

                     break ;

                 }

             }

             if  (rt == null)

                 return ;

             Autodesk.Windows.RibbonPanelSource rps 

 				= new  Autodesk.Windows.RibbonPanelSource();

             rps.Title = "MyPanel" ;

             Autodesk.Windows.RibbonPanel rp 

 				= new  Autodesk.Windows.RibbonPanel();

             rp.Source = rps;

             rt.Panels.Add(rp);

             Autodesk.Windows.RibbonTextBox rtb 

 				= new  Autodesk.Windows.RibbonTextBox();

             rtb.Id = "MyRTB" ;

             rtb.Text = "Manufacturer" ;

             rtb.ShowText = true ;

             rps.Items.Add(rtb);

             rt.IsActive = true ;

             System.Windows.Data.Binding myBinding 

 				= new  System.Windows.Data.Binding

 				("ManufacturerProperty" );

             myBinding.Source = _data;

             myBinding.Mode 

 				= System.Windows.Data.BindingMode.TwoWay;

             rtb.TextValueBinding = myBinding;

             _added = true ;

         }

     }

 }

ObjectARX 2016 SDK Available for Download

By Mikako Harada

As you might have heard, AutoCAD 2016 products has been released. Before we even say anything about new feature, here is the first questions we received: “Where can I get the final version of ObjectARX? There is no ARX on ADN…”

ObjectARX 2016 is posted on the public site here (or formally known as DevCenter):
ObjectARX License & Download 

Note: OMF (Object Modeling Framework), C++ API SDK extension for AutoCAD Architecture, will be posted to the ADN member only site shortly.

 

Now that we know where we can get the SDK, here is links to the announcements, including download instructions for subscription customers/ADN members (which is another common question we get. )  

On "Between the Lines," by Shaan Hurley: 

• AutoCAD 2016 Products, 
• AutoCAD 2016 – Subscription Customers Download it Now
• AutoCAD 2016 Videos

On "Through the Interface" by Kean Walmsley:

• AutoCAD 2016 

This includes nice introductions to new features. 

Stay tuned for future posts on new API features from AutoCAD API experts!   

Mikako

Handling Plant 3D Styles

By Augusto Goncalves

Plant 3D use styles to managed how parts and assets are shown on the project. Most of that information is stored on the dictionaries, more specifically under NOD>Autodesk_PNP.

But the supported way to handle the styles is by the direct APIs, such as the following methods. One important note: this is valid for current/active drawings.

PnIDStyleUtils.GetStyleIdFromName

ProjectSymbolStyleUtils.CopyStyle

Retrieving entity properties using AccoreConsole

By Balaji Ramamoorthy

The "dumpallproperties" is an easy way to list all the properties of an entity using Lisp. Unfortunately, this does not work when used in the script file along with AccoreConsole. A simple way to workaround this and display the entity properties in AccoreConsole, is to create a CRX plugin that uses the Non-COM property system to display the entity properties. 

If you are new to the Non-COM property system, please refer to this blog post : DevTV : Non-COM Property System

The code in this blog post uses portions of the code from that DevTV in a CRX application. Here is the relevant code and the complete sample project can be downloaded here :

Download EntProps_CRX

 static  void  ListEntityProperties(void )

 {

 	TCHAR entityHandle[133];

 	if  (acedGetString(

 		Adesk::kFalse, 

 		_T("\\nEnter entity handle : " ), 

 		entityHandle) != RTNORM)

 	{

 		acutPrintf(ACRX_T("\\nInvalid entity handle." ));

 		return ;

 	}

 	CUtils::DisplayProperties(entityHandle);

 }

 void  initApp() 

 { 

     acedRegCmds->addCommand(ACRX_T("MY_COMMANDS" ), 

                             ACRX_T("EntProps" ), 

                             ACRX_T("EntProps" ), 

                             ACRX_CMD_TRANSPARENT, 

                             ListEntityProperties); 

 } 

 #include  "rxmember.h" 

 #include  "rxvaluetype.h" 

 #include  "rxattrib.h" 

 #include  "rxprop.h" 

 #include  "dbobjptr.h" 

 // Utils.cpp 

 void  CUtils::DisplayProperties(LPCTSTR handleStr)

 {

 	Acad::ErrorStatus es;

 	AcApDocument *pActiveDoc 

 		= acDocManager->mdiActiveDocument();

 	AcDbDatabase *pDB = pActiveDoc->database();

 	AcDbObjectId id = AcDbObjectId::kNull;

 	AcDbHandle objHandle(handleStr);

     es = pDB->getAcDbObjectId(id, false , objHandle);

     if  (es != Acad::eOk) 

 	{

         acutPrintf(

 		_T("\\nCould not translate handle to objectId" ));

     }

 	AcDbObjectPointer<AcDbEntity> entity(id, AcDb::kForRead);

 	AcRxMemberIterator * iter = 

 		AcRxMemberQueryEngine::theEngine()->newMemberIterator

 		(entity);   

 	for  (; !iter->done(); iter->next())

 	{

 		printValues(entity, iter->current());

 	}

 }

 void  CUtils::getAttInfo(

 	const  AcRxAttribute * att, 

 	const  AcRxObject * member, 

 	AcString & attInfo)

 {

 	if  (att->isA() == AcRxCOMAttribute::desc())

 	{

 		AcRxCOMAttribute * a = AcRxCOMAttribute::cast(att);

 		attInfo.format(_T("\\n%s - %s" ), 

 			att->isA()->name(), a->name()); 

 	}

 	else  if  (att->isA() == AcRxUiPlacementAttribute::desc())

 	{

 		AcRxUiPlacementAttribute * a 

 			= AcRxUiPlacementAttribute::cast(att);

 		attInfo.format(

 		_T("\\n%s - %s - %f" ), 

 		att->isA()->name(), 

 		a->getCategory(member),

 		a->getWeight(member)); 

 	}

 	else 

 	{

 		attInfo.format(_T("\\n%s" ), att->isA()->name()); 

 	}

 }

 void  CUtils::printValues(

 	AcRxObject * entity, 

 	const  AcRxMember * member)

 {

 	Acad::ErrorStatus err = Acad::eOk;

 	AcString strValue;

 	AcRxProperty * prop = AcRxProperty::cast(member);

 	if  (prop != NULL)

 	{

 		AcRxValue value;

 		if  ((err = prop->getValue(entity, value)) 

 			== Acad::eOk) 

 		{

 			ACHAR * szValue = NULL;

 			int  buffSize = value.toString(NULL, 0);

 			if  (buffSize > 0)

 			{

 				buffSize++;

 				szValue = new  ACHAR[buffSize];

 				value.toString(szValue, buffSize);

 			}

 			strValue.format(

 				_T("%s = %s" ), 

 				value.type().name(), 

 				(szValue == NULL) ? _T("none" ) : szValue);  

 			if  (szValue)

 				delete  szValue;

 		}

 		else 

 		{

 			strValue.format(_T("Error Code = %d" ), err);

 		}

 	}

 	AcString str;

 	str.format(_T("\\n%s - %s [%s]" ), member->isA()->name(), 

 		member->name(), strValue.kACharPtr());

 	acutPrintf(str);

 	const  AcRxAttributeCollection & atts 

 		= member->attributes();

 	for  (int  i = 0; i < atts.count(); i++)

 	{

 		const  AcRxAttribute * att = atts.getAt(i); 

 		AcString attInfo;

 		getAttInfo(att, member, attInfo);

 		acutPrintf(attInfo);

 	}

 	if  (member->children() != NULL)

 	{

 		for  (int  i = 0; 

 			i < member->children()->length(); i++)

 		{

 			const  AcRxMember * subMember 

 				= member->children()->at(i);

 			printValues(entity, subMember);  

 		}

 	}

 }

The CRX plugin exposes the "EntProps" command which requires handle of the entity for which the properties are to be retrieved as its input.

Here is a sample script file to load the crx and invoke "EntProps" command.

(arxload "D:\\Temp\\CrxTest1.crx")
EntProps
4C4   ;; Handle of the entity for which properties are to be displayed

Creating associative dimension in paperspace associated to a modelspace entity

By Balaji Ramamoorthy

Most of the code in this blog post is from a code snippet that my colleague Philippe Leefsma implemented. While his original code created an aligned dimension in paperspace, i have modified it slightly to create an ordinate dimension to cater to a recent developer request.

Here are the code snippets to create aligned and ordinate dimensions in paperspace while retaining their associativity with a reference point on an entity that is in modelspace.

 //For AcDbDimAssoc 

 #include  "dbdimassoc.h"  

 //For AcDbOsnapPointRef 

 #include  "dbdimptref.h" 

 static  void  paperRotatedDimAssoc(void )

 {

 	AcDbDatabase* pDb 

 		= acdbHostApplicationServices()->workingDatabase();

 	AcDbBlockTableRecordPointer ms(

 		ACDB_MODEL_SPACE, pDb, AcDb::kForWrite);

 	AcDbBlockTableRecordPointer ps(

 		ACDB_PAPER_SPACE, pDb, AcDb::kForWrite);

 	AcDbObjectId lineId, vpId, dimId;

 	AcGePoint3d pt1(AcGePoint3d::kOrigin);

 	AcGePoint3d	pt2(5,0,0);

 	{//creates a line 

 		AcDbObjectPointer<AcDbLine> line;

 		line.create();

 		line->setStartPoint(pt1);

 		line->setEndPoint(pt2);

 		ms->appendAcDbEntity(lineId, line);

 	}

 	{//creates a viewport 

 		AcDbObjectPointer<AcDbViewport> vp;

 		vp.create();

 		ps->appendAcDbEntity(vpId, vp);

 		vp->setWidth(10);

 		vp->setHeight(10);

 		vp->setCenterPoint(AcGePoint3d(5,5,0));

 		vp->setViewDirection(AcDb::kTopView);

 		vp->setViewTarget(AcGePoint3d(2.5,0,0));

 		vp->setViewCenter(AcGePoint2d(2.5,0));

 		vp->setUnlocked();

 		vp->setOn();

 		AcGeMatrix3d ms2ps(

 			AcDbPointRef::mswcsToPswcs(vp));

 		pt1 = pt1.transformBy(ms2ps);

 		pt2 = pt2.transformBy(ms2ps);

 	}

 	{//creates the dimension object 

 		AcDbObjectPointer<AcDbRotatedDimension> dim;

 		dim.create();

 		dim->setXLine1Point(pt1);

 		dim->setXLine2Point(pt2);

 		dim->setDimLinePoint(AcGePoint3d(2,2,0));

 		ps->appendAcDbEntity(dimId, dim);

 	}

 	AcDbObjectPointer<AcDbDimAssoc> assoc;

 	assoc.create();

 	AcDbObjectIdArray arr(2);

 	arr.append(vpId);

 	arr.append(lineId);

 	AcDbFullSubentPath path1(

 		arr, 

 		AcDbSubentId(AcDb::kVertexSubentType, 0));

 	AcDbFullSubentPath path2(

 		arr, 

 		AcDbSubentId(AcDb::kVertexSubentType, 1));

 	AcGePoint3d refPt1(pt1);

 	AcDbOsnapPointRef *ref1 = new  AcDbOsnapPointRef(

 		AcDbPointRef::kOsnapNear, &path1, &path1, &refPt1);

 	AcGePoint3d refPt2(pt2);

 	AcDbOsnapPointRef *ref2 = new  AcDbOsnapPointRef(

 		AcDbPointRef::kOsnapNear, &path2, &path2, &refPt2);

 	assoc->setDimObjId(dimId);

 	assoc->setTransSpatial(true );

 	assoc->setPointRef(AcDbDimAssoc::kXline1Point, ref1);

 	assoc->setPointRef(AcDbDimAssoc::kXline2Point, ref2);

 	assoc->setAssocFlag(static_cast <int >(

 		AcDbDimAssoc::kFirstPointRef

 		|AcDbDimAssoc::kSecondPointRef));

 	assoc->updateDimension();

 	AcDbObjectId dimAssocId;

 	Acad::ErrorStatus es = acdbPostDimAssoc(

 		dimId, assoc, dimAssocId);

 	acutPrintf(_T("\\npost dim: %s\\n" ), 

 		acadErrorStatusText(es));

 	if  (assoc.open(dimAssocId, AcDb::kForWrite)

 		==Acad::eOk)

 	{

 		assoc->startCmdWatcher();

 		assoc->addToPointRefReactor();

 		assoc->addToDimensionReactor();

 	}

 }

 static  void  paperOrdinateDimAssoc(void )

 {

 	AcDbDatabase* pDb 

 		= acdbHostApplicationServices()->workingDatabase();

 	AcDbBlockTableRecordPointer ms(

 		ACDB_MODEL_SPACE, pDb, AcDb::kForWrite);

 	AcDbBlockTableRecordPointer ps(

 		ACDB_PAPER_SPACE, pDb, AcDb::kForWrite);

 	AcDbObjectId lineId, vpId, dimId;

 	AcGePoint3d pt1(AcGePoint3d::kOrigin);

 	AcGePoint3d	pt2(5,0,0);

 	{//creates a line 

 		AcDbObjectPointer<AcDbLine> line;

 		line.create();

 		line->setStartPoint(pt1);

 		line->setEndPoint(pt2);

 		ms->appendAcDbEntity(lineId, line);

 	}

 	{//creates a viewport 

 		AcDbObjectPointer<AcDbViewport> vp;

 		vp.create();

 		ps->appendAcDbEntity(vpId, vp);

 		vp->setWidth(10);

 		vp->setHeight(10);

 		vp->setCenterPoint(AcGePoint3d(5,5,0));

 		vp->setViewDirection(AcDb::kTopView);

 		vp->setViewTarget(AcGePoint3d(2.5,0,0));

 		vp->setViewCenter(AcGePoint2d(2.5,0));

 		vp->setUnlocked();

 		vp->setOn();

 		AcGeMatrix3d ms2ps(

 			AcDbPointRef::mswcsToPswcs(vp));

 		pt1 = pt1.transformBy(ms2ps);

 		pt2 = pt2.transformBy(ms2ps);

 	}

 	{//creates the dimension object 

 		AcDbObjectPointer<AcDbOrdinateDimension> dim;

 		dim.create();

 		dim->setUsingXAxis(true );

 		dim->setOrigin(pt1);

 		dim->setDefiningPoint(pt2);

 		dim->setLeaderEndPoint(pt2 

 			+ AcGeVector3d(1.0, 0.0, 0.0));

 		ps->appendAcDbEntity(dimId, dim);

 	}

 	AcDbObjectPointer<AcDbDimAssoc> assoc;

 	assoc.create();

 	AcDbObjectIdArray arr(2);

 	arr.append(vpId);

 	arr.append(lineId);

 	AcDbFullSubentPath path1(

 		arr, 

 		AcDbSubentId(AcDb::kVertexSubentType, 0));

 	AcDbFullSubentPath path2(

 		arr,

 		AcDbSubentId(AcDb::kVertexSubentType, 1));

 	AcGePoint3d refPt1(pt1);

 	AcDbOsnapPointRef *ref1 = new  AcDbOsnapPointRef(

 		AcDbPointRef::kOsnapNear, &path1, &path1, &refPt1);

 	AcGePoint3d refPt2(pt2);

 	AcDbOsnapPointRef *ref2 = new  AcDbOsnapPointRef(

 		AcDbPointRef::kOsnapNear, &path2, &path2, &refPt2);

 	assoc->setDimObjId(dimId);

 	assoc->setTransSpatial(true );

 	assoc->setPointRef(AcDbDimAssoc::kOriginPoint, ref1);

 	assoc->setPointRef(AcDbDimAssoc::kDefiningPoint, ref2);

 	assoc->setAssocFlag(static_cast <int >(

 		AcDbDimAssoc::kFirstPointRef|

 		AcDbDimAssoc::kSecondPointRef));

 	assoc->updateDimension();

 	AcDbObjectId dimAssocId;

 	Acad::ErrorStatus es = 

 		acdbPostDimAssoc

 		(dimId, assoc, dimAssocId);

 	acutPrintf(_T("\\npost dim: %s\\n" ), 

 		acadErrorStatusText(es));

 	if  (assoc.open(dimAssocId, AcDb::kForWrite)==Acad::eOk)

 	{

 		assoc->startCmdWatcher();

 		assoc->addToPointRefReactor();

 		assoc->addToDimensionReactor();

 	}

 }

Reloading linetype from file

By Virupaksha Aithal

The "AcDbDatabase::loadLineTypeFile" can load linetypes from a linetype file. If the linetype with the same name already exists in the database, then the loadLineTypeFile method can return an error code. A way to force the reloading of linetype is to load the linetype in another database and clone the linetype back to the host database to replace it. Here is a code snippet to do that :

 Acad::ErrorStatus es;

 AcDbDatabase *pDb = 

     acdbHostApplicationServices()->workingDatabase();

 TCHAR szLtFile[MAX_PATH];

 if  ( RTNORM != 

     acedFindFile(_T("TrimCADLinetypes.LIN"), szLtFile) ) 

 {

 	acutPrintf(ACRX_T("\\nLinetype file not  found !"));

 	return ;

 }

 AcDbLinetypeTable *pLtTable = NULL;

 es = pDb->getLinetypeTable(pLtTable,AcDb::kForRead);

 ACHAR *szLtype = ACRX_T("FLATDOTS");

 bool isLinetypeLoaded = pLtTable->has(szLtype);

 es = pLtTable->close();

 if (isLinetypeLoaded)

 {

 	// Already loaded, try  reloading the linetype

 	AcDbDatabase *pTempDatabase 

                     = new  AcDbDatabase(true, false );

 	es = pTempDatabase->loadLineTypeFile

                                  (szLtype, szLtFile);

 	if (Acad::eOk == es)

 	{

 		AcDbLinetypeTable *pTempLtTable;

 		AcDbLinetypeTableRecord *pTempLtRec=NULL;

 		es = pTempDatabase->getLinetypeTable(

 		                pTempLtTable,AcDb::kForRead);

 		AcDbObjectId ltRecId = AcDbObjectId::kNull;

 		es = pTempLtTable->getAt(szLtype, ltRecId);

 		pTempLtTable->close();

 		AcDbObjectIdArray objIdArray;

 		objIdArray.append(ltRecId);

 		AcDbIdMapping idMap;

 		es = pDb->wblockCloneObjects(

 		            objIdArray, 

 		            pDb->linetypeTableId(), 

                     idMap, 

                     AcDb::kDrcReplace);

 		if (Acad::eOk == es)

 		{

 			acutPrintf(

 			    ACRX_T("\\nLinetype reloaded !"));

 		}

 		else 

 		{

 			acutPrintf(

             ACRX_T("\\nSorry, could not  reload Linetype !"));

 		}

 	}

 	else 

 	{

 		acutPrintf(

         ACRX_T("\\nError loading linetype from  file !"));

 	}

 	delete pTempDatabase;

 }

 else  

 {// Not  loaded, try  loading the linetype

 	if  ( Acad::eOk == 

 	    pDb->loadLineTypeFile(szLtype, szLtFile)) 

 	{

 		acutPrintf(

 		    ACRX_T("\\nLinetype loaded from  file !"));

 	}

 	else 

 	{

 		acutPrintf(

 		    ACRX_T("\\nError loading linetype from  file !"));

 	}

 }

AccoreConsole and Object enabler

By Balaji Ramamoorthy

For AccoreConsole to recognize a custom entity in your drawing, it requires to load the object enabler just as AutoCAD does. If you already know the full path of your object enabler (.dbx) you can have it configured for loading at startup by modifying the registry. Here is a sample registry file that would register the object enabler for AsdkPoly custom entity from the ObjectARX SDK :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\ObjectDBX\R20.0\Applications\AsdkPolyObj2.0]
"DESCRIPTION"="AsdkPolyObj2.0"
"LOADER"="D:\\Temp\\asdkpolyobj.dbx"
"LOADCTRLS"=dword:00000009

if you do not know the full path to the dbx, you can have the "LOADER" path set as simply "asdkpolyobj.dbx". In that case, AccoreConsole would try searching for it alongside the AccoreConsole exe path, the drawing path or one of the support paths. An easy way to have the support path configured for AccoreConsole is to launch AutoCAD and add the custom path to its "support file search path" using the Options command. AccoreConsole uses the same set of search paths that is already setup in AutoCAD.

It is important to have the right application name of your object enabler written to the registry. A simple way to determine this is to list the entities in the drawing. AccoreConsole will display the details of the proxy object and its Application name as shown here :

For some reason, if you do not want AccoreConsole to load the object enablers, start AutoCAD and set the DEMANDLOAD to 0 and close it. Further invocation of AccoreConsole will stop loading the object enablers even when the dbx is configured for loading at startup using the registry. Please do not use this unless you have a reason to do so. This may cause other issues as object enablers that AutoCAD requires for its working can also get ignored.