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Join us for our DevDays Online webinars

By Sajith Subramanian

Join us for our special series of webinars where we’ll be going over some of the topics covered last year's DevCon events in detail (see full list below). These webinars are a great opportunity for you to learn about Autodesk Forge and, of course, where Autodesk is taking the desktop platforms in the coming year.

Click on the links below to register today for the webinar(s) of your choice. All webinars start at 8am PST (4pm GMT, 5pm CET, 11am EST). If the session timing is inconvenient for you to attend (which is true for most of our partners in Asia), you can rest assured we will be recording all the sessions and will post them on the web for your later viewing. Registration is open to all except where noted below.

Tuesday February 25 - DevDays Keynotes
Jim Quanci, Senior Director for Software Partner Development, kicks off our DevDays online webinar series with the latest news for desktop developers (get ready for the 2021 releases this Spring), Forge roadmap that includes the Forge Design Automation CAD Engines on the cloud (AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor and 3ds Max) and an overview of the enhanced BIM 360 APIs for the Autodesk Construction Cloud.
Register - https://autodesk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J-iJ9Iy1TQ-TYgB3CdQoLg

Wednesday February 26 - Forge API update
Augusto Goncalves will discuss in detail the updated and new APIs added to the Forge platform during the last year. 
Register - https://autodesk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MlyzAqW8TF-oC7XPFcC7FA

Thursday February 27 - Revit, Civil 3D and InfraWorks API updates (for ADN members only)
Join Mikako Harada and Augusto Goncalves to discover the product and API changes and enhancements coming in the next releases Revit, Civil 3D and InfraWorks.
Register - https://autodesk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jLl0gXjxTnK3PWHsGyzARg

Tuesday March 3 - Inventor, Vault and Fusion API update (for ADN members only)
We will review upcoming changes in the next release of Inventor as well as recent updates in Vault and Fusion 360 API.
Register - https://autodesk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XlRo7ADySLGofmc7M9cdkQ

Wednesday March 4 - BIM 360 API update
Learn about the new APIs for the BIM 360 family. We’ll talk about what’s in the pipeline for API enhancements.
Register - https://autodesk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TIxv3ZpPS1228DYy_-i7HA

Thursday March 5 - The next release of AutoCAD APIs (for ADN members only)
Discover API changes coming in the upcoming release of AutoCAD Rogue
Register - https://autodesk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h1Mmc-leRjKAFhqIjiv9Sw

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinars.

Design Automation API Webinar Series - Register Now

By Sajith Subramanian

Join us for a webinar series on the Forge Design Automation API scheduled this December. For more details on the webinar and registration, please navigate to the below page:

https://forge.autodesk.com/blog/design-automation-api-webinar-series-register-now

Learn about the Forge Design Automation API for Inventor

By Sajith Subramanian

Join in for a webinar on the Forge Design Automation for Inventor on the 7th of May at 8 AM PDT. For more details on the webinar and registration, please navigate to the below page:

https://forge.autodesk.com/blog/design-automation-api-inventor-webinar

Forge DevCon - Call For Proposals

By Adam Nagy (@AdamTheNagy)

Have you created something cool using the Autodesk Forge platform and want to share with others what you learnt? :)
Then why not do it at our next Autodesk Forge DevCon taking place at the Fort Mason Center, San Francisco,  June 27th to 28th, 2017?

Call for proposals is now open.

To submit your proposal, visit forge.autodesk.com/AttendDevCon and click on the 'Call for Papers' tab - or go straight to the Call for Papers site, where you'll find more information about the types of sessions we're looking for.

Fusion C++ API and Fusion Hackathon

By Adam Nagy

As Brian mentioned it here, the latest release of Fusion 360 has a C++ API as well. This has been much awaited by developers who want to protect their Intellectual Property (IP). Your code in case of scripting languages is easily accessible, but the C++ code will be compiled so you only need to distribute your code in binary format, which is much more secure.
Note: the Mac App Store (MAS) version of the latest Fusion release is not available just yet, but is coming real soon

Having reached this milestone with the introduction of the C++ API, we are planning to organise an online Fusion Hackathon round September - October, running for about a month or so. As part of that we'll deliver presentations to help you get started with Fusion app development and will be there to answer your questions. 

If you need an incentive to take part in the hackathon then here is one: we are thinking of giving a reward of up to $500 to each of you for a finished submitted application that you develop by the end of the hackathon and is published in Autodesk Exchange Fusion App store.

Watch out for further information concerning the hackathon and start thinking about what you'd like to develop. :)

#Fusion360Hackathon

Developer Days 2014

By Adam Nagy

DevDays 2014 in 16 cities November through January

Got great ideas for cloud and mobile apps?  Want to know where Autodesk is going with cloud, mobile, desktop and other innovative technologies to grow its business in the near and longer term?  Join us at DevDays 2014 to learn how you can take advantage of new technologies to grow your business reach by a multiple of ten.

 

DevDays are just around the corner!

By Adam Nagy

rEvolution

Where Desktop meets the Cloud

Got great ideas for cloud and mobile apps? Want to learn where Autodesk is taking the convergence of desktop computing and cloud technology?

If you’re an innovator developing on Autodesk platform technology and have not yet attended an Autodesk Developer Network Conference join us for a deep dive as we take an in-depth look at Autodesk’s newest technologies and the next generation of products coming in 2014. The Autodesk Developer Network is holding its annual, worldwide Developer Day Conference and DevLab in cities around the world from November 2013 through February 2014.

Called Autodesk DevDays 2013, the theme for this year’s event is rEvolution – Where Desktop meets the Cloud.  Come and learn about upcoming releases of several new web service APIs from Autodesk.  You’ll see how these new web services extend the power of the desktop: delivering easy collaboration, limitless compute power and big data – and are platforms that can deliver the same to you and your customers.  It’s an opportunity to learn about a range of “360 based” web service APIs delivering you Cloud based platforms for a number of industries - Manufacturing, AEC, Infrastructure and more. And, we will of course also cover what’s new in the next releases of our desktop products (AutoCAD®, Autodesk® Revit®, Autodesk® Inventor®, AutoCAD® Civil 3D® and so on)!

Note that material at Developer Days is forward-looking and highly confidential so ADN membership is required. Maybe you are using ADN Open and forums and would like to attend DevDays? Visit www.autodesk.com/joinadn or send an email to your local ADN representative and let’s talk. We like to hear from — and help — interested parties, innovators and companies just getting started.

Autodesk DevDays 2013 World-wide Schedule

Here are the dates for this year’s tour. For a more detailed agenda and to register your interest in attending a specific event, head on over to the registration page.

November 7, 2013 – Developer Day, Beijing, China
November 8, 2013 – DevLab, Beijing, China
November 11, 2013 – Developer Day, Shanghai, China
November 12, 2013 – DevLab, Shanghai, China
November 13, 2013 – Developer Day, Seoul, South Korea
November 15, 2013 – Developer Day, Tokyo, Japan
November 18, 2013 – Developer Day, Melbourne, Australia
November 19, 2013 – Developer Day, Osaka, Japan
November 20, 2013 – Developer Day, Singapore, Singapore
November 22, 2013 – Developer Day, Bangalore, India
December 2, 2013 – Autodesk® Developer Network Conference, Las Vegas, USA
December 3, 2013 – DevLab, Las Vegas, USA
December 9, 2013 – Developer Day, Paris, France
December 10, 2013 – Developer Day, Milan, Italy
December 11, 2013 – Developer Day, Farnborough, United Kingdom
December 12, 2013 – Developer Day, Munich, Germany
December 13, 2013 – DevLab, Munich, Germany
December 16, 2013 – Developer Day, Gothenburg, Sweden
December 18, 2013 – Developer Day, Moscow, Russia
February 5, 2014 – Developer Day, São Paulo, Brazil
February 12, 2014 – Developer Day, Mexico City, Mexico

When user enters or exits Sketch edit mode?

By Vladimir Ananyev

Q:  I would like to get informed when the user enters/exits Sketch edit mode. Which event should I subscribe for?

A:  You have 3 ways to check if you are in Sketch Edit mode.
You can use either...
1. Application.ActiveEditObject or
2. Document.ActivatedObject or perhaps
3. Application.ActiveEnvironment

 

 

Function isAnyModelInSketchEditMode()

  isAnyModelInSketchEditMode = False
 
  Dim oDoc As Document
  For Each oDoc In ThisApplication.Documents
    If Not oDoc.ActivatedObject Is Nothing Then
      If TypeOf oDoc.ActivatedObject Is Sketch Then
        isAnyModelInSketchEditMode = True
        Exit Function
      End If
    End If
  Next
End Function

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting informed of the edit mode change can be based on the first object's change (Application.ActiveEditObject).

 

 

 

 

Option Explicit
 
Dim WithEvents oApplicationEvents As ApplicationEvents
Dim bWasInSketchMode As Boolean
 
Private Sub Class_Initialize()
    Set oApplicationEvents = ThisApplication.ApplicationEvents
End Sub
 
Private Sub oApplicationEvents_OnNewEditObject( _

  ByVal EditObject As Object, _

  ByVal BeforeOrAfter As EventTimingEnum, _

  ByVal Context As NameValueMap, _

  HandlingCode As HandlingCodeEnum)

    If BeforeOrAfter = kAfter Then
        If TypeOf EditObject Is Sketch Then
            MsgBox "We've just entered Sketch edit mode!"
        ElseIf bWasInSketchMode Then
            MsgBox "We've just exited Sketch edit mode!"
        End If
    ElseIf BeforeOrAfter = kBefore Then
        If TypeOf ThisApplication.ActiveEditObject Is Sketch Then
            bWasInSketchMode = True
        Else
            bWasInSketchMode = False
        End If
    End If
End Sub

Download SketchEditModeVB

Download SketchEditModeVBA

Implementing Events in VC++ Using the Inventor Wizard

By Philippe Leefsma

Run the Add –> Class command from the right-click menu in Visual Studio. This will display the dialog shown below. From the category list select Inventor and then click the Add button.

In the Short Name field, enter the name for the class you want to create that will handle the events. This name should not be the same as the Inventor object that supports the event or a name clash will occur. For example, in this case I want to connect to the ApplicationEvents. I cannot use this name and have instead chosen “AppEvents” for the name of the class for this example.

On the Inventor Events tab you select which event sink you want to implement. The wizard provides a list of the possible event sinks. In this case the ApplicationEventsSink has been chosen.

Once you’ve specified the name and selected the event sink to implement you can click the OK button. This will add two additional files to your project and insert some additional code. There are also some additional manual steps that you’ll need to perform to complete the implementation.

The first step is to declare an instance of the class that was created by the ATL Wizard to handle these events. In this example the name specified when using the Inventor Add-In Wizard to create the project was “test”. The declaration of the event sink object is done in the .h file of the add-in class definition. The shaded line below illustrates the additional code that was added to testAddInServer.h.

//----------------------------------------------------------------

//----- testAddInServer.h: Declaration of the CtestAddInServer

//----------------------------------------------------------------

 

#include "resource.h"

#include "AppEvents.h"

 

 

public:

    CComPtr<Application> m_pApplication ;

    CComPtr<ApplicationAddInSite> m_pAddInSite ;

 

    CComPtr<ApplicationEventsObject> mpAppEvents ;

    CComObject<CAppEvents> *mpAppSinkObject ;

 

    //{{AFX_INV_VARS_DECL(CtestAddInServer)

    //}}AFX_INV_VARS_DECL

The second step is to connect to the event source. The shaded code below was added to testAddInServer.cpp. The code in the Activate method connects to the event source while the code in the Deactivate method disconnects from the event source and cleans up.

//----------------------------------------------------------------

//----- testAddInServer.cpp : Implementation of CtestAddInServer

//----------------------------------------------------------------#include "StdAfx.h"

 

#include "test.h"

#include "testAddInServer.h"

#include "AppEvents.h"

 

//----------------------------------------------------------------

STDMETHODIMP CtestAddInServer::Activate (IDispatch *pDisp, VARIANT_BOOL FirstTime)

{

       AFX_MANAGE_STATE (AfxGetStaticModuleState ()) ;

 

       if ( pDisp == NULL )

              return E_INVALIDARG ;

 

       HRESULT hr =pDisp->QueryInterface (__uuidof (m_pAddInSite),

reinterpret_cast<void**>(&m_pAddInSite)) ;

       ATLASSERT( SUCCEEDED( hr ) ) ;

       if ( FAILED( hr ) )

              return hr ;

      

       //----- Get the application object.

       hr =m_pAddInSite->get_Application (&m_pApplication) ;

       ATLASSERT( SUCCEEDED( hr ) ) ;

       if ( FAILED( hr ) )

              return hr ;

 

       //{{AFX_INV_INIT_EVENTS(CtestAddInServer)

              hr = m_pApplication->get_ApplicationEvents(&mpAppEvents) ;

              CComObject<CAppEvents>::CreateInstance(&mpAppSinkObject) ;

              mpAppSinkObject->AddRef() ;

              mpAppSinkObject->DispEventAdvise(mpAppEvents) ;

       //}}AFX_INV_INIT_EVENTS

 

 

       //{{AFX_INV_INIT_CMDS(CtestAddInServer)

       //}}AFX_INV_INIT_CMDS

 

       return S_OK ;

}

 

//----------------------------------------------------------------

STDMETHODIMP CtestAddInServer::Deactivate ()

{

       AFX_MANAGE_STATE (AfxGetStaticModuleState ()) ;

 

       //{{AFX_INV_DEACT_EVENTS(CtestAddInServer)

              if ( mpAppSinkObject != NULL )

              {

                     mpAppSinkObject->DispEventUnadvise (

                         mpAppEvents) ;

                     mpAppSinkObject->Release () ;

                     mpAppSinkObject =NULL ;

                     mpAppEvents.Release () ;

                     mpAppEvents =NULL ;

              }

       //}}AFX_INV_DEACT_EVENTS

 

       //{{AFX_INV_DEL_CMDS(CtestAddInServer)

       //}}AFX_INV_DEL_CMDS

 

       m_pAddInSite.Release () ;

       m_pApplication.Release () ;

 

       return S_OK ;

}

The final step is to add the implementation for the event. The code below is a section from the AppEvents.cpp file that was created by the ATL Object Wizard. This file contains the sink methods for all of the events supported the event set chosen in the ATL Object Wizard. By default, none of them are implemented. To implement any of the events you just add your code and change the return code from E_NOTIMPL to S_OK. The shaded section of code is the code that was modified in the OnNewDocument method.

//----------------------------------------------------------------

//----- AppEvents.cpp : Implementation of CAppEvents

//----------------------------------------------------------------

 

STDMETHODIMP CAppEvents::OnNewDocument (

struct Document *pDocumentObject,

enum EventTimingEnum BeforeOrAfter,

struct NameValueMap *pContext,

enum HandlingCodeEnum *pHandlingCode)

{

       if ( pHandlingCode == NULL )

              return (E_POINTER) ;

 

       if ( BeforeOrAfter == kAfter ){

              AFX_MANAGE_STATE (AfxGetStaticModuleState ()) ;

              AfxMessageBox (_T("New Document Created."), MB_OK) ;

       }

 

       return (S_OK) ;

}

 

InvEventsCpp.zip

Autodesk Manufacturing DevCamp material

We’ve posted the material from the recent MFG DevCamp 2012 to the following locations:-

• ADN extranet >> Events >> Autodesk DevCamps 2012 (ADN members only access)
• Autodesk Developer Network Open site >> API Training Archive section (public)

These links provide one zip for the ease of download. Classes are divided in five tracks:

1. Autodesk Inventor App Development for Beginners
2. Autodesk Inventor App Development for Experts
3. Autodesk PLM
4. Cloud and Mobile Technologies
5. (a) Business Development (b) Autodesk Engineer To Order (ETO)

 

Thanks to those who both presented classes, and those who attended the event. It was great meeting everyone in person, and very interesting hearing about all the interesting projects so many of you are involved with.