tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-368405 2013-05-22T10:07:59+02:00 A blog for developers programming with AutoCAD and other Autodesk platforms. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e201901c716b06970b 2013-05-22T10:07:59+02:00 2013-05-22T10:30:05+02:00

Another great week for tech. I’m in hog heaven reading all the information being shared regarding the newly-revealed Xbox One. I’m obviously most interested in the upgrade to the Kinect technology. Here’s what I’ve gleaned, thus far: Full HD with...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/05/kinect-for-xbox-one.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20191025ecc1d970c 2013-05-21T11:51:11+02:00 2013-05-21T11:51:11+02:00

The ADN team has recently announced their annual API wishlist surveys for both AutoCAD and AutoCAD Civil 3D. Our Engineering teams take the results of these surveys very seriously, and greatly appreciate the time you take to provide us with...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/05/autocad-and-civil-3d-api-wishlist-surveys.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e201901c47b806970b 2013-05-17T18:05:05+02:00 2013-05-17T18:05:05+02:00

Do you make regular use of AutoCAD Architecture (ACA), AutoCAD MEP (AME) or AutoCAD Mechanical (ACM)? If so, I’d be interested in hearing from you. First, some background. Something I haven’t yet talked about on this blog is an additional...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/05/getting-to-know-autocad-architecture-mep-mechanical.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2019102357b2b970c 2013-05-16T16:38:06+02:00 2013-05-16T16:38:06+02:00

I’m at Changi airport, about to board my Swiss flight for Zurich. I had a great few days, here in Singapore, culminating in a presentation on integrating Kinect Fusion and Leap Motion with AutoCAD for members of the various engineering...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/05/heading-home.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e201910214c591970c 2013-05-13T12:18:53+02:00 2013-05-13T12:22:45+02:00

I arrived yesterday morning in Singapore, coming in on a Singapore Airlines A380 from Zurich. It was a great flight, as far as long-hauls in economy go: comfortable seats with a great choice of films to watch (my favourite on...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/05/in-singapore.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2017eeaea0a1a970d 2013-05-10T08:16:00+02:00 2013-05-08T08:17:55+02:00

Here’s something else that may be of interest to people. As I was working towards the solution shown in the last post – before Albert told me about the ucsToWorld() function (thanks, Albert :-) – I ended up extending the...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/05/returning-data-from-net-to-javascript-inside-autocad.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2019101de3f5b970c 2013-05-08T06:32:00+02:00 2013-05-08T08:15:41+02:00

I’ve learned a few things since the last post, where we complemented AutoCAD’s new JavaScript API with some additional .NET functionality to work around an issue that existed in the code we’d developed in the previous two posts. Firstly, I...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/05/jigging-autocad-geometry-in-an-arbitrary-ucs-using-javascript.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2019101d6312f970c 2013-05-06T18:09:14+02:00 2013-05-06T19:30:12+02:00

After having some fun writing our first jig inside AutoCAD, last week, and calling it either from an HTML page or an AutoCAD command defined in a .js file, in today’s post we’re going to see how we can use...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/05/complementing-autocads-javascript-api-using-net.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2019101c2a7ee970c 2013-05-03T15:21:04+02:00 2013-05-03T15:37:40+02:00

Just to complement yesterday’s post showing how to define a simple jig using JavaScript, here’s the same code from a separate .js file: var doc = Acad.Application.activedocument; var center = new Acad.Point3d(0, 0, 0); var radius = 0; var trId;...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/05/jigging-an-autocad-circle-from-a-javascript-defined-command.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2017eeac45cda970d 2013-05-02T21:33:37+02:00 2013-05-02T21:33:37+02:00

After talking about the architecture of our JavaScript API in this recent post – and mentioning the approach we expect developers to take when creating geometry in one of the comments – I thought it would be worth spending the...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/05/jigging-an-autocad-circle-using-javascript.html