tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-368405 2009-07-13T11:31:11+02:00 A blog for developers working with Autodesk technology. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2011571fc910b970b 2009-07-13T11:31:11+02:00 2009-07-13T11:26:43+02:00

As promised in this previous post, we’re now going to an update to Zeljko’s triangulation code which creates Solid3d objects with a user-specified depth from our SubDMesh. Here’s the C# code with the new/modified lines in red (here is the...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/07/triangulating-an-autocad-3d-solid-from-a-set-of-points-using-net.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2011570efd1c9970c 2009-07-09T12:59:02+02:00 2009-07-09T12:59:02+02:00

As mentioned in this previous post, Fenton Webb is presenting a two-part series on using the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) in your AutoCAD .NET applications. The first session on June 2nd was recorded and the second is to be held...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/07/reminder-free-api-webcast-series-on-using-wpf-in-your-autocad-applications.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2011571d8b07d970b 2009-07-08T11:10:59+02:00 2009-07-08T11:11:26+02:00

By popular request (well, in honesty I received one request via Twitter from @MattAnderson, but it seemed like such a good idea :-) I have added a ShareThis button to this blog’s right-sash navigation. Clicking this should now allow you...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/07/sharethis-button-added-to-through-the-interface.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2011571d22aab970b 2009-07-07T13:14:38+02:00 2009-07-07T13:21:35+02:00

While not necessarily relevant when working with AutoCAD data, it’s very common for people to want to make use of adjacent database systems when developing AutoCAD applications. For just this reason I’ve been meaning to post something on LINQ (and,...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/07/linq-post-over-on-the-building-coder.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2011571c82f65970b 2009-07-06T15:34:27+02:00 2009-07-06T15:34:27+02:00

I’m just settling in after a week of very enjoyable paternity leave (thanks to all of you for your congratulatory messages :-). I have a few topics planned for the next few weeks, but in the meantime I’m going to...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/07/triangulating-an-autocad-sub-division-mesh-from-a-set-of-points-using-net.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68439617 2009-06-24T14:10:10+02:00 2009-06-24T14:10:10+02:00

In this recent post we looked at an approach combining AutoLISP with a script generated on-the-fly to get around the fact that (command "_.OPEN" …) does nothing when SDI == 0. As mentioned in a comment in the post, I...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/06/batch-processing-autocad-drawings-from-lisp-without-sdi-take-2.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68403659 2009-06-23T15:55:13+02:00 2009-06-23T15:55:13+02:00

Our first daughter, Anokhi, was born yesterday evening at 22:46 CET, weighing 3.38 kg and measuring 47.5 cm in length. Her older brothers Kalan and Zephyr were thrilled to meet her today. I’ll be on vacation properly from next week...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/06/and-now-for-a-real-birthday.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68352503 2009-06-22T09:06:50+02:00 2009-06-22T09:06:50+02:00

As mentioned in this previous post, there has been some discussion internally around the future of SDI. Given the change this will bring to applications, SDI is going to be around until we next deliberately choose to break binary application...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/06/batch-processing-autocad-drawings-from-lisp-without-sdi.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68269535 2009-06-19T05:42:41+02:00 2009-06-19T05:46:29+02:00

Well, happy birthday to “Through the Interface”, anyway. :-) 3 years, 394 posts and 2,559 comments later, TTIF is still going strong. In fact, it’s now the 2nd most visited Autodesk blog, after Shaan’s (some of our blogs with shorter...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/06/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birthday-to-me.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68192025 2009-06-17T08:09:58+02:00 2009-06-17T08:09:58+02:00

Some of you may remember a philosophical question I raised in a post some time ago. The overall consensus of the feedback we received was to prioritise delivering code samples (given a choice between code samples and wizard-like code-generation tools)....

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/06/a-new-project-wizard-for-autocad-net-development.html