tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-368405 2009-12-21T14:24:27+01:00 A blog for developers working with Autodesk technology. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20120a76d60a1970b 2009-12-21T14:24:27+01:00 2009-12-21T14:28:43+01:00

Joyeux Noël, 圣诞快乐, Frohe Weihnachten, عي...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/12/merry-christmas-one-and-all.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e201287666143d970c 2009-12-18T14:37:51+01:00 2009-12-18T14:37:51+01:00

We have a number of candidate “Plugins of the Month” currently in the pipeline – including Inventor versions of Screenshot and Clipboard Manager as well as a tool to streamline batch plotting from AutoCAD – but unfortunately none were looking...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/12/faceting-autocad-curves-using-net.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2012876560d89970c 2009-12-15T11:39:44+01:00 2009-12-15T11:39:44+01:00

Now that the dust has settled on my extended AU trip, here’s a quick post covering some of the fun. First, a nice little video on the AU experience, this year: Secondly, here’s how the keynote was experienced by people...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/12/post-au-wrap-up.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20120a74f42b0970b 2009-12-14T16:52:26+01:00 2009-12-15T05:43:40+01:00

Thanks to Philippe Leefsma, from DevTech in Europe, for the ObjectARX code that inspired this post. In AutoCAD it’s possible to create non-rectangular viewports in paperspace using a variety of closed curve objects: circles, polylines (2D, 3D and lightweight), ellipses,...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/12/creating-non-rectangular-paperspace-viewports-in-autocad-using-net.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20120a740f614970b 2009-12-11T02:51:05+01:00 2009-12-11T03:35:27+01:00

I’ve arrived at the end of my AU+East Asia tour, having spent the last 2 weeks in Las Vegas, San Francisco, Tokyo, Seoul and now Beijing. My blog is blocked by the Great Firewall of China, so while I can...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/12/my-autodesk-university-2009-classes-available-via-au-online.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e201287637a130970c 2009-12-09T09:16:54+01:00 2009-12-09T09:16:54+01:00

This post was heavily inspired by the code presented by my old friend Albert Szilvasy during his excellent AU class on using .NET 4.0 with AutoCAD. Albert took a different approach to the one I’ve previously adopted (which turns out...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/12/command-line-scripting-of-ironpython-code-in-autocad.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2012876224234970c 2009-12-07T08:48:22+01:00 2009-12-07T08:48:23+01:00

I’ve now crossed the international date line (giving up a big portion of my weekend, but that’s life) and landed in Tokyo. Tomorrow I head on to Seoul and then to Beijing for the end of the week. In many...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/12/asynchronous-messages-in-f-and-autocad.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20128761a77d2970c 2009-12-05T14:51:27+01:00 2009-12-05T14:51:27+01:00

I was really impressed with this year’s AU. Yes, there were fewer people than last year (although our ADN session on Monday ended up having very similar attendance, interestingly), but it didn’t feel smaller: it felt bigger. Aside from any...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/12/the-evolution-of-autodesk-university.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e20120a6fd8a10970b 2009-12-02T15:38:34+01:00 2009-12-02T15:38:34+01:00

Well, so far, so good! We had a great ADN session on Monday, before AU proper kicked off yesterday. Lots of opportunities to talk with old friends and new. It’s always fun to find out what people are doing with...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/12/update-from-au-2009-and-decembers-plugin-of-the-month.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452464869e2012875ef29a2970c 2009-11-30T07:36:01+01:00 2009-11-30T07:36:01+01:00

A philosophical question regarding the Layer Reporter tool came up in a recent discussion with Tony Tanzillo. Tony suggested that using XML and XSLT would have been a better way to implement the tool, and in many ways I agree...

Kean Walmsley http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/11/getting-your-autocad-layer-report-into-excel.html