Programming AutoCAD 2000 using ObjectARX

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Title:

Personal Author:

McAuley, Charles

Publication Information:

Albany, N.Y. : Thompson Learning, 2000

Physical Description:

1v. + 1 compact dick (CP 1088)

ISBN:

9780766806436

Subject Term:

ObjectARX

AutoCAD (Computer file)

Object-oriented programming (Computer science)

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This book and accompanying CD-ROM instructs users on how to customize AutoCAD software with the ARX programming/development language in an integrated environment. With ObjectARX as a foundation to AutoCAD, programmers, developers, and advanced students will definitely want to add this to their programming resource library!Keywords: AutoCAD ProgrammingKeywords: OjectARX

Author Notes

Charles McAuley, a former Mechanical Engineer, is a member of Autodesk's Developer Consulting Group based in Dublin, Ireland.

Foreword
A Word From Thomson Learning	p. xi
A Word From Autodesk, Inc.	p. xi
The Initial Idea	p. xii
Topics For The Programmer Series	p. xiii
Who Reads Programming Books?	p. xiii
Thirst, Theme, and Variation	p. xiv
A Word From Bill Kramer	p. xiv
Preface
Who Should Read This Book?	p. xvii
Conventions Used In The Book	p. xviii
What's Not Covered And Why	p. xix
What You Need For This Book	p. xix
What's On The CD	p. xx
About the Author	p. xxi
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Introduction	p. 1
Programming Autocad Using Visual Lisp, VBA OR Objectarx 2000, Which One?	p. 1
AutoLISP/Visual LISP	p. 2
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)	p. 2
ADS	p. 3
ObjectARX	p. 3
Which Version of Visual C++?	p. 3
Why Should You Learn MFC?	p. 3
Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL)	p. 4
ARX Entry Point--Acrxentrypoint()	p. 6
Creating Your First Objectarx Application	p. 9
Creating the DLL	p. 9
Inserting files into the Visual C++ project	p. 10
Changing Project Settings	p. 12
Running the Hello1 ARX Application	p. 15
Elements of the ARX Hello1 Application	p. 18
Creating an ARX Application With A Custom Class	p. 20
Creating an application with a class derived from AcRxObject	p. 23
Running the Hello2 ObjectARX application	p. 27
Elements of the ARX Hello2 application	p. 30
ObjectARX 2000 Wizard	p. 35
Additional Resources	p. 36
Chapter 2 Objectarx Environment and Book Overview
ObjectARX Libraries	p. 37
Acrx Library	p. 38
Aced Library	p. 38
Acdb Library	p. 39
Acgi Library	p. 40
Acge Library	p. 40
Adsrx Library (Formerly ADS)	p. 40
Overview of the Upcoming Chapters	p. 41
Chapter 3 Essential ADSRX (ADS)	p. 41
Chapter 4 Understanding AutoCAD's Database and Entity Structure	p. 41
Chapter 5 ObjectARX's Geometry Classes	p. 42
Chapter 6 DCL (Dialog Control Language) Dialogs	p. 42
Chapter 7 MFC Dialogs and ObjectARX's UI Extension	p. 42
Chapter 8 Custom Classes, Entities, and ObjectDBX	p. 43
Chapter 9 Transactions, Reactors, and Notifications	p. 43
Read This	p. 44
Chapter 3 Essential ADSRS (ADS)
History of ADS	p. 47
Variables, Types, and Values Defined in ADS	p. 48
Real Numbers	p. 48
Points	p. 49
Transformation Matrices Type	p. 50
Useful Values	p. 50
Result Buffers and Type Codes	p. 50
ADSRX Function Return Types	p. 54
Autocad Commands In ADSRX	p. 54
Sending Information Back to the User	p. 57
Sample Application Ch3_1	p. 59
Elements of Sample Application Ch3_1	p. 67
Getting Information From The User	p. 69
Selecting Entities in Autocad	p. 83
Elements of Sample Application Ch3_1 Revisited	p. 87
Selection Sets	p. 89
Selection Set Filtering	p. 93
Relational Selection Set Filtering	p. 95
Conditional Selection Set Filtering	p. 97
Extended Entity Data Selection Set Filtering	p. 98
Transformation Matrices and Selection Sets	p. 98
Manipulating Selection Sets	p. 101
Data Type Conversion Functions	p. 104
Sample Application Ch3_2	p. 107
Elements of Sample Application Ch3_2	p. 114
Sample Application Ch3_3	p. 115
Elements of Sample Application Ch3_3	p. 120
Chapter 4 Understanding Autocad's Database and Entity Structure
Symbol Tables	p. 124
Named Object Dictionary	p. 126
Initial Database Objects	p. 126
Entity Handles, Object IDS, and Multiple Databases	p. 127
Creating Objects	p. 128
Creating Objects With ObjectARX	p. 130
Opening and Closing Objects	p. 135
Adding A Group To A Group Dictionary	p. 135
Autocad's Database Structure	p. 137
Database Resident Objects	p. 137
Common Return Codes	p. 142
Symbol Table Functions	p. 145
Symbol Table Query and Edit Functions	p. 147
Sample Application Ch4_1	p. 152
Elements Of Sample Application Ch4_1	p. 162
Autocad's Entity Classes	p. 165
AcDbEntity Query Functions	p. 165
AcDbEntity Edit Functions	p. 168
AcDbEntity Miscellaneous Functions	p. 172
AcDbCurve Classes	p. 172
AcDbLine	p. 177
AcDbCircle	p. 178
Sample Application Ch4_2	p. 179
Elements Of Sample Application Ch4_2	p. 186
Sample Application Ch4_3	p. 188
Elements of Sample Application Ch4_3	p. 198
Objectarx Collection Classes	p. 202
Sample Application Ch4_4	p. 204
Autocad's Complex Entities	p. 208
Sample Application Ch4_5 (Acdbpolyline)	p. 209
Sample Application Ch4_6 Acdbblockreference	p. 215
Sample Application Ch4_7 AcDbBlockReference, AcDbAttribute)	p. 219
Sample Application Ch4_8 (Acdbblockreference, Acdbattribute)	p. 226
Chapter 5 Objectarx's Geometry Classes
AcGePoint2d	p. 233
Matrix Operations	p. 236
Acge 2D Entity Classes	p. 239
AcGeEntity2d	p. 241
AcGeCurve2d	p. 242
AcGeLinearEnt2d	p. 247
AcGeCircArc2d	p. 252
AcGe 3D Entity Class Hierarchy	p. 255
Sample Application Ch5_1	p. 255
A Final Word Beford We Move On	p. 307
Chapter 6 Dcl (Dialog Control Language) Dialogs
Dialog Box Components	p. 310
Predefined Active Tiles	p. 314
Attributes of Predefined Tiles	p. 328
Layout and Sizing Attributes	p. 330
Functional Attributes	p. 331
The 'key' Attribute	p. 331
Dcl Syntax	p. 331
Sample Application Ch6_1	p. 335
Commonly Used Dialog Functions	p. 342
Callback Functions	p. 344
Sdi and Porting Considerations	p. 346
Sample Application Ch6_2	p. 348
Hiding Dialog Boxes	p. 362
Sample Application Ch6_3	p. 363
Nesting Dialog Boxes	p. 384
Sample Application Ch6_4	p. 391
Chapter 7 Mfc Dialogs and Objectarx's Ul Extensions
Project Settings	p. 395
Resources	p. 397
Modal Dialogs and Sample Application Ch7_1	p. 399
Modal Dialogs and Sample Application Ch7_2	p. 416
Modeless Dialogs and Sample Application Ch7_3	p. 434
Tabbed-Style Dialogs and Sample Application Ch7_4	p. 448
Wizard-Style Dialogs and Sample Application Ch7_5	p. 462
Common Controls and Sample Application Ch7_6	p. 472
Resource-Only Dlls and Sample Application Ch7_7	p. 499
Acknowledgement	p. 505
Additional Sample Material	p. 505
Chapter 8 Custom Classes, Entities, and Objectdbx
Extended Entity Data and Sample Application Ch8 1	p. 507
Extension Dictionary and Sample Application Ch8 2	p. 522
Named Objects Dictionary and Sample Application Ch8_3	p. 530
Custom Class Derived From Acdbobject and Sample Application Ch8_4	p. 536
Objectdbx	p. 556
Custom Entities Derived From Acdbentity and Sample Application Ch8_5	p. 557
Additional Sample Material	p. 597
Chapter 9 Transactions, Reactors, and Notifications
Transactions	p. 600
Transactions and Sample Application Ch9_1UI	p. 601
Reactors and Notifications	p. 621
Transient Reactors/Notifications and Sample Application Ch9_2UI	p. 622
Persistent Reactors/Notifications and Sample Application Ch9_3UI	p. 644
Additional Sample Material	p. 660
A Final Farewell	p. 661
Index	p. 663

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