Windows form based stand alone application

[pasxos867044]

hello,i am new in programming and in my first successful attempt i developed a windows form based stand alone application in Vb.net 2010 that calculates all the geometry data needed for a Spur Gear ,my final goal is to draw automatically the calculated Spur Gear in Autocad 2012 with the simple click of the "open Autocad" button in form2.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/20597iC9AF585609914E36/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/20599iF38F22CB7AB41164/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/20601i2D5B9CC89E8D010E/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1


At first i started to experiment my self with a simple only task (created a new project
only for this) to draw 4 circles with the same center (radius1,2,3,4) in autocad with a simple click of the command button.
The code i used is the following (for 1circle) but it returned a error like this>> SendACommandToAutoCAD()-->>Could not load file or assembly 'Acmgd, Version=18.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.



Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime


Public Class Form1

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
SendACommandToAutoCAD()
End Sub
<CommandMethod("SendACommandToAutoCAD")> _
Public Sub SendACommandToAutoCAD()

Dim acDoc As Document = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument



'' Draws a circle and zooms to the extents or

'' limits of the drawing

acDoc.SendStringToExecute("._circle 2,2,0 4 ", True, False, False)

acDoc.SendStringToExecute("._zoom _all ", True, False, False)

End Sub

End Class

[BlackBox]

What's wrong with the answers provided you in your duplicate post (http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?66627-Windows-form-based-stand-alone-application)?

[pasxos867044]

It seems that The AutoCAD .NET API Assemblies (acadmgd.dll, acmgd.dll...) CANNOT be used in stand-alone exe app. They can ONLY be used inside AutoCAD (NETLOADed DLLs into AutoCAD).

In my case, i must use a stand-alone app, maybe I can use Acad COM API to automate AutoCAD. Therefore o
I need another approach to my problem!!!

[BlackBox]

Please... Stop making duplicate posts (http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?66627-Windows-form-based-stand-alone-application&p=456229&viewfull=1#post456229).

[avinash patil]

Dear Friends,

I might have a solution of making standalone application. I just testing it and get back you soon.

Thanks,

Avinash