DE219-1: Using the AEC Detail Framework in AutoCAD Architecture

[Autodesk University]

Instructor: Mikako Harada

Class Description: Through its user interface and APIs, AutoCAD Architecture's AEC Details framework offers a range of customization opportunities for everybody from end users to advanced developers. We'll focus on the three main AEC Detail components: the Detail component database (.MDB), Recipe Specification (.XML), and Recipe Implementation (.ARX, .DLL, .DVB). In this presentation, we'll define our own small piece of code that creates a component inside AutoCAD Architecture, learn how to write a function that fetches data from a database and a property palette, and use this information to create specific standard entities in a drawing. You'll also be shown examples in VBA, C#, and VB.NET.