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Linking Circles, Part 1: Using .NET events to relate AutoCAD geometry

Nov 27, 2006

AutoCAD, AutoCAD .NET, Notification / Events

I received this question some time ago from Paul Richardson from CAD System Engineering: I have never been sure when to update objects programmatically. An example would be a user edits an entity that I'm tracking and I need to edit another entity in reaction to that change. Is there a standard used to cache […]
Blocking AutoCAD commands from .NET

Oct 31, 2006

AutoCAD, AutoCAD .NET, Commands, Notification / Events, Runtime

Thanks to Viru Aithal from the DevTech team in India team for this idea (he reminded me of this technique in a recent ADN support request he handled). A quick disclaimer: the technique shown in this entry could really confuse your users, if implemented with inadequate care. Please use it for good, not evil. I […]