Boundaries generated by Basic area calculation standard
The API (Application Programming Interface) that is used to implement those plug-ins is available for 3rd party developers
as part of the AutoCAD Architecture .NET API. This appendix describes how to implement a custom area calculation
standard.
System Requirements
In order to implement a new area calculation standard plug-in, you must have a system with AutoCAD Architecture
2008 installed. You also need a development environment capable of creating assemblies for the .NET Framework 2.0,
such as Visual Studio 2005, Visual C# 2005, Visual Basic 2005 or the .NET Framework 2.0 Software Development Kit
(SDK).
Implementing an Area Calculation Standard
The following sections describe the .NET API that is used to implement area calculation standards, referencing the
sample project that is delivered with AutoCAD Architecture as a C# as well as a VB.NET project. This documentation
uses the C# project.
Setting up a New Project
Before you can implement a new standard, you must create a new project from your development environment.
Alternatively, you may use the sample project AecSpaceOffsetStandardBasic.
NOTE An area calculation standard plug-in is implemented as a .NET class library, not a Windows application.
1
Open Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
2
Select the New tab on the main menu.
3
Click File menu
➤
Project.
4
In the New Project dialog, choose the class library template from one of these locations:
■
Visual Basic
➤
Windows
■
Visual C#
➤
Windows
■
Visual C++
➤
CLR.
Defining project settings
5
Enter a name for the new project.
It is recommended to use the prefix AecAreaCalculationStandard, for example to create a name like
AecAreaCalculationStandardMyOffsetRules. This way the naming is consistent with the naming of the plug-ins
provided with AutoCAD Architecture (for example AecAreaCalculationStandardBasic,
AecAreaCalculationStandardBOMA, etc.) The software then recognizes that this prefix describes an area
calculation plug-in and is able the extract the name from the assembly for diagnostic purposes.
Before proceeding, verify that you have a .NET class library project set up, so you can start editing the
source code and project files.
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Page 42: ...2 Chapter 1 Workflow and User Interface ...
Page 146: ...106 Chapter 3 Content Browser ...
Page 164: ...124 Chapter 4 Creating and Saving Drawings ...
Page 370: ...330 Chapter 6 Drawing Management ...
Page 440: ...400 Chapter 8 Drawing Compare ...
Page 528: ...488 Chapter 10 Display System ...
Page 540: ...500 Chapter 11 Style Manager ...
Page 612: ...572 Chapter 13 Content Creation Guidelines ...
Page 613: ...Conceptual Design 2 573 ...
Page 614: ...574 Chapter 14 Conceptual Design ...
Page 678: ...638 Chapter 16 ObjectViewer ...
Page 683: ...Designing with Architectural Objects 3 643 ...
Page 684: ...644 Chapter 18 Designing with Architectural Objects ...
Page 788: ...748 Chapter 18 Walls ...
Page 942: ...902 Chapter 19 Curtain Walls ...
Page 1042: ...1002 Chapter 21 AEC Polygons ...
Page 1052: ...Changing a door width 1012 Chapter 22 Doors ...
Page 1106: ...Changing a window width 1066 Chapter 23 Windows ...
Page 1172: ...1132 Chapter 24 Openings ...
Page 1226: ...Using grips to change the flight width of a spiral stair run 1186 Chapter 25 Stairs ...
Page 1368: ...Using the Angle grip to edit slab slope 1328 Chapter 28 Slabs and Roof Slabs ...
Page 1491: ...Design Utilities 4 1451 ...
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Page 1536: ...1496 Chapter 31 Layout Curves and Grids ...
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Page 1612: ...1572 Chapter 36 Documentation ...
Page 1706: ...Stretching a surface opening Moving a surface opening 1666 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1710: ...Offsetting the edge of a window opening on a freeform space surface 1670 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1956: ...1916 Chapter 42 Fields ...
Page 2035: ...Properties of a detail callout The Properties of a Callout Tool 1995 ...
Page 2060: ...2020 Chapter 45 Callouts ...
Page 2170: ...2130 Chapter 47 AEC Content and DesignCenter ...
Page 2171: ...Other Utilities 6 2131 ...
Page 2172: ...2132 Chapter 48 Other Utilities ...
Page 2182: ...2142 Chapter 51 Reference AEC Objects ...
Page 2212: ...2172 Chapter 52 Customizing and Adding New Content for Detail Components ...
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