How to Create Plugins for AutoCAD and Revit

How to Create Plugins for AutoCAD and Revit

Arsenal Technology has developed a complete tutorial on how to create a plugin for AutoCAD and Revit from start to finish. With the Express version of Visual Studio. This means that anyone can create it.

The plugin was used as the basis for the “AutoCAD and Revit process automation through programming” lecture at Autodesk University 2015.

Although it is a plugin that performs a relatively simple action, the tutorial covers all the steps for creating a plugin. From the creation of a tab in the Ribbon to the permanence of data. Of course to understand the code thoroughly the person must have a knowledge of the C # programming language and also a little knowledge of the AutoCAD API. But that does not mean you could not create it, since all the codes are available in the tutorial.

We at Arsenal are sure that this tutorial will serve to deepen your knowledge in the development world and will be an excellent study base for you to continue to perfect your programming techniques.

If you are not a developer but work with AutoCAD or Revit this can be an excellent opportunity to know how the optimization process works for these excellent tools.

Files needed to create the plugin.

To download the tutorial click here: Download

To download the Solution click here: Download

TumaTools Plugin For AutoCAD

TumaTools Plugin For AutoCAD

Arsenal Technology has developed a totally 3D system of air conditioning projects for the company Tuma Thermal Installations. The system was deployed and revolutionized the way the company developed its projects. Below is the inaugural video that was presented to the Tuma team after the implementation of the system.

AutoCAD plugins development course

AutoCAD plugins development course

Arsenal Technology taught a course of development of plugins for AutoCAD in the headquarters of the company Maccaferri in Jundiaí – SP.

The course aimed at introducing the student to the universe of AutoCAD APIs, focusing on the .NET API which is currently one of the most powerful and at the same time adds a more vertical learning curve. It was approached professional development techniques, which provide the creation of a robust, intuitive and easy maintenance plugin.

The course was based on the study material of the “My First Plugin Training for AutoCAD ” series available at DNA Open. This study material was produced by Autodesk and aims to give the best insight to designers and programmers who wish to embark on the development world for AutoCAD.

See some of the topics that were covered during the course.

  • Introduction to AutoCAD Programming
  • Creating a Basic Plugin
  • Interaction with AutoCAD elements
  • Debugging the code
  • Looping and persistence
  • Developing a more complex plugin

The course was a success, to the full satisfaction of Maccaferri.

Students received a certificate of completion of the course.

After completing the course Arsenal offers a remote support service to the developer so that he can continue his learning.

Arsenal Technology at Autodesk University Brazil 2015

Arsenal Technology at Autodesk University Brazil 2015

Autodesk invited Arsenal Technology for the second consecutive year to join Autodesk University Brazil select group of speakers, the largest gathering of design, engineering and design professionals in Brazil.

Arsenal sent its Autodesk API expert, Vitor Silva to lecture on “Automating processes in AutoCAD and Revit by programming.

The event featured more than 50 lectures by Autodesk experts and leading companies in various industries focused on innovative and successful approaches to the use of technologies and design processes.

Through the use of technology and design processes Arsenal Technology has shown how the world of AutoCAD and Revit can be customized to your company’s needs. Without a doubt the development of projects, calculations, quantitative, management of libraries, among other tasks. Arsenal proposes the solution to these and many other problems.

At this year’s Autodesk University Arsenal developed a plugin in view of all participants in the talk. This plugin was developed, compiled, and implemented in AutoCAD and Revit to demonstrate how the technology development and application process is, and that the same code developed on the .NET platform primarily for AutoCAD can be reused with only a few modifications to Revit.

Soon we will make available the code of the plugin created and also the recording of the lecture.