Plugin of the Month, December 2010
Brought to you by the Autodesk Developer Network
This plugin can be used embed QR Codes in AutoCAD drawings.
This plugin has been tested with AutoCAD 2007 onwards. The current version of the source code was migrated to AutoCAD 2017
The source code has been provided as a Visual Studio 2015 project containing C# code
Requires ObjectARX 2017 or AutoCAD 2017 installed on the machine to compile this code. Requires AutoCAD 2017 to run this code.
Open the project (.csproj) on Visual Studio 2015. Make sure the reference path are correct (predefined for default install folders). Compile the code.
Copy the plugin module, "ADNPlugin-QRCodes.dll", to a location on your local system (the best place is your AutoCAD-based application's root program folder).
Inside your AutoCAD-based application, use the NETLOAD command to load the plugin.
Once loaded, the QRGEN and -QRGEN commands can be used to create QR Codes inside the active AutoCAD drawing. These commands provide the possibility of creating various types of QR Code:
- Calendar
- Contact
- Geolocation
- Phone
- Text
- Url
The required information can be entered via the command-line (in the case of the -QRGEN command) or via a dialog GUI (in the case of QRGEN). It is possible to embed the QR Code as a native AutoCAD hatch or to use an external raster image.
Remove the .DLL
This plugin was written by Augusto Goncalves and Kean Walmsley.
For more information on developing with AutoCAD, please visit the AutoCAD Developer Center at http://www.autodesk.com/developautocad
Email us at labs.plugins@autodesk.com with feedback or requests for enhancements.
1.0 Original release 1.1 Migrated to AutoCAD 2017 (May 2016)