DWG Query AutoCAD Plugin

Description

This sample C# application creates a plugin for AutoCAD that lets users query information (layers, blocks and dependents) in AutoCAD drawing files and store that information into a JSON output file.

Setup

• Rebuild current project in Release mode

Run locally

• Copy ArxApp.dll to a machine with AutoCAD 2018 installed
• Launch AutoCAD 2018
• Run the NETLOAD command and load the ArxApp.dll
• Run the DWGQUERY command
• Review the output file in ~/Documents/results.json

Packages used

• Newtonsoft JSON
• AutoCAD .NET Core
• AutoCAD .NET Model

License

This sample is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. Please see the LICENSE file for full details.

Written by

Bastien Mazeran, @bastien-mazeran, Autodesk Enterprise Priority Support