Topic: 2011 vs 2010

[Bryco]

Thought it might be nice to list any changes

this works in 2010
hatch.PatternAngle = 0;
hatch.SetHatchPattern(HatchPatternType.PreDefined, "Ansi32");

You need to use this in 2011  (edited as I had it the wrong way round)
hatch.SetHatchPattern(HatchPatternType.PreDefined, "Ansi32");
hatch.PatternAngle = 0;

[Kerry]

Good idea Bryce.
I don't have 2010 on this machine, so
does the 2011 option work in 2010 ?

[Bryco]

I'll check tomorrow. Sequencing issues are such a pain, I thought I would be lucky and roll my dll straight over, but I had to copy the whole project and download the 2011 arx to see if something had changes. With sequencing problems you get no actual error as you start the debug. I had the same problem with setting plot configs, (only on 2010) but changing the order makes it work.

[sinc]

I know Autodesk is now getting more exception-happy, and there are things in Civil 3D's 2011 API that now throw exceptions where they used to return a null value.  This breaks code that worked fine in 2010.

[Jeff H]

I hear CapturePreviewImage in 2011 is fixed and will be in the upcoming update.

[Bryco]

It works both ways in 2010
It has to this way in 2011
h.SetHatchPattern(HatchPatternType.PreDefined, sHatch);
h.PatternAngle = (double)acadApp.GetSystemVariable("hpang");