Topic: C++ programming in AutoCAD

[bfred805]

Is there a place for C++ is the world of AutoCAD programming? Has anyone heard of some APIs that make CAD even more efficient for them?

[MickD]

Are you familiar with ObjectARX?
Apart from custom objects or if you are processing say a point cloud with a million points I really can't see a good reason to use it now that there are .Net wrappers over pretty much the whole ObjectARX C/C++ API. Productivity with the .Net wrappers and .Net framework wins hands down.
Even with the performance of the point cloud example we're only talking seconds or less, not minutes.

[ChrisCarlson]

From what I understand the only supported languages from AutoDesk going forward is C#/VB .net. Which make sense especially since Microsoft is working on making .net universal across operating systems.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2899136/microsoft-net/microsoft-open-sources-net-build-system.html 

[dgorsman]

From what I understand the only supported languages from AutoDesk going forward is C#/VB .net.

Source?

[ChrisCarlson]

A hunch gathered from the Autodesk Developer Guide not referencing c++

http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2010/ENU/AutoCAD%20.NET%20Developer%27s%20Guide/index.html?url=WS1a9193826455f5ff2566ffd511ff6f8c7ca-4875.htm

[dgorsman]

Ah.  That's the managed dotNET reference so there wouldn't be a reference to anything else other than C#/VB.  ObjectARX is C++ and that's still supported.  Implying that everything else will be discontinued is not supportable.

This is where rumors get started...