Topic: IronRuby and Autocad

[SomeCallMeDave]

Some of you may have seen Kean's blogs about IronRuby and AutoCAD.  http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2009/04/using-ironruby-inside-autocad.html

The post got me thinking about combining my interest in AutoCAD with my interest in Ruby.  So I hacked out a few helper methods and posted them on github  http://github.com/davidbl/IronRuby-Autocad-Helper/tree/master

My code is based on Kean's work but he was fine with me posting it.

It seems to me that Ruby and IronRuby will be a great way to code for autocad.  I hope it catches on.  I know Kean is doing a class at AU about Ruby and Python, so who knows

Anyway, if anyone is interested in Ruby and wants to play along, have at it and have fun.

[Bryco]

Nice work David, I don't know IronRuby but you posted some really easy to follow examples

[SomeCallMeDave]

Thanks Bryco.

The basics of Ruby (which is about all i know) are easy enough to pick up. 

All it really takes is downloading a few files and a good text editor .