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ARES Commander provides .NET API which lets you author third party Plugin Software for ARES Commander.

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        //Method attribute to define lisp callable function 'LispTest' 
        //i.e (setq x (lisptest "Text created by .NET lisp function" 1.0 '(10 10 0)))
        [LispFunction("lisptest")]
        public ResultBuffer DoIt(ResultBuffer args)
        {
            // Get the database of the active document.
            Database db = HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase;
            TypedValue[] argsVal = new TypedValue[3];
            if (args != null)
            {
                argsVal = args.AsArray();
            }
            else
            {
                argsVal[0] = new TypedValue((int)LispDataType.Text, "Default Text");
                argsVal[1] = new TypedValue((int)LispDataType.Double, .2);
                argsVal[1] = new TypedValue((int)LispDataType.Point3d, new Point3d(0, 0, 0));
            }
            // Set up transaction manager.
            Teigha.DatabaseServices.TransactionManager tm = db.TransactionManager;
            using (Transaction tr = tm.StartTransaction())
            {
                try
                {
                    Point3d pPosition = new Point3d(0, 0, 0);

                    // Create a new MText object and set properties.
                    DBText pText = new DBText();
                    pText.TextString = (String)argsVal[0].Value;
                    pText.Height = Convert.ToDouble(argsVal[1].Value);
                    pText.Position = (Point3d)argsVal[2].Value;

                    // Get model space to add the MText object.
                    BlockTable pBlockTable = (BlockTable)tr.GetObject(db.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForWrite);
                    BlockTableRecord pModelSpace = (BlockTableRecord)tr.GetObject(pBlockTable[BlockTableRecord.ModelSpace], OpenMode.ForWrite);

                    // Add the object to the model space.
                    ObjectId id = pModelSpace.AppendEntity(pText);
                    tr.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(pText, true);

                    // Commit changes to database.
                    tr.Commit();
                    //return created text entity to lisp
                    return new ResultBuffer(new TypedValue((int)LispDataType.ObjectId, id));
                }
                finally
                {
                    // delete tr , managed by c# with garbage collection
                }

            }
        }



Migration of AutoCAD® .NET Classic Application to ARES Commander

The .NET applications running on AutoCAD platform AutoCAD® platform can be easily migrated to ARES Commander by making minimal changes.

  • Replace AutoCAD AutoCAD® .NET assemblies by ARES .NET assemblies.
  • Replace Autodesk.AutoCAD namespace by Teigha namespace in source code.

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Advance Migration

If you don't want to maintain separate source code for AutoCAD and ARES then some extra steps are required, single project with 2 build configuration will solve the issue.

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Step 2: Using project Properties select all configurations one by one and define Symbol “AutoCAD” or “ARES” for corresponding configurations. 

i.e For AutoCAD_Release configuration

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