Develop AutoCAD Plugins using VB.NET with Windows Forms

Name: Develop AutoCAD Plugins using VB.NET with Windows Forms
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This course will teach you how to develop AutoCAD Plugins using VB.NET with Windows Forms.

Created byArnold Higuit

Last updated 3/2021

English

What you'll learn

Learn how to develop AutoCAD Plug-ins using Windows Forms by developing real world applications
Learn how to design User Interfaces
Learn about Event-Driven Programming
Learn how to use different User Controls (Label, Textbox, Button, Listbox, ComboBox, GroupBox
Learn how to code behind the Form (e.g. Events, Methods and Classes)
Learn how to automate processing AutoCAD Drawings
Develop multiple projects and be comfortable with programming AutoCAD using VB dot NET

Course content

5 sections • 60 lectures • 9h 51m total length

Course Outline2:30
This video provides you information about the topics to be covered in this course.
Introduction4:55
This video will give you a high level about this course.
Who is this course for?4:20
This video lists out who is this course for? If you are anyone of these type of individuals then you made the right decision to take this course.
Tools Needed for this Course1:25
This video identifies the tools that we will be needing for this course. Make sure you have them installed to work on the projects in this course.

Windows Form and Controls - Overview3:54
This video explains the Windows Form Properties and Events as well as some of the commonly used Controls that will be used in developing Plugins.
ControlsDemo Project - Overview3:00
This video explains the objective of the Controls Demo Project.
ControlsDemo Project - Creating the Project3:46
This video guides the student on how to create the ControlsDemo Project.
Controls Demo Project - Designing the Form18:37
This lectures shows the student about creating the User Interface for the ControlsDemo Project.
ControlsDemo Project - Creating the Utility Class10:03
This lecture guides the user on creating the ControlsDemo Utility Class.
ControlsDemo Project - Coding the Combobox Control14:53
This lectures shows how to code the Combobox control.
ControlsDemo Project - Coding the Textbox Control10:05
This video shows how to code the Textbox control.
ControlsDemo Project - Coding the Radiobutton Control7:58
This video shows on how to code the Radiobuttons control.
ControlsDemo Project - Coding the Checkbox Control17:21
This video shows on how to code the Checkbox control.

Draw Rectangle Project - Overview3:13
This video provides a high level overview of the Draw Rectangle Project.
Creating the DrawRectangle Project3:55
This video shows how the creation of Draw Rectangle Project.
DrawRectangle Project - Creating the Utility Class19:42
This lecture shows the development of the RectangleUtility Class.
DrawRectangle Project - Designing the Form15:02
This lecture guides the student in creating or designing the User Interface.
DrawRectangle Project - Coding the User Interface Part 123:29
This lecture shows how to code the User Interface.
DrawRectangle Project - Coding the User Interface Part 217:50
This lecture is an extension of previous video where the coding of the User Interface continues.
DrawRectangle Project - Running the Program6:13
This video shows running and testing the completed Draw Rectangle Project in AutoCAD.
Automate Update Layer Project - Overview2:21
This video provides the high level overview of the AutomateUpdateLayer Project.
Creating the AutomateUpdateLayer Project3:19
This lecture guides the student on how to create the AutomateUpdateLayer Project.
AutomateUpdateLayer Project - Creating the Utility Class17:21
This lectures shows the student on how to create the AutomateUpdateLayer Project Utility Class.
AutomateUpdateLayer Project - Designing the User Interface6:33
This lecture shows the user how to design the User Interface of the AutomateUpdateLayer Project.
AutomateUpdateLayer Project - Coding the Form17:43
This video shows the student on how to code the Form for theAutomateUpdateLayer Project.
AutomateUpdateLayer Project - Running the Program6:41
This video shows the student to run and test the AutomateUpdateLayer Project.
Automatic Block Extractor Project - Overview3:21
This video gives the user overview of the Automatic Block Extract Project.
AutomaticBlockExtractor Project - Creating the Project3:01
This lecture shows the student about creating this AutomaticBlockExtractor Project.
AutomaticBlockExtractor Project - Creating the User Interface9:24
This video shows the student how to create the User Interface for AutomaticBlockExtractor Project.
AutomaticBlockExtractor Project - Coding the Form26:58
This video shows how to code the Form of AutomaticBlockExtractor Project.
AutomaticBlockExtractor Project - Creating the Utility Class26:31
This lecture guides the student on how to create the Utility Class for AutomaticBlockExtractor Project.
AutomaticBlockExtractor Project - Running the Program10:02
This video shows the student about running and debugging the AutomaticBlockExtractor Project in AutoCAD.
AutomateUpdateTextStyles Project - Overview3:04
This video provides student overview of the AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project.
AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project - Creating the Project2:18
This video guides the student on creating the AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project.
AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project - Creating the User Interface8:56
This video shows the user how to create and design the User Interface for the AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project.
AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project - Coding the Form20:00
This video guides the student on how to code the Form or User Interface of AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project.
AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project - Coding the Utility Class16:07
This lecture shows the student on how to develop the Utility Class for AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project.
AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project - Running the Program8:17
This video shows running and testing the completed AutomateUpdateTextStyle Project in AutoCAD.
Multiple Plot DWG to PDF Project - Overview3:11
This video provides the overview of the Multiple Plot DWG to PDF Project.
MultiplePlotDWGtoPDF Project - Creating the Project3:58
This video shows the student on how to create the MultiplePlotDWGtoPDF Project.
MultiplePlotDWGtoPDF Project - Creating the User Interface8:53
This video guides the user on how to design the User Interface for the MultiplePlotDWGtoPDF Project.
MultiplePlotDWGtoPDF Project - Coding the Form19:32
This lectures shows the student on how to code the User Interface for MultiplePlotDWGtoPDF Project.
MultiplePlotDWGtoPDF Project - Creating the Utility Class29:51
This lecture guides the student about creating the Utility Class for the MultiplePlotDWGtoPDF Project.
MultiplePlotDWGtoPDF Project - Running the Program13:22
This video shows the testing and running the MultiplePlotDWGtoPDF Program in AutoCAD.
Multiple Object Extractor Project - Overview2:31
This video provides the student overview of the MultipleObjectExtractor Project.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Creating the Project2:19
This video guides the student on how to create the MultipleObjectExtractor Project.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Creating the User Interface15:18
This lecture guides the student on creating and designing the Form for the MultipleObjectExtractor Project.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Coding the Form Load Event5:23
This lecture shows the student on how to code the FormLoad Event of the MultipleObjectExtractor Project.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Coding the Browse Buttons10:01
This video shows the student on how to code the Browse Button on the Form.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Coding the Extract Button20:14
This lectures guides the student about coding the Extract Button on the Form.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Coding the ProcessDrawing Method8:39
This lecture shows the student on how to code the ProcessDrawing method.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Coding the ProcessObjectExtraction Method10:42
This lecture guides the student about coding the ProcessObjectExtraction method.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Coding the ExtractLine Method8:57
This video shows the student on how to code the ExtractLine method.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Coding the ExtractCircle Method3:27
This video shows the student on how to code the ExtractCircle method.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Coding the ExtractPolyline Method9:27
This video shows the student on how to code the ExtractPolyline method.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Coding the ExtractMText Method4:40
This video shows on how to code the ExtractMText method.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Coding the ExtractBlock Method4:39
This video shows the student on how to code the ExtractBlock method.
MultipleObjectExtractor Project - Running the Program14:32
This video shows the student about running and testing the completed MultipleObjectExtractor Project in AutoCAD.

Requirements

Knowledge of AutoCAD
Knowledge of VBNET is essential but not necessary
Basic knowledge of Computer Programming

Description

In this course, you will learn how to develop AutoCAD Plugins using VB.NET with Windows Forms. You will be presented 6 hands-on projects to learn from. By the time you finish this course, you will be able to create your own AutoCAD Plugins with User Interfaces that automate AutoCAD processes for your drawings.

The following Projects will be developed in this course:

1) DrawRectangle - This project is a very simple one but it gives you all the basic knowledge you need to know to use Windows Forms in your plugin.

2) AutomateUpdateLayer - This project will introduce you to processing multiple drawings and updating the layer for each drawing automatically based on the user input from the UI.

3) AutomaticBlockExtractor - This project will let you extract block information into a file. This also processes multiple drawing files in a selected folder.

4) AutomateUpdateTextstyles - This project will let you process multiple drawing files and update the text style of each drawing based on the information provided in the user interface.

5) MultiplePlotToPDF - This project will let you plot multiple drawings into a PDF. This will process individual drawing in the folder and convert it to PDF automatically.

6) MultiObjectExtractor - This project will process each drawing in a folder and extract each of the object (e.g. Line, Pline, MText, etc.) into a file automatically.

The source code is provided and included in this course and you can use and tweak it according to your requirement.

Who this course is for:

VBNET Developers who would like to learn developing applications using Windows Forms
AutoCAD Developers who use AutoLISP, VBA, and/or C# Programming Languages
AutoCAD Advanced users who want to extend their knowledge and learn programming skill.

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Introduction4 lectures • 13min

What will you learn from this Course?1 lecture • 6min

Windows Form and Controls9 lectures • 1hr 30min

Developing Projects45 lectures • 8hr 1min

Conclusion1 lecture • 2min

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