Autodesk University 2008 Show Guide

Classes by Industry Adding Settings to the AutoCAD® Options Dialog with VB.NET CP319-4 04-Dec-08 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm Almost every program has default or user settings such as folder locations, printing devices, color or font settings, etc. The question is how and where to let the user change them when needed. The solution is simple: place them with AutoCAD settings by adding a tab for your program to the Options dialog box. Now the information is in a central location that is easy to modify and familiar to the CAD user. This session will show the .NET programmer how to add a tab to the Options dialog and where to store the information including the pros and cons of each possibility. Storage options covered will be registry, AutoCAD or application configuration files as well as a custom XML configuration file. Two of the subtopics shown will be how to serialize and deserialize XML data. 90-Minute Class Advanced Lido 3003 Michael Tuersley, Senior Programmer/Analyst | Ohio Gratings, Inc. Good Habits for Coding in Visual LISP® CP319-1 04-Dec-08 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm ® The power of AutoCAD lies in its customization capabilities. Visual LISP is a powerful tool for expanding your options. Unhappily, it is easy to have a “scatter-shot” approach to the way you write code. This course will broaden your horizons regarding good coding practice. You will learn the importance of writing modular code. You will see how to identify portions of code that belong to subroutines and avoid the trap of monolithic applications. Toolbox routines for your own code are important to reducing the time spent writing the overall application. Some extremely useful toolbox routines will be discussed. Bring your own ideas for toolbox routines and we will discuss them. 90-Minute Class Intermediate San Polo 3504 R. Robert Bell, Design Technology Manager | Sparling Getting Down to BIM: Advanced Revit® API CP315-4 04-Dec-08 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm Are you interested in diving deeper into the Revit API and what is possible? This session will explain a variety of powerful areas of the Revit API that are rarely covered (or documented), but are critical to developing complex applications in Revit. From concepts to practice, this session will help you take your Revit development skills to the next level! 90-Minute Class Intermediate Lido 3003 Matt Mason, Director, Software Development | Avatech Solutions Autodesk Map® and Autodesk MapGuide®: Working with the Geospatial Platform API CP319-2 04-Dec-08 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm The AutoCAD® Map Geospatial Platform API shares many classes and methods with Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise and MapGuide Open Source, so code written for one product can work in another with minimal modification. This class will examine the similarities and differences in how the API is implemented in each environment. A variety of common tasks will be demonstrated, such as creating and modifying layer definitions, selecting features and working with selection sets, zooming and highlighting selected features, and performing buffer operations. We will also look at additional API features available in AutoCAD Map, such as events and working with edit sets. 90-Minute Class Advanced San Polo 3404 Scott McFarlane, President | Geotropix, Inc. A Pattern for Storing Structured Data in AutoCAD® Entities CP401-2 05-Dec-08 8:15 am - 9:45 am Xrecords provide storage of information in AutoCAD entities, but defining that structure can be a cumbersome task. Together we’ll explore an approach for storing structured information in an Xrecord that lets your structure change as your data requirements change, without redefining the Xrecord data. Learn how to model entity data as custom .NET classes, and then to persist this data to AutoCAD entities using the built-in serialization capabilities of the .NET Framework. This a flexible approach to storing complex data structures as extended data on AutoCAD entities. 90-Minute Class Advanced Lido 3002 Jeffery Geer, Senior Consultant | RCM Technologies Advanced AutoCAD® Jigs Workshop CP305-2 04-Dec-08 10:15 am - 11:45 am Whether you’ve created simple AutoCAD jigs, have seen it done, or maybe you just want to see more advanced uses for this fantastic programming technique, this class is for you. Magnify your use of jigs in your applications by seeing what can be done when limits are ignored and the sky’s the limit. 90-Minute Class Advanced Lido 3002 Jerry Winters, President | VB CAD LISP: Advance Yourself Beyond A Casual CP401-1 05-Dec-08 8:15 am - 9:45 am Are you a casual LISP programmer? Do you get what you want done but feel like you have to bludgeon your way through it? Do you have trouble getting what’s under the hood into overdrive? Then, this class is for you. You’ll learn many of the things that real power AutoLISP® programmers know, so you can get more done in less time. 90-Minute Class Intermediate San Polo 3502 Darren Young, MSD Application Engineer | MasterGraphics 51

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