VB.NET with AtuoCAD 2005

I have contentedly used VB.NET with AutoCAD 2002 and 2004.

Now with AutoCAD 2005, when I reference the AutoCAD 2005 Type Library, the Object Structure has changed.

With AutoCAD 2004 I had the Assembly, Interop.AutoCAD and one Namespace AutoCAD.

With AutoCAD 2005 I have the Assembly, Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop and three Namespaces. Autodesk and Autodesk.AutoCAD are empty and Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop contains a subset of classes. This does not include any of the primitive classes.

Can anybody tell me what I should be doing, please?

 

Prior to 2005 when you added a reference to the acad type library the
framework created an interop assembly. Now with 2005 two primary interop
assemblies created by adesk are installed into the GAC. When you reference
the acad type libraries the framework actually references these PIA's.
These PIA's define the new namespaces that you are seeing.

Other than the "AutoCAD 2005 Type Library", you also need to set a reference
to "AutoCAD/ObjectDBX Common 16.0 Type Libary". This will add the
autodesk.autocad.interop.common namespace that contains the rest of the
classes that you are looking for.

HTH
--
Bobby C. Jones

the Object Structure has changed.

Namespaces. Autodesk and Autodesk.AutoCAD are empty and
Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop contains a subset of classes. This does not include
any of the primitive classes.

 

Thanks Bobby
Good information - it works fine.
Regards,
Clive

 

I set a reference to both the "AutoCAD 2005 Type Library"and the "AutoCAD/ObjectDBX Common 16.0 Type Libary" and still get an error. It says to reference the Autodesk.Autocad.Interop.Common. Can someone please help me?

 

Did you reference [acdbmgd.dll acmgd.dll] for you net stuff...?

 

<Autodesk.Autocad.Interop.Common
Sorry For interp....[acax16enu.tlb]
objects...[axdb16enu.tlb]

'for AcadApplication. Add reference to acax16enu.tlb
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop

'for AcadLine or such: add reference to axdb16enu.tlb
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Interop.Common

 

Make sure you remove any references in the source code
directories....dependnig upon your VS settings, it'll copy the dlls into
the BIN and OBJ directories and use those references when the real
references are in the AutoCAD install directories.

-- Mike
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Mike Tuersley
CADalyst's CAD Clinic
Rand IMAGINiT Technologies
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Thanks for the great advice. I found out the problem was that my registry was corrupt. I ran the install disk option for fixing the registry files in the GAC and everything worked great after that.