AutoCAD.net wizard is an extension of Visual Studio. Its main function is to help create AutoCAD-based files. net application, automatically add some necessary references, and this plug-in also supports Map 3D, Civil 3D, ACA and AME. Now Visual Studio 2012 has been released. You need to upgrade this tool to support Visual Studio 2012 and AutoCAD 2014.
If you are interested in creating Visual Studio project templates, you can refer to these articles:
Http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms185301.aspx
Http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2012/08/20/visual-studio-custom-templates.aspx
Http://www.bluelemoncode.com/post/2012/01/05/Creating-custom-project-and-file-template-with-wizard-for-Visual-Studio.aspx
Here we will talk about a tiny setting in the template file. In Visual Studio 2012, you can select. net 2.0 ~ 4.5. required for development of AutoCAD 2013. net4.0, which is required for AutoCAD 2014. net 4.5. the RequiredFrameworkVersion element in the Visual Studio template specifies the template requirements. the lowest version of. NET Framework is <RequiredFrameworkVersion> 2013 </RequiredFrameworkVersion> for AutoCAD 4.0. However, this is not enough. Otherwise, select. net 4.5, the template of AutoCAD 2013 will also come out, while AutoCAD 2013 is not in. net 4.5.
By reading the MSDN document, we found that there is also a MaxFrameworkVersion tag, which indicates that the template supports the highest value.. net version. In this way, you can specify the maximum number of templates supported by AutoCAD 2013. net 4. 0. this is more appropriate:
<RequiredFrameworkVersion> 4.0 </RequiredFrameworkVersion>
<MaxFrameworkVersion> 4.0 </MaxFrameworkVersion>
This looks much better:
PS. Now AutoCAD 2014. net wizard has not been released, if you are interested, please follow the AutoCAD Developer Center: http://www.autodesk.com/developautocad.