As you’re by now probably aware, the 2011 family of our products is now shipping. I’ll have lots to say on AutoCAD 2011’s new API features over the coming weeks/months, but for now here’s a quick post on the items from the most recent API Wishlist Survey that we delivered in this release (the items we’ve addressed in some way are in bold below):
- .NET API for Property Palette
- Parametric Drawing .NET API
- Enhanced Dynamic Block API
- Runtime Ribbon API enhancements
- Enhanced Dynamic .NET language support
- Improved .NET<->LISP Interop
- Object transparency API
- Enhance Visual LISP IDE
- Boundary tracing API
- Solid History editing API
- Enhanced surfacing API
- Enhanced materials API
One of the features I’m most excited about – and one that isn’t on the above list – is our support for point clouds. While the API to this feature is still quite new, there are still some really interesting possibilities: I’m just finishing up a really cool sample that lets you to import point clouds from Photosynth, for instance. More on this when we’ve ironed out the last few remaining bugs…
