Technical data

Customizing AutoCAD Land Development Desktop with the Object Model Interface
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Cross referencing Autodesk S8 and AutoCAD Land Development
Desktop commands (
continued
)
If you used in Autodesk S8
Civil/Survey….
The commands are in
this program...
In this menu...
Autodesk Survey Figure
commands
Autodesk Survey Analysis/Figures
Autodesk Survey Traverse
and Sideshot commands
Autodesk Survey Analysis/Figures
If you are upgrading to AutoCAD Land Development Desktop from
Autodesk S8, then use
to look up “What’s New in AutoCAD Land
Development Desktop” in the online Help.
Customizing AutoCAD Land Development
Desktop with the Object Model Interface
The Object Model Interface, or OMI, exposes AutoCAD Land
Development Desktop objects through an ActiveX
®
interface. You can
program these objects using the Visual Basic
®
for Applications
programming environment, AutoCAD Development System
®
(ADS),
Visual LISP
™
, Visual Basic
®
, Visual C++
®
or any other programming
language that supports ActiveX Automation.
The OMI lets you manage your Land projects, drawings and settings,
and gives you access to the data in your Land projects such as COGO
points, point groups, surfaces, and alignments. Because it is built on
COM (the Component Object Model), you get interoperability with
other Windows
®
applications, such as Microsoft Excel
®
and Microsoft
Word
®
. And because the OMI is fully integrated with the AutoCAD
object model, you get a complete API for developing anything from
simple utilities to complete add-on applications.
For more information about the Object Model Interface, use to
look up “Object Model” in the online Help.