SDK:Vectorworks 2010 Development

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Developer Tools

On Windows it is recomended using Microsoft "Visual Studio .NET 2005" for developing Vectorworks SDK Plug-ins. Microsoft has launched the Express Editions of Visual Studio which are free. http://www.microsoft.com/express

On Macintosh it is recomended Xcode 3.1. You can download it from https://connect.apple.com after log in. You can find it in Download section under Developer Tools.

New Features

• SDK:Planar Graphics

Resource Changes

In the tool defining resource 'TDef' the second and third fields have been renamed:

resource 'TDef' (128, "Tool") {
  /* pickAndUpdate, disablePickUpdate */        pickAndUpdate,
  /* doesntNeedScreenPlane, needsScreenPlane */ needsScreenPlane,
  /* doesntNeed3DView, needs3DView */           doesntNeed3DView,
  /* use2DCursor, use3DCursor */                use2DCursor,
  ...

New Functions

The list can be found here SDK:Vectorworks 2010 New Functions