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
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