Customizing AutoCAD® using ObjectARX
AutoCAD® is a general-purpose CAD software package used by a variety of professionals in their every day activities - to design, develop, create, build, and manufacture. No two professionals work in the same way. Therefore AutoCAD® has to be customizable so that it can meet the requirements of a particular domain or an individual professional. Of the range of customization options provided on AutoCAD®, ObjectARX is the most powerful and advanced.
Autodesk has made the base AutoCAD® as flexible as possible so that third party developers can extend the capabilities of AutoCAD® to specific Domains. Today there are about 2,300 third party developers working on AutoCAD® and allied products to provide industry specific solutions for variety of domains.
AutoCAD® has open architecture, which can be customized and extended. As a result, it is possible to expand and shape AutoCAD® according to individual needs.
