Getting Started with IronCAD Add-In Tools

Subject: Where to find resources to get started writing Add-ins for IronCAD

IronCAD applications support a programming interface that we call the IronCAD Application Programming Interface, or ICAPI for short.  Documentation and sample code is installed with the application.  

By default the documentation is installed in the following folder.

C:\Program Files\IronCAD\2027\ICAPI\Docs

 

There are two types of documents: Compiled HTML (CHM) and PDF

Start with the ICAPIHELP.chm fileby double clicking it with your mouse. 

It may be necessary to copy the contents of the ICAPI\Docs folder to a new location on your computer if your operating system safeguards prevent you from fully accessing these files in their standard location under the Program Files folder.

By default, sample code can be found under this folder.

C:\Program Files\IronCAD\2027\ICAPI\Samples

Currently, there are samples are provided in two programming languages: C++ and C#

 Additional documentation for creating Add-ins using the C# language can be found in this folder.

C:\Program Files\IronCAD\2027\ICAPI\Samples\C#\References

The documents are: CSharpAddIn_Edit_and_Continue.pdf  and ReadMe.pdf

The best way to get started working with the IronCAD API is to start with one of the existing Sample programs.  Note that with our 2027 release, our development environment is Microsoft Visual C++ platform toolset v142.  We recommend that you plan to use Visual Studio 2019 or higher for an Add-in development.

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