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  • In continuation of my earlier post on ZedGraph example which plots a sinosoidal graph, I have extended it further to: Add a new custom menu item in context menu(which appears on right click on the graph) Export Graph plot data to CSV (coma separated values) file. Which can be opened by spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel and Open Office calc....

    ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu

    Posted on June 13, 2009 | View Comments
    In continuation of my earlier post on ZedGraph example which plots a sinosoidal graph, I have extended it further to: Add a new custom menu item in context menu(which appears on right click on the graph) Export Graph plot data to CSV (coma separated values) file. Which can be opened by spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel and Open Office calc....

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  • Update : Check out ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu , It has code to make a custom context menu item and also export the graph plot data as CSV. Zedgraph is a very good opensource C# graph plotting library. Check out more details at my earlier post on Zedgraph. I have gone a...

    Zedgraph C# Graph Plot Example Application

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | View Comments
    Update : Check out ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu , It has code to make a custom context menu item and also export the graph plot data as CSV. Zedgraph is a very good opensource C# graph plotting library. Check out more details at my earlier post on Zedgraph. I have gone a...

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  • How to minimize forms that belong to a particular application, when the parent application (In my case Autodesk Inventor) is minimized ? When you create software or addins, you would want the forms/dialogs to be minimized and not floating around when parent application is minimized. For that we need to deal with hWnd of parent application. “hWnd” stands for Window...

    Minimize forms along with Parent Application or Form in C#

    Posted on December 20, 2008 | View Comments
    How to minimize forms that belong to a particular application, when the parent application (In my case Autodesk Inventor) is minimized ? When you create software or addins, you would want the forms/dialogs to be minimized and not floating around when parent application is minimized. For that we need to deal with hWnd of parent application. “hWnd” stands for Window...

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  • Update: Check out Zedgraph C# Graph Plot Example Application , I have an example ZedGraph Application (with sourcecode) to draw Line Plot, Bar Graph and Pie Chart. Update 2: Check out ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu , It has code to make a custom context menu item and also export the graph plot...

    Opensource C# Graph Plot Library – ZedGraph

    Posted on December 18, 2008 | View Comments
    Update: Check out Zedgraph C# Graph Plot Example Application , I have an example ZedGraph Application (with sourcecode) to draw Line Plot, Bar Graph and Pie Chart. Update 2: Check out ZedGraph C# Graph Data Export to CSV Using a Custom Context Menu , It has code to make a custom context menu item and also export the graph plot...

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  • Watch High Resolution video on AR-CAD If you have followed my earlier screen casts on Developing Inventor Addin using C# (Visual Studio) here and here, I had not touched anything on How to debug an Addin using Visual Studio. When you build / register an Addin, a DLL (Dynamic Link Library) file is created which Inventor identifies as an Addin....

    Debugging Autodesk Inventor Addin using Visual Studio

    Posted on September 1, 2008 | View Comments
    Watch High Resolution video on AR-CAD If you have followed my earlier screen casts on Developing Inventor Addin using C# (Visual Studio) here and here, I had not touched anything on How to debug an Addin using Visual Studio. When you build / register an Addin, a DLL (Dynamic Link Library) file is created which Inventor identifies as an Addin....

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  • Part 1a Part 1b Watch High Resolution video of both above videos on AR-CAD I hope you have gone through my earlier video tutorial and post, as they provide a good (if not great) foundation for basic concepts of Autodesk Inventor API and how it Inventor can be customized using Visual C#. In the previous posts, we had connected to...

    Develop Autodesk Inventor Addin using C# – Part 1

    Posted on August 25, 2008 | View Comments
    Part 1a Part 1b Watch High Resolution video of both above videos on AR-CAD I hope you have gone through my earlier video tutorial and post, as they provide a good (if not great) foundation for basic concepts of Autodesk Inventor API and how it Inventor can be customized using Visual C#. In the previous posts, we had connected to...

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  • In continuation to my previous post on Customizing Inventor using C#, I go a step further and interact with an opened Assembly through API. I have ported the code from VBA to C# for the example explained in Introduction to Inventor API and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). The attached document is from Autodesk University of 2003. Start a new...

    Customize Autodesk Inventor API using C# – Part 3

    Posted on August 19, 2008 | View Comments
    In continuation to my previous post on Customizing Inventor using C#, I go a step further and interact with an opened Assembly through API. I have ported the code from VBA to C# for the example explained in Introduction to Inventor API and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). The attached document is from Autodesk University of 2003. Start a new...

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  • Watch High Resolution video on AR-CAD I hope you have gone through my previous posts on Inventor API a) Introduction to Autodesk Inventor API and Customization and b) Customize Autodesk Inventor using C#. It is also assumed that you have gone through DevTV: Introduction to Inventor Programming Video, which is on Inventor Customization page. In the above video, we connect...

    Customize Autodesk Inventor API using C# – Part 2

    Posted on August 18, 2008 | View Comments
    Watch High Resolution video on AR-CAD I hope you have gone through my previous posts on Inventor API a) Introduction to Autodesk Inventor API and Customization and b) Customize Autodesk Inventor using C#. It is also assumed that you have gone through DevTV: Introduction to Inventor Programming Video, which is on Inventor Customization page. In the above video, we connect...

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  • In continuation of previous post on Introduction to Inventor API and Customization, this blog post will show some insights on how to customize Inventor API using Visual C# and Visual Studio 2005. It is assumed that you have installed Autodesk Inventor (Version 10 or above) and Visual Studio 2005. As per the discussion over Inventor Customization forum, it is suggested...

    Customize Autodesk Inventor API using C#

    Posted on August 18, 2008 | View Comments
    In continuation of previous post on Introduction to Inventor API and Customization, this blog post will show some insights on how to customize Inventor API using Visual C# and Visual Studio 2005. It is assumed that you have installed Autodesk Inventor (Version 10 or above) and Visual Studio 2005. As per the discussion over Inventor Customization forum, it is suggested...

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