Binding Basics: Unfortunately this note will not be for raw beginners with no understanding of WPF.

Explanation without code

There seems to be a lot of confusion with folks about the difference between using the AutoCAD .net API vs the COM Interop API. They both hope to do the same things, but via different ways. Given a choice, I’d always recommend using the .net API because it is much more powerful. Or if you are familiar with C++ then go for ObjectARX API which gives you immense power. You may think that using .net API obviates the need to manage resources - but you’d be wrong: the .net API is simply a wrapper to the underlying unmanaged types. You have to explicitly use transactions or you have to otherwise explicitly dispose of objects after you’ve finished using them. Nevertheless, the .net API is still very good to use in certain instances.

So you’ve inserted a block reference into the model space. Very good. And you’ve decided to rotate it and move it around. Again: very good. Now you wish to programmatically place more block references, similarly rotated, but perhaps spaced some distance apart. How are you going to do this.

Wouldn’t it be handy if we could programmatically insert reference models into Tekla? Well you can now do so quite easily.

It is rare that I see masterpieces on CodeReview, but this was one that warrants incredible kudos:

We have already outlined in a previous post, what a stub is, and the benefits of unit testing.