Interfacing AutoCAD with JAVA

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sangupta picture sangupta · May 13, 2009 · Viewed 9.3k times · Source

Any idea on interfacing with AutoCAD through a JAVA program. I am looking for a solution that can directly interface with an AutoCAD session (even start one), the way it works with the .NET extensions of AutoCAD. Or any way to work with ObjectARX through JAVA, definitely not writing a complete JNI wrapper over it.

Added: We are looking for something in open-source. In case there is none, we are ready to create one in open-source if someone can lend a helping hand explaining how it can be done. We have taken a look at JNA and JaWin. JNA clubbed with JNI might help but is too ugly. JaWin on the other hand has not been updated in the past 4 years, so sort of skeptical using it.

Answer

willcodejavaforfood picture willcodejavaforfood · May 13, 2009

The only thing I can think of is to use a Java <-> .Net bridge like JNBridge. I've used this in other scenarios and it works fine. Never done any work with Java and AutoCad though so there might be other cheaper solutions.

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