Update of Type Library

The SymBBAuto type library is updated to “Autodesk SymBBAuto 2022 Type Library”. The filename for this type library has changed from “SymBBAuto23.1Enu.tlb” to “SymBBAuto24.1Enu.tlb”.

The AcadmAuto type library is updated to “Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2022 Type Library”. The filename for this type library has changed from “AcadmAuto23.1.tlb” to “AcadmAuto24.1.tlb”.

GeAuto type library is updated to “Autodesk GeAuto 2022 Type Library”. The filename for this type library has changed from “GeAuto23.1.tlb” to “GeAuto24.0.tlb”.

StdPAuto type library is updated to “Autodesk AutoCAD Standard Part 2022 Type Library”. The filename for this type library has changed from “StdPAuto23.1.tlb” to “StdPAuto24.1.tlb”.

The ProgID for the McadSymbolBBMgr class is changed to “SymBBAuto.McadSymbolBBMgr.22”.

The ProgID for the AcadmApplication class is changed to “AcadmAuto.AcadmApplication.22”.

The ProgID for the GeApplication class is changed to “Ge.Application.22”.

The ProgID for the ContentApplication class is changed to “StdPAuto.ContentApplication.22”.

You need to specify this ProgID in the AcadApplication.GetInterfaceObject method.

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Development Environment

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 and .NET Framework 4.7 should be used when compiling projects for use with AutoCAD Mechanical 2022.

With .NET Framework 4.7, the Embed Interop Types property for the referenced type library will be set to True by default. You need to set Embed Interop Types property for SymBBAuto type library to False.

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Known Issues and Limitations

SymBBAuto Type Library:

• McadNote.RemoveLeader method will not reduce the leader count.
• In the SetToDefaults method for each symbol classes, some of the common properties, such as color, linetype, linetype scale, visibility, layer, lineweight and plot style name will not be set to the default values if you have explicitly set them.
• DetailSymbolStandard.LabelTextHeight method will still return S_OK if you pass a negative value.

AcadmAuto Type Library:

• Highlight methods in definition objects (McadFolderDefinition, McadComponentDefinition, McadComponentViewDefinition and McadAnnotationViewDefinition) are not supported.
• After calling McadFolderDefinition.HideSituations or McadFolderDefinition.ComplexHideSituations method to get McadHideSituation or McadComplexHideSituation object respectively, you have to call McadUtility.RefocusObject method to set geometry path in this object to the specified occurrence before calling McadHideSituation.Highlight or McadComplexHideSituation.Highlight method.
• To use side database for working with McadUtility.GetDrawingType method, the side database must be created without associating the database to the current document. In .NET application, when create Database object, in the Database constructor, you need to set the second parameter, noDocument to true.
• To close the document by calling ThisDrawing.Close method, the COM object has to be released first.

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