I'm a .net programmer with no autoCad experience. I was recently assigned a project that required autoCad customization with a future of being web-based.

I purchased this book hoping that it would give me the staples needed to understanding how .net works in conjunction with .net. Since purchasing this book, it's done that and more.

The author, Jerry Winters, does a great job of incorporating all the essential basics and more. He clearly explains how to set up .net so that it can communicate and have access to the api .net libraries for autoCad. He also provides a template that ... when installed, makes creating new projects a breeze.

I've been able to learn and now understand basic concepts such as how to call my .net sub from autoCad and how to create an interface that will allow the user to interact with the application.

I've also been able to create polylines and blocks with code. Jerry's book comes with a snippet for each segment he features in his book which allowed me to go through the book at a much faster pace and step through the code (debug mode) which really helped me to understand what was really going on. I've also been able to really use several of the snippets in my current project.

This book truly is a useful tool and I would recommend it to anyone.

R Proctor

The book is well written, has tons of code snippets and provides a template so you can use the Express version of Visual Studio to work with AutoCad references.

Met the author at AU, liked his teaching style and realized he is one of the people that actually knows his subject.

Never made the .Net upgrade from VB6.0 and as Autocad enters the 64 bit enviroment, realize it is the best programming enviroment to work with Autocad. This book specialises with the intricies of effectively programming AutoCad.

This author has written several of the VBA books for AutoCAD and they are excellent. He also has done an excellent job presenting at AU. Where my issue is...is with this author's customer service. I ordered this same text from his VBCAD website and I am still awaiting the delivery of this said text after six weeks of waiting. If you don't mind the long wait periods, then this guy is for you, but if you need the text in a hurry, it appears you will be out of luck. Have a look at the BBB for reference.

If you're looking for truly useful information on customizing AutoCAD with VB.NET, this book is the only place to go.

The solid, clearly written example code shows you how to interface with the user, the AutoCAD database, and the VB.NET gui.

This book has a prominent place on my desk.