
Developer Guide
Version 10.0 - Public
The same graphics system used by AutoCAD 2010 is available for driver writers and developers world wide. Heidi 10.0 is used to support the display and plotting features for AutoCAD 2010.
Note: Heidi 9.x and older drivers are not forward compatible with AutoCAD 2010. Heidi 10.0 drivers are not backward compatible with AutoCAD 2009 or earlier releases.
Heidi runs under Windows NT, 2000, XP
(Professional, Home Edition or Tablet PC Edition), or Vista using the Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008.0.
Using the
Guide
To view the Heidi Developer Guide, open the file
..\HeidiFrms.html . This
will give you five convenient frames with the contents for locating and
viewing pages. For a simpler format with two frames, start with
..\2HeidiFrms.html.
Note: This page is updated periodically as new information becomes available.
You can view the latest updated public guide at http://www.autodesk.com/heididg.
If you are copying the guide to your computer,
place \help and all of its subdirectories under one directory and start
with this file, index.html. You can also obtain a complete copy in the
development kit from the Heidi web page at http://www.autodesk.com/heidi by
filling out the license agreement.
The guide is written in html and most browsers
should be compatible.
Heidi Discussion Group ¾ On-line, public forum for developers to discuss questions, answers and issues with the development group - news://discussion.autodesk.com/autodesk.heidi.general.
Commercial Licensing & Registration Procedures ¾ Commercial development using Heidi can be licensed by registering with the Autodesk Developer Network (ADN). See the Heidi web site for details.