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    Steel formwork and finishes

    Hello. I work for a company that designs and build steel forms and would like to help you out if I can, but I don't understand your question. What is the problem you are having with the steel forms?
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    Formwork Design Software??

    I work in the formwork industry. What exactly are you looking for the software to do? All of the commercially available ones that I am aware of, even the one being developed by my current employer, only apply a standard product to relatively simple projects.
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    VBA between Excel and AutoCAD

    Thanks, I think I may have found another way around my problem. I found a posing on the AutoDesk web site about anonymous blocks that I have borrowed some code from. It appears to be working, but I'll keep your reply in mind in case I find out it isn't doing what I think it is.
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    VBA between Excel and AutoCAD

    That's what I thought, but when I read the example code in the ACAD help menu I got confused. Here's why. The Example code reads as follows. Dim blockObj as AcadBlock 'Define the block Dim insertionPnt(0 to 2) as Double insertionPnt(0) = 0#; insertionPnt(1) = 0#...
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    Visual Basic with Autocad

    I purchased "Mastering AutoCAD VBA" by Marion Cottingham and have found it to be extremely helpful.
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    VBA between Excel and AutoCAD

    I am in need of assistance. I have written a VBA routine that takes input from an Excel spreadsheet and creates a basic AutoACD drawing from it. I need to draw a 3DFace as part of the drawing and then make this 3DFace a block. I have tried using the wBlock command, but I can't seem to get it...

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