Through the Interface

5 tips for creating a successful Autodesk Exchange app

All last week we focused on Autodesk Exchange, looking at the steps needed for preparing, submitting and re-submitting your app for inclusion on the Apps tab. I won’t dwell too much more on the topic, but did just want to give some quick, high-level tips for people thinking about posting apps for inclusion on Autodesk Exchange. (My thanks to Stephen Preston – who has been intimately involved in the Apps tab since its inception – for helping brainstorm some of these items.) 1. Focus on software quality We do test the applications submitted to us before posting them on... Read more →

Autodesk Exchange: dealing with rejection

After posting this week on how to prepare and submit your AutoCAD application for inclusion on Autodesk Exchange, today’s post is about another important topic: how to handle rejection. The initial elation of posting my app had almost worn off by the time I received this somewhat disheartening email in my inbox: Don’t feel too sad for me, though: I asked Viru – our DevTech India manager, who is also heavily involved in testing apps for the Autodesk Exchange – to reject my application submission, so I could then step you through the process for dealing with this situation... Read more →

Autodesk Exchange: submitting your AutoCAD application for posting

In the last post, we saw the steps involved in preparing an AutoCAD application for posting to the Autodesk Exchange store. In this post, we’ll step through the submission process. Let’s start with some basics: posting to Autodesk Exchange currently happens from within the AutoCAD product, which means you’ll need AutoCAD 2012 installed (and running) to submit your product. Step 1 – sign into (or up for and then into) Autodesk Exchange. Within AutoCAD 2012, sign in to Autodesk Exchange. If you’re not already in possession of an Autodesk ID, click on the link to create one. If you... Read more →

Autodesk Exchange: preparing your AutoCAD application for posting

Back when we were first creating the Exchange Store, I went through the process of preparing several of our Plugins of the Month for posting to Autodesk Exchange. After a break of several months, I’ve now gone back and readied September’s plugin (TransTips, now on Autodesk Labs) for posting, also. It seemed to make sense to spend a couple of posts documenting the process I followed – which should complement the DevTV sessions already posted on the Autodesk Exchange Apps Developer Center: Autodesk Exchange Apps User Experience Autoloader Format Explained Creating a Partial CUI This initial post focuses on... Read more →