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If you develop CAD applications using the Autodesk® ObjectARX® API, your development workflow is probably built around Autodesk AutoCAD®. Your code compiles against the ObjectARX SDK, you test inside AutoCAD, and your users run AutoCAD. It works.

But what if your application could run on another platform without rewriting a single line of code?

That’s what the IcARX API makes possible. IcARX is IntelliCAD’s ObjectARX-compatible C++ API, and it lets you take your existing ARX source code, recompile it against the IcARX SDK, and run it inside IntelliCAD. No porting. No rewrites. Just a recompile.

We put together a short video to show you exactly what that looks like.

AutoLISP® is often used to solve practical problems in CAD workflows, with small custom commands that save time and reduce repetitive work. What has traditionally been missing in IntelliCAD is a modern, developer-friendly way to write and debug those scripts.

With IntelliCAD 14.0, the new VLISP command introduces a Visual LISP–style debugging workflow using Visual Studio Code, powered by the IntelliCAD LISP Debugger extension.

This update focuses on how developers actually work today: using a modern editor, stepping through code, inspecting variables, and refining logic until it behaves correctly.

IntelliCAD comes with so many APIs that it was a good idea to review them at the 2017 conference in Auckland.