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File type | AutoCAD Runtime Extension Format |
Developer | Autodesk |
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What is a ARX file?
File with an .ARX extension contains a component for the AutoCAD application, created in the Autodesk’s ObjectARX environment. SDK enables to create extensions, changes and additional functions for the Autodesk software using object-oriented programming languages: C ++, C # and VB.NET.
The AutoCAD software utilising this extensions is used to create 2 and 3D projects and for engineering. In order for an extension created in the SDK ObjectARX environment to be compatible with a given version of AutoCAD, versions of both programs have to be compliant.
Program(s) that can open the .ARX file
How to open ARX files
If you cannot open the ARX file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports ARX among those that are installed on your device.
A very simple way to solve this problem is to find and download the appropriate application. The first part of the task has already been done – the software supporting the ARX file can be found in the table. Now just download and install the appropriate application.
Possible problems with the ARX format files
The inability to open and operate the ARX file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the AutoCAD Runtime Extension Format file. Below is a list of possible problems.
- Corruption of a ARX file which is being opened
- Incorrect links to the ARX file in registry entries.
- Accidental deletion of the description of the ARX from the Windows registry
- Incomplete installation of an application that supports the ARX format
- The ARX file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.
- The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the ARX file.
- Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a ARX file are out of date.
If you are sure that all of these reasons do not exist in your case (or have already been eliminated), the ARX file should operate with your programs without any problem. If the problem with the ARX file has not been solved, it may be due to the fact that in this case there is also another rare problem with the ARX file. In this case, the only you can do is to ask for assistance of a professional staff.
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How to associate the file with an installed software?
If you want to associate a file with a new program (e.g. my-file.ARX) you have two ways to do it. The first and the easiest one is to right-click on the selected ARX file. From the drop-down menu select 'Choose default program', then click 'Browse' and find the desired program. The whole operation must be confirmed by clicking OK. The second and more difficult to do is associate the ARX file extension to the corresponding software in the Windows Registry.
Is there one way to open unknown files?
Many files contain only simple text data. It is possible that while opening unknown files (e.g. ARX) with a simple text editor like Windows Notepad will allow us to see some of the data encoded in the file. This method allows you to preview the contents of many files, but probably not in such a structure as a program dedicated to support them.
ObjectARX (AutoCAD Runtime eXtension) is an API for customizing and extending AutoCAD. The ObjectARX SDK is published by Autodesk and freely available under license from Autodesk.[1] The ObjectARX SDK consists primarily of C++ headers and libraries that can be used to build Windows DLLs that can be loaded into the AutoCAD process and interact directly with the AutoCAD application. ObjectARX modules use the file extensions .arx and .dbx instead of the more common .dll.
ObjectARX is the most powerful of the various AutoCAD APIs, and the most difficult to master. The typical audience for the ObjectARX SDK includes professional programmers working either as commercial application developers or as in-house developers at companies using AutoCAD.
New versions of the ObjectARX SDK are released with each new AutoCAD release, and ObjectARX modules built with a specific SDK version are typically limited to running inside the corresponding version of AutoCAD. Recent versions of the ObjectARX SDK include support for the .NET platform by providing managed wrapper classes for native objects and functions.
The native classes and libraries that are made available via the ObjectARX API are also used internally by the AutoCAD code. As a result of this tight linkage with AutoCAD itself, the libraries are very compiler specific, and work only with the same compiler that Autodesk uses to build AutoCAD. Historically, this has required ObjectARX developers to use various versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, with different versions of the SDK requiring different versions of Visual Studio.
Although ObjectARX is specific to AutoCAD, Open Design Alliance announced in 2008[2] a new API called DRX (included in their DWGdirect library) that attempts to emulate the ObjectARX API in products like IntelliCAD that use the DWGdirect libraries.
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