muck Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Is there a website I can download VS expression additions for AutoCAD. All I can find on MS website is VS 2017. I need VS 2015 for Autocad. Thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyke Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Try this link, it just worked for me. https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-express/ Go down to the bottom of the page and select the version you want. Microsoft does not do an Express version for 2017, although they still have the Preview edition on this page. The free version is now called Visual Studio Community 2017. This will also work with the AutoCAD API. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 Were would I go to download or install VS 2012 to use for AutoCAD 2015? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 So will VS 2017 community work for both AutoCAD 2015 or 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyke Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Yes it will work with AutoCAD 2015, you just need to be aware of which .NET Framework AutoCAD 2015 requires, I would think 4.0 would be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 The attached link http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=1911627&siteID=123112 says VS 2012 should be used with AutoCAD 2015. Please confim that VS2017 is ok to use with AutoCAD 2015 APi wizzard. I have had probems mixing VS versions with the wrong versions of CAD before back in the days of VS 2010. It caused some headachs. Thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyke Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 VS 2017 Community will work with AutoCAD 2015 but the Wizard will not and there will be no intellisense. If you want to be safe then go to the link below and download Visual Studio Express 2012: https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/older-downloads/ Best of luck. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 So I tried to load 2012 without luck from the above link. I clicked the 2012 button then log into MS my account All it get is "Sorry, we couldn't find any downloads for you" VS 2012 community is free, Is there a direct download of older versions of VS express or community without jumping through hoops in a Microsoft webpage? thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 Will 2017 VS community work with AutoCAD 2018 without any problems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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