#COM Automation
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Driving AutoCAD from PowerShell via COM — Scripted Drafting
AutoCAD exposes COM for scripting just like Excel. Connect to the running instance with New-Object, then draw lines, circles, text, and 3D boxes, create layers, add dimensions, and save files entirely from PowerShell, with four traps I hit myself and learned never to repeat.