I need to create a command which could change a color of an allready existing selection set when activated. For example i have a command which creates a cube, where each specific group of lines were added to different selection sets. how can i recall any created selection set by its name and change its color?
View 9 RepliesI have a lisp routine that creates a "frame wall" and I want to be able to automatically dimension said wall within the same routine. I have created two sets of points, each set being on its own new layer. I have made selection sets of each set of points, and want to cycle through each set dimensioning as required. This what I have so far for this part of the routine:
(command "DIMSCALE" 24)
(setq sel1 (ssget "x" '("VPOINTS")))
(setq TC (polar (ssname sel1 0) (dtr 180.0) 9))
(command "DIMLINEAR" (ssname sel1 0) (ssname sel1 1)) "V" (polar TC (dtr 180.0) 9) "")
[code]...
When I run the program I get the error: bad point argument. So what I think is happening is that the ssname command is not returning the actual value but just the name? I am new to AutoLisp and even newer to selection sets so be easy... Along with this, I am also curious as to how a selection set is ordered when it is chosen ie how does it determine what would be in (ssname sel1 0). Also, how would one go about deleting the points in these selection sets after the dimensioning has been completed.
I wish to collect a selection set of blocks in paperspace of a certain name. For model space I would use the following line:
(setq x1 (ssget "_x" '((2 . "*etc*") (410 . "model"))))
when it comes to setting paperspace as the 410 ssget list value as the name can be modified and I need it to work in all drawings. I tried
setting a variable to the paperspace layout name and using a print function at the (410 . "model") point but without sucess.
I wrote a lisp program which creates a selection set using ssget. Then I use the bounding box commands to get the lowest point of that selection set. Now I want to move that selection set as a whole using the vla-move command. I am having trouble doing this. Is this possible? Can we vla-move a selection set? Is there a workaround?
View 2 Replies View RelatedCan you change the color of a block attribute with lisp like you can with the built in Enhanced Attribute Editor function eg
I can change the value of the attribute LAMP but can I also change its color from the color of the layer its created on?
(while (not (equal ck "SEQEND"))
(setq e1 (entnext e1)
e2 (entget e1)
ck (cdr (assoc 0 e2)))
(if (= (cdr (assoc 2 e2)) "LAMP")
(progn
(setq e2 (subst (cons 1 lamp)(assoc 1 e2)e2))
(entmod e2)
(entupd e1)
(setq ctr (+ ctr 1))
)
)
)
How to change the Backgroundcolor of the Blockeditor with VLisp? I haven't found neither a SystemVariable nor somthing inside the AcadPreferencesDisplay object.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhat is the best way to change the color of two pieces of specific text in lisp? I want to change where it says (strcase ln6) & (strcase ln7) to the color of green. I tried it a couple of different ways but I'm having some trouble. First I am setting the current layer with a color of blue. I am then running the text command a couple of times. I want to run the mtext command a couple of times but I want the text to be green & I want the width factor to be .85
View 9 Replies View RelatedAny routine for changing color of AutoCAD background in model space. As for changing background color we have to follow four steps namely as follows:-
1. Execute OP
2. Go to display tab
3. Go to color tab
4. Change color
A tool that directly calls the model color shall be highly beneficial.
The following snippit of code is changeing the color of text in a cell of an AcadTable. It will set the color to an RGB value and works great. But what if the color is a normal color 1 through 255 from autocad's pen table. How would I set the cell text color?
(setq objColor (vla-getcellcontentcolor eVLAMT R C)) ;sets a Color Object, whatever that is
(vla-setrgb objColor RED GRN BLU) ;sets the new color of the Color Object
(vla-setcellcontentcolor eVLAMT R C objColor) ;sets that new color object to the cell
I'm attempting to create an easier way to change layer colors of nested linework by selecting the linework and having the ACAD index color dialog box appear to select the replacement color.
defining the "ic" variable;
(defun c:clc (/ ent ent_data ic ent_lay) ;change layer color(setq ent(nentsel)) (setq ent_data(entget(car ent)))(setq ic ;index color(cdr(assoc 62(ACAD_COLORDLG))))(setq ent_lay(cdr(assoc 8 ent_data)))(command "-layer" "c" ic ent_lay ""))
I have too many blocks with specific layers inside.
develope lisp can change all to layer 0 but keep color and linetype as it is.
I will use this as a part of script to change multiple block.
I'd like to change a layer's color from command line because of a user icon. I figured out from previous topics that I should use macro similar to this: ^C^C_filedia;0;-la;s;Verdeckt (ISO);c;1;l;dashed;;_filedia;1;re;
(I want to use this macro to change layer's linetype, too, but that's not the point)
The only problem with this macro: layer's name contains a space therefore Autocad tries to recognize Verdeckt as a command (and macro interrupts there) instead of setting Verdeckt (ISO) as the current layer. I've tried using different quote marks, none of them worked (' and " and <>). I hope there's a method for entering a parameter that contains space.
Software: Inventor Series 2011 SP1 x64
OS: Vista Business x64
CPU: E6400
RAM: 2*2Gb GeIL
VGA: Quadro FX 550
I've created a lisp that draws the boltholes of a pipe flanges, using the correct number of holes, at the correct diameter at the correct bolt-hole diameter and then rotates. Everything works seamlessly, when i do just one flange. But I've discovered that fewuently there will be mulitple times when a user will have to perform the command.
So the idea I had was to do the following:
Select all circles with (setq CirclesFirst (ssget "X" (list (cons 0 "CIRCLE"))))
Go through the code to create the new circles.
Select all circles with (setq Circles (ssget "X" (list (cons 0 "CIRCLE"))))
Remove selection set "CirclesFirst" from "Circles".
But what for some reason (command "_.select" Circles "R" CirclesFirst "") does not work.
I'm trying to fix an issue with entlast where if the user hits escape during the process, the wrong entity gets erased, etc. Here's the problem code...
From a function that would have just inserted a dynamic block at 0,0 then modified it - here's where we pick up..
(SETQ ss (SSGET "L"))
(vl-cmdf "_.copybase" (getvar "LASTPOINT") ss "")
(prompt "
Pick insertion point... then rotation angle ")
(vl-cmdf "erase" ss "")
(vl-cmdf "_.pasteblock" PAUSE)
(setvar "polarmode" 1)(setvar "autosnap" 63)(setvar "osmode" osm1)
(vl-cmdf "_.ROTATE" (entlast) "" (cdr (assoc 10 (entget (entlast)))) PAUSE)
(vl-cmdf "_.EXPLODE" (entlast) ""
)
I would like to do..(setq ss (vl-cmdf "_.pasteblock" PAUSE)), but of course, that doesn't work - it returns "T".
My goal is to get rid of the entlast usage from the last two lines - unexpected cancels rotate and explode the wrong entities.
If I try (setq ss (entlast)) or (ssget "L") after the pastblock, I might still get the wrong selection set if the user hits cancel before picking.
I am trying to select all blocks of a certian name. I am using the following:
(setq ss1bk (ssget "_X" (list (cons 2 blkname))))
My issue is that this will not select any dynamic or attribute blocks that are not at the default insert state.
how to select all of a block by name including reguardless of current state?
Is it possible to get a selection set of what was just pasted into drawing?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI'm putting together some quick function that I can send 2 arguments and get from it the total area of a given hatch on the given layer. I think everything is in order but I'm having trouble with the selection set filter:
(DEFUN GET-HATCH-AREA (HATCH LAYR / area sset) (COND((AND(ssget "X" '((0 . "HATCH") (2 . HATCH) (8 . LAYR))) (SETQ area 0) (VLAX-FOR H (SETQ sset (VLA-GET-ACTIVESELECTIONSET (VLA-GET-ACTIVEDOCUMENT (VLAX-GET-ACAD-OBJECT)))) (SETQ area (+ (VLA-GET-AREA h) area))) (ALERT(STRCAT "Total area = " (IF (OR (= (GETVAR "lunits") 3) (= (GETVAR "lunits") 4) ) (STRCAT (RTOS area 2) " sq. in. (" (RTOS (/ area 144) 2) " sq. ft.)") (RTOS area) ) ) ) (VLA-DELETE sset) ) ) ))
with the mouse I can select objects on the screen and then start a command that uses these objects.
How can I perform this in lisp?
I can create my selection set, that's no problem, but how can I 'make it active' for an external function?
(ssget "_C" p0 p1 '((0 . "TEXT")))
???
(c:txtexp)
R14 Autolisp:
I can create an empty selection set (setq EMss (ssadd)). As I loop through a list I can use the counter to create selection sets on the fly by using:
(set (read (strcat "ss" (itoa cnt))) EMss) and even keep a list of the ssets created with (setq sslst (cons (strcat "ss" (itoa cnt)) sslst)). But when I try to add an ename to the ss with (ssadd ename (read (strcat "ss" (itoa cnt))), I get a error: bad argument type (SSADD NEXTE (READ (STRCAT "ss" (ITOA CNT)))).
why I can create the sets but not add to them this way? I can add to them from the command line.
I wrote a lisp program which creates a selection set using ssget. Then I use the bounding box commands to get the lowest point of that selection set. Now I want to move that selection set as a whole using the vla-move command. Can we vla-move a selection set?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI need to copy a selection set from p1 to p2.to do this I wrote the following
(defun c:test () (setq sel (ssget)) (setq p1 (getpoint "
Origine: ")) (setq p2 (gettpoint p1 "
Destination: ")) (command "_.copy" sel "" p1 p2))
works, but this way I can not see objects dynamically attached to the mouse cursor.
To visualize this effect, I noticed that I can use:
(command "_.copy" sel "" pause pause)
but in this way I can not save the variables p1 and p2: I need for these, subsequently in the rest of thefunctions lisp.
To get the 'File Selection dialog box' in AutoCAD via LISP, which command should I use other than 'GETFILED' ?
I have a program which using GETFILED to select the drawing file , but I think this dialog box size is too small to browse folder/file , as you cant see the favorites list and you cant resize the dialog box.
I'm working on a lisp that goes through a whole list of files and does different things to those files. I've been racking my brain for a way to select just a folder via a dialogue box, but haven't found a way. I'm sure it can be done with dcl, but I don't know where to start.
This would not be the standard "file" selection box, but would only list the folders and let me select one even if there are others "under" them. This is what I'd like it to look like.
I'm not sure if there is a standard AutoCAD box that I could call for this or not
How to Set a previous selection to nil from say a move command?
View 5 Replies View RelatedLooking to make a selection set of points that are on a specific layer, and then create a dimension between, in this case, two points. I feel like it should be very simple, but I can't get it to work for the life of me. Here is the test code I've been playing around with:
(defun c:test (/ sel1 TC)
(setq sel1 (ssget "X" '((8 . "VPOINTS"))))
(setq TC (polar (entget (assoc 10 (ssname sel1 0))) (dtr 180.0) 9))
(command "DIMLINEAR" (entget (assoc 10 (ssname sel1 0))) (entget (assoc 10 (ssname sel1 1))) "V" (polar TC (dtr 180.0) 9) "")
[code].......
How to get the individual components of a block that has just been exploded within a lisp routine into a selection set. I want to alter the layer of each element to the insert layer of the block. I may also make one or two other changes according to what I find in the block.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI downloaded a lisp routine that will align block attributes. The problem is I can only select the attributes one at a time. I'd like to be able select multiple attributes using the selection window or a crossing window, but I haven't had much luck. If you use the AEATTSHOW command, it give you a prompt to "select using window" by pressing W. I'd like to have the same functionality for my Align attributes routine.
Below is the portion of code I currently have to select attributes one at a time:
;* Select all attributes to align with the parent selected above and add the attribute entname and the block
;* entname to a list in format ( (AttrEntName BlkEntName) (AttrEntName BlkEntName) (AttrEntName BlkEntName) )
;*
while (/= TempAttr nil)
(setq
TempAttr (nentsel "
Select Attributes to align: ")
[Code] .........
I need the same funcionality as in code below, but without using "command".
The main idea is alowed user to modify Existing Selection Set.
(defun gt:ss->lst (a:ss / i lst ) ;_ / (setq i 0) (if a:ss (progn (repeat (sslength a:ss) (setq lst (cons (ssname a:ss i) lst) i (1+ i) ) ;_ setq ) ;_ repeat (reverse lst) ) ;_ progn ) ;_ if) ;_ defun gt:ss->lst(defun gt:ss_modify (a:en-lst / ) ;_ / ;;create Selection set (setq ss2 (ssadd)) (foreach f:en a:en-lst (ssadd f:en ss2) ) ;_ foreach ;;Run command and fill with initial content (command "_select" ss2) ;;Alow the user to modify the contents (while (/= (getvar "cmdnames") "") (command pause) ) ;_ while ;;get back the list of enames from modified selection set (setq ss3 (ssget "_P")) (setq ss3-lst (gt:ss->lst ss3))) ;_ defun gt:ss_modify(defun tst:gt:ss_modify ( / ) ;_ / (gt:ss_modify (gt:ss->lst (ssget)))) ;_ defum tst:gt:ss_modify
Tried retrieving an ActiveX selection set in AutoCAD 2013 (AutoCAD Architecture 64bit on Windows 7 is what I am using)?
Using a piece of LISP I got from the ADN developer site, it no longer works and gives this error....
Cannot invoke (command) from *error* without prior call to (*push-error-using-command*).
Converting (command) calls to (command-s) is recommended.
(defun c:erset (/ acApp acDoc selSets ss1)
(vl-load-com)
(setq acApp (vlax-get-acad-object))
(setq acDoc (vla-get-activeDocument acApp))
(setq selSets (vla-get-SelectionSets acDoc))
[code].....
Unfortunately my lisp is very basic.
(defun c:getSset()
(vl-load-com)
(setq ss-vba (vla-item
(vla-get-selectionsets
(vla-get-activedocument
[code]......
What about creating an AutoLisp selection set from .NET - is it possible, if so I would prefer to do that instead?
The goal is to create some objects in .NET (using activeX or managed code) and then have some way to access these objects via the command line I'm assuming they only way is using an AutoLISP selection set.
How to edit this string so that it would change ONLY XREF layers in a dwg. to color 3 bylayer, and leave all of my additional layers in the current dwg. as is.
^C^Cchprop;(ssget"x");;color;bylayer;;-layer;color;3
I want to override the measurement in a dimension with a string of text using a LISP command.
E.g.. "select dimension"
type new text for dimension
replace dimension measurement with new text. I can get the entity and its values, buy not sure which value to change for the "text override".
BTW Acad 2012.