AutoCad :: Passing Field Or Variable To Plugin
Oct 18, 2011
I recently added the QR Code plugin from the labs to ACAD 2012.
[URL]
It's pretty cool, and I have added it to one of my title blocks so that contractors can access more resources via their phones if they have questions on site. The code can be updated with a simple command QRED.
The downside of this, of course, is that I have to edit my block for every project. The documentation says that the encoded info is stored as XData. Is there a way to access this data via a field, or pass a variable/attribute through to the plugin to male this a bit easier?
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Jul 9, 2013
I would like to use a string as a variable if this is possible. I've got:
new-pl-lay (as a variable that holds layer name "UGL_PL_NEW")
first-cable (as a string that holds "new-pl-lay")
I'd like set the current layer to "UGL_PL_NEW" by using the first-cable string.
Something like:
(command "_.layer" "m" (read first-cable) "")
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Jan 9, 2013
I now understand about serializing the message, and loading and running external scripts via opening, reading, and sending them within the context of BridgeTalk.
I have a palette window which contains a listbox of items that searches and lists the contents of over 400 products. This pic of the template below is typical for all items. The imprint area shown will change depending on the product.
Script #1:
When the user selects a product from the list, that selection is used to open a file (illustrator template) for that item that shows a guide path box with height and width information for the imprint area on the product. The currently opened illustrator document contains the artwork they are working on at the time. This artwork is copied and pasted to the newly opened template file.
Script #2:
This script contains an array of all the products in the palette list. Within each index of that array, each item will contain the following information:
Example (the name property of each item will match the name of the index box selection from script #1):
var itemArray = new Array();
//p may be saved at index 0 of itemArray
var p = new Object();
p.name ="P- Shape P";
p.width = 189;
p.height = 103.5;
p.pos = [300,564];
I need to send the selection from script #1 to script #2 so I can loop through the array and find a match, at which point the information stored in the properties of the item will be used to scale the art and place it in the correct position on the template. Is there any way to send a variable from script #1 containing the name of the selection via BridgeTalk and have it stored in a variable in script #2? If not, I read somewhere where it might be possible to write/save it to disk and have the second script read it.
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Jan 15, 2009
I have a question if there is some kind of plug in for Coreldraw to easy make personalized printing?
For example Kodak calls it Variable Data Print System and you can easy starts personalizing your bussiness cards.
Is there some kind of plug in aviable?
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May 24, 2013
I have a need to save coordinates points for a couple of objects, so I decided to use a structure object.
Here is my structure for an 8 sided polygon:
Structure OctoPolygon Public Shared pt1 As New Geometry.Point3d Public Shared pt2 As New Geometry.Point3d Public Shared pt3 As New Geometry.Point3d Public Shared pt4 As New Geometry.Point3d Public Shared pt5 As New Geometry.Point3d Public Shared pt6 As New Geometry.Point3d Public Shared pt7 As New Geometry.Point3d Public Shared pt8 As New Geometry.Point3d Public Sub setPoints(ByVal drawingStartPoint As Double, ByVal mcSize As Double, ByVal mcCenter2Cham As Double)
[code]....
It says "Access of shared member, constant member, enum member, or nested type through an instance; qualifying expression wil not be evaluated"
how I can get the sub to see the points defined in the structure?
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Nov 5, 2013
I'm attempting to write a batch script to add some layers to a pre-existing image and save a copy. I've gone through the tutorial, and have run the demo code from Basic_Batch with no errors, but my (what I think of as simple) script throws an "Error: eval: unbound variable: ?" It also seems to cascade the error to other scripts, as I then get "unmatched parentheses: 2" errors from what I assume to be the script immediately following my own during Script-Fu load. This occurs whether running from batch or clicking "Refresh Scripts" from the Script-Fu menu.
What I could find on this forum and Google suggests that I may be required to 'define' one or more of my variables before using it, but for the life of me, I can't figure out which one that would be, and the error (reporting that '?' is undefined!?) I've quintuply (probably more ~_^) checked my parenthesis matching, but they look fine to me.
In case this was an encoding issue, I've tried saving my .scm file as both UTF-8 and ANSI. I should also note that I'm running Windows 7 x64 in English-US.
Script:
(define (script-fu-build-imagebasefilemytext)(let*((image (car (gimp-file-load RUN-NONINTERACTIVE basefile basefile)))(drawable (car (gimp-image-get-active-layer image)))(title (car (gimp-text-layer-new image mytext "Courier" 18 UNIT-POINT))))(gimp-image-add-layer image title -1)(gimp-image-clean-all image)(gimp-file-save RUN-NONINTERACTIVE image drawable "K:\\Images\\Temp.gif" "Temp.gif")));
Since I intend for this script to only be run from batch, I haven't bothered including the typical register stuff.
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How to copy the "Title"-field and the "Caption"-field into the "Keyword"-field?
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Jul 14, 2012
I'm working on a small design project and creating a program in Inventor that utilizes a 2D Sketch to calculate the forces in a 2D static Bridge.... Although this is Besides the point.
In order to do what I want, I've found it will be easier to use Arrays. Unfortunately I'm having trouble passing arrays through various functions and setting them to each other.
These errors are constantly popping up
Rule Compile Errors in Bridge Stress, in Sketch Test Code.ipt
Error on Line 60 : Number of indices is less than the number of dimensions of the indexed array.
Error on Line 63 : Number of indices is less than the number of dimensions of the indexed array.
Error on Line 69 : Number of indices is less than the number of dimensions of the indexed array.
Error on Line 174 : Number of indices is less than the number of dimensions of the indexed array.
Error on Line 308 : Number of indices is less than the number of dimensions of the indexed array.
Attached you'll find the code I'm using.
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Nov 20, 2012
I got a problem to pass parameter from VB to batch file. My code is below to run the batch file and to pass parameter.
Private Sub Button4_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
Dim input As String
Dim output AsString
input = "C:atchFile est.gds"
output ="C:atchFile est.dxf"
Dim batchFile As String = "C:atchFileLC_gds2dxf.bat"
Process.Start(batchFile, input & ""& output)
EndSub
With this code the output is like below:
If you look at the screen shot you can find out that input and output variable is passing to one variable LC_gdsin. But I want that output file location will be assigned to LC_dxfout. I tried a lot but could not able to do that.
I am using VB2010 premium and windows 7 32 bit pc
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Jun 30, 2004
I have a master layout (ipt), from which I've created derived parts, that get put together in an assembly. I'm able to pass parameters from my master part to the derived parts, but I don't seem to be able to pass parameters from the derived parts to the assembly. Is this possible?
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Feb 10, 2011
I'm trying to create a .DLL to access a database from within iLogic. I'm new to VB.net so I'm having some trouble. I need to pass a multidimensional array as an argument to the DLL, but when I try to run the code I get an error that says "Number of indices exceeds the number of dimensions of the indexed array."
Here is my code..
The errors occur on the sData(0,i) and the sData(1,i)
I left all the database code off, because passing the array is the big issue I believe.
Public sub AddRecord(ByRef sData() As String)
For i = 0 to FieldQty
rst.Fields.Item(sData(0,i).Value = sData(1,i)
Next
End Sub
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Aug 22, 2012
I have been attempting to pass a string array contained in a variant to the AutoCAD method AcadPlot.SetLayoutsToPlot. I am using late binding without a Interop assembly because we have several versions of AutoCAD in this company and I would like to support all of them from the same code base.The method wants a variant that contains a string array passed byref. The Microsoft documentation on COM interop from VB.NET makes it sound like the compiler will marshal it correctly by default, but it always throws a COMException (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)).
The stack trace shows it is trying to anyway:
StackTrace:
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.LateBinding.InternalLateCall(Object o, Type objType, String name, Object[] args, String[] paramnames, Boolean[] CopyBack, Boolean IgnoreReturn)
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.NewLateBinding.LateCall(Object Instance, Type Type, String MemberName, Object[] Arguments, String[] ArgumentNames, Type[] TypeArguments, Boolean[] CopyBack, Boolean IgnoreReturn)
But no matter how I code it I cannot get this variant array passed to AutoCAD.I have tried:
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
' VB default marshalling
Dim layoutarr = New Object() {"Layout1"}
doc.Plot.SetLayoutsToPlot(layoutarr)
' using a VariantWrapper
Dim layoutarr = New Object() {"Layout1"}
Dim wrapper As New System.Runtime.InteropServices.VariantWrapper(layoutarr)
doc.Plot.SetLayoutsToPlot(wrapper)
[code]...
As intensively as AutoCAD ActiveX uses variant arrays, I know this problem is going to come up again and again for me as I try to migrate code over to .NET.
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Feb 14, 2011
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Aug 14, 2012
Writing a routine that stores a file name as a string in variable FILE.I check the variable and it returns a nice quoted string: "filename-123.dwg"
I would like AutoCAD to open the file w/out user input.With FILEDIA set to 0, I've tried passing the variable to the command line:
(command "open" FILE)
or in a script as:
open
(FILE)
...
or,
open
!FILE
...
I get the same error. The string dumps to the command line and I get 'Unknown command "DWG" .'
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Jul 25, 2012
The good news is that, if I were righting a routine that locks up AutoCAD, I'm finished. The bad news is that I'm not.
The code below is the portion of a routine where I have the user select 2 points and then pass those points to the Zoom command and the M2P osnap. The problem is that, when the Mid Between 2 Points osnap tries to use the first point, it returnns an "Invalid point" message, enters a loop and locks ACAD.
(defun C:ZC ()
(setq PointOne (getpoint "First point of M2P "))
(setq PointTwo (getpoint "Second point of M2P "))
[Code].....
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Feb 29, 2012
I'm trying to complete the code to select a p-line on layer G-POLY-GSF w/o asking for input. this (setq ent (ssget "X" (list (cons 8 "G-POLY-GSF"))) dosen't seem to work. What I'm I missing here?
(defun cf8 (/ ent dist obj)
(vl-load-com)
(setq ent (car (entsel "
Select line to offset: "))
;(setq ent (ssget "X" (list (cons 8 "G-POLY-GSF")))
[Code]....
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Sep 16, 2013
I have a list function that asks for the user to pick points when it is run. It looks something like this (foo arg1 arg2) When invoked it asks the user to pick points and press enter when done It.
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Aug 30, 2011
I am having a problem with copying a transparent layer and then Pasting it from the clipBoard to any graphic program (irfanview and WebPlusX4).
The Transparent layer contains a cloudBrush graphic. The foreground color is white, and bg color is black.
When I paste it into webPlus, it shows up as ALL white. Then I change the pasted image as Transparent with white a bg. The ALL white disappears. And so does the cloud image.
How come I can't see the image? What must I do in Gimp to be able to pass the imageLayer via clipBoard.
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In composition.ready i have the following function defined
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}
I cannot get this to work and I am not understanding why.If I do an alert on the mouseout function for alert($(colorTile).attr("id")); I get the correct referenc to the element I want to show but it does not actually happen
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Dec 1, 2013
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Nov 13, 2012
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Sub test() Dim ftnName As String Dim argument As String Dim result As String ftnName = "myFunction" argument = "cat" result = Application.Run(ftnName, argument) MsgBox resultEnd SubFunction myFunction(inString As String) As String myFunction = inString & " has " & Len(inString) & " letters."End Function
However I get the error "object required" on the "result = Application.Run(ftnName, argument)" line. So I'm guessing the Inventor VBA doesn't like this method of doing this. I'm just hoping there is a way to do this or this function will be useless or reduced to hardcoding functions which still defeats the purpose.
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this is my code;
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