This example shows how to create a linear pattern.
'-------------------------------------------------------------- ' Preconditions: ' 1. Create a VBA macro in a software product in which VBA is ' embedded. ' 2. Copy and paste this example into the Visual Basic IDE. ' 3. Add a reference to the DraftSight type library, ' install_dir\bin\dsAutomation.dll. ' 4. Start DraftSight and open a drawing document. ' 5. Run the macro. ' ' Postconditions: ' 1. Draws a Circle. ' 2. Draws a 2D PolyLine. ' 3. Creates a linear pattern using the Circle and 2D PolyLine ' entities. ' 4. Zooms the drawing to fit. ' 5. Examine the drawing. '---------------------------------------------------------------- Option Explicit Sub main() Dim dsApp As DraftSight.Application Dim dsDoc As DraftSight.Document Dim dsModel As DraftSight.Model Dim dsSketchManager As DraftSight.SketchManager Dim dsCircle As DraftSight.Circle Dim dsPolyLine As DraftSight.PolyLine
'Connect to DraftSight Set dsApp = GetObject(, "DraftSight.Application") 'Abort any command currently running in DraftSight 'to avoid nested commands dsApp.AbortRunningCommand
'Get active document Set dsDoc = dsApp.GetActiveDocument() If Not dsDoc Is Nothing Then
'Get model space Set dsModel = dsDoc.GetModel()
'Get Sketch Manager Set dsSketchManager = dsModel.GetSketchManager()
'Circle parameters Dim centerX As Double centerX = 5#
Dim centerY As Double centerY = 5#
Dim centerZ As Double centerZ = 0#
Dim radius As Double radius = 3#
'Draw a Circle Set dsCircle = dsSketchManager.InsertCircle(centerX, centerY, centerZ, radius)
'Draw a 2D PolyLine Dim coordinates(0 To 7) As Double coordinates(0) = 10: coordinates(1) = 4 coordinates(2) = 10: coordinates(3) = 6 coordinates(4) = 14: coordinates(5) = 6 coordinates(6) = 14: coordinates(7) = 4 Dim Closed As Boolean Closed = True
'Construct a 2D PolyLine Set dsPolyLine = dsSketchManager.InsertPolyline2D(coordinates, Closed)
'Linear pattern parameters Dim numberElementsOnVerticalAxis As Long numberElementsOnVerticalAxis = 4
Dim numberElementsOnHorizontalAxis As Double numberElementsOnHorizontalAxis = 5
Dim spacingonVerticalAxis As Double spacingonVerticalAxis = 20
Dim spacingOnHorizontalAxis As Double spacingOnHorizontalAxis = 40
Dim patternAngle As Double patternAngle = 3.14159265358979 / 4 'In radians
'Prepare list of entity types Dim dsEntityTypes(0 To 1) As Long dsEntityTypes(0) = dsObjectType_e.dsCircleType dsEntityTypes(1) = dsObjectType_e.dsPolyLineType
'Prepare list of entities Dim dsEntities(0 To 1) As Object Set dsEntities(0) = dsCircle Set dsEntities(1) = dsPolyLine
'Create linear pattern dsSketchManager.PatternLinear numberElementsOnVerticalAxis, numberElementsOnHorizontalAxis, spacingonVerticalAxis, spacingOnHorizontalAxis, patternAngle, dsEntityTypes, dsEntities
'Zoom to fit dsApp.Zoom dsZoomRange_e.dsZoomRange_Fit, Nothing, Nothing
Else
MsgBox "There are no open documents in DraftSight."
End If End Sub