This example shows how to construct a Line.
'-------------------------------------------------------------- ' 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: A message box pops up when a Line is ' constructed and its color changed in the drawing document. '---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 dsLine As DraftSight.Line Dim dsColor As Color Dim startX, startY, startZ, endX, endY, endZ As Double
'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()
'Line parameters startX = 1# startY = 1# startZ = 0# endX = 6# endY = 1# endZ = 0#
'Draw a line Set dsLine = dsSketchManager.InsertLine(startX, startY, startZ, endX, endY, endZ) If Not dsLine Is Nothing Then 'Change line's color Set dsColor = dsLine.Color dsColor.SetNamedColor (dsNamedColor_Red) dsLine.Color = dsColor MsgBox "Line was added to drawing, and its color changed to red." End If
Else
MsgBox "There are no open documents in DraftSight."
End If End Sub