This example shows how to construct a 2D PolyLine in a drawing document.
'-------------------------------------------------------------- ' Preconditions: ' 1. Create a VB.NET Windows console project. ' 2. Copy and paste this example into the VB.NET IDE. ' 3. Add a reference to: ' install_dir\APISDK\tlb\DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.dll. ' 4. Start DraftSight and open a document. ' 5. Start debugging the project. ' ' Postconditions: A message box pops up when a 2D PolyLine is ' constructed in the drawing document. '---------------------------------------------------------------- Imports DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation
Module Module1
Sub Main() Dim dsApp As Application Dim dsDoc As Document Dim dsModel As Model Dim dsSketchManager As SketchManager Dim dsPolyline As PolyLine Dim coordinates(0 To 7) As Double Dim closed As Boolean
'Connect to DraftSight dsApp = GetObject(, "DraftSight.Application") dsApp.AbortRunningCommand() ' abort any command currently running in DraftSight to avoid nested commands
'Get active document dsDoc = dsApp.GetActiveDocument() If Not dsDoc Is Nothing Then
'Get model space dsModel = dsDoc.GetModel()
'Get Sketch Manager dsSketchManager = dsModel.GetSketchManager()
'2D PolyLine parameters coordinates(0) = 0 : coordinates(1) = 2 coordinates(2) = 0 : coordinates(3) = 0 coordinates(4) = 6 : coordinates(5) = 0 coordinates(6) = 6 : coordinates(7) = 2 closed = True
'Construct a 2D PolyLine dsPolyline = dsSketchManager.InsertPolyline2D(coordinates, closed)
If Not dsPolyline Is Nothing Then MsgBox("2D PolyLine was added to drawing.") End If
Else
MsgBox("There are no open documents in DraftSight.")
End If
End Sub
End Module