This example shows how to insert an external reference to a drawing document.
'-------------------------------------------------------------- ' 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 new drawing document. ' 5. If C:\Block.dwg exists, then skip this step. ' - or - ' If C:\Block.dwg does not exist, then construct ' some geometry in the drawing, save the drawing ' as C:\Block.dwg, and open a new drawing document. ' 6. Run the macro. ' ' Postconditions: A message box pops up when an external reference ' is inserted 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 dsExtReference As DraftSight.BlockInstance Dim dsReference as DraftSight.ExternalReference Dim pathName As String Dim insertX, insertY, insertZ, scaleValue, rotation 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()
'External reference parameters (rotation value should be in radians) pathName = "C:\Block.dwg" insertX = 0# insertY = 0# insertZ = 0# scaleValue = 1# rotation = 0#
'Add an external reference Set dsExtReference = dsSketchManager.InsertExternalReference(pathName, insertX, insertY, insertZ, scaleValue, rotation)
If dsExtReference Is Nothing Then MsgBox pathName & " file was not found." Else MsgBox "A external reference was added to drawing." Dim references As Variant Dim reference As Object references = dsDoc.GetExternalReferences Set reference = references(0) Set dsReference = reference If Not dsReference Is Nothing Then MsgBox ("Name of external reference " & dsReference.Name & ".") End If End If
Else
MsgBox "There are no open documents in DraftSight."
End If End Sub