This example shows how to insert a Ray 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 Ray is ' inserted 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 dsRay As Ray Dim startX, startY, startZ, throughX, throughY, throughZ As Double
'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()
'Ray parameters startX = 0.0# startY = 0.0# startZ = 0.0# throughX = 2.0# throughY = 3.0# throughZ = 0.0#
'Add a Ray dsRay = dsSketchManager.InsertRay(startX, startY, startZ, throughX, throughY, throughZ)
If Not dsRay Is Nothing Then MsgBox("Ray was added to drawing.") End If
Else
MsgBox("There are no open documents in DraftSight.")
End If
End Sub
End Module