This example shows how to construct a 2D PolyLine in 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 document. ' 5. Run the macro. ' ' Postconditions: A message box pops up when a 2D PolyLine is ' constructed 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 dsPolyline As DraftSight.PolyLine Dim coordinates(0 To 7) As Double Dim closed As Boolean
'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()
'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 Set 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