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[JONTHEPOPE]

WHEN IS IT RELAVENT FOR ME TO USE CODE SUCH AS

 

 
(setq *Modle space* (ula-get-modleSpace(vla-get-activedocument
                              (vlax-get-acad object))))

 

so im telling code to go to modle space active doc. I assume but i'm not sure with what context i should use it (active "x")?

[borgunit]

The above does not change your active space. It just sets a variable to the object (ModelSpace). Later in code you could use it to add objects to, or to manipulate things. It should be in the help I would think.

[ASMI]

There is 5 errors:

 

(setq *Modle space* (ula-get-modleSpace(vla-get-activedocument

(vlax-get-acad object))))

 

(setq mSpace (vla-get-modelSpace(vla-get-activedocument

(vlax-get-acad-object))))

 

You can't to use * in variable names and can't to name variables with spaces as Modle space.

[borgunit]

Actually I think you can use this variable name. From the AutoCAD help...

 

Obtaining a Pointer to Model Space

(setq *ModelSpace* (vla-get-ModelSpace (vla-get-ActiveDocument  (vlax-get-Acad-Object))))

You can use the variable *ModelSpace* anytime you call an ActiveX entity  creation function. 
The only tricky thing with this scheme is the *ModelSpace* variable must be ready to go before you  start drawing. 
For this reason, the setq  establishing this variable will be called at the time the application is loaded,  immediately after the call to vl-load-com.  
These calls will be placed before any defun  in the program file. As a result, they are executed as soon as the file is  loaded.

[JONTHEPOPE]

IT 's pretty hard to thumb through all the acda help files. they really dont explain anything well .

 

thanks for the quick replys .

 

do people use visual lisp (lisp)

for other applications besides acad ?

(I.T.) ? electronics ?

[JONTHEPOPE]

 
(setq mSpace (vla-get-modelSpace(vla-get-activedocument
(vlax-get-acad-object))))

 

so i have to have drawing open for this code to work

 

could i tell lisp about my preferences ??

[borgunit]

Sorry I got off track. You can set a lot of things just with variables.

 

ie

(setvar "TILEMODE" 1) ;modelspace

(setvar "TILEMODE" 0) ;paperspace

(setvar "GRIDMODE" 0)

etc..

you get the idea