Prosteel Get Polycut coordinate.

[ChrisD]

Hi Guys. I am new to Prosteel. Please forgive me if my question is stupid.

 

Saying I have a beam with Polycut in it, I need to calculate the coordinate for each point. I found some information like

"

Coordinates of Polycut 0

Origin X=586540.0000 Y=284600.0000 Z=97846.0000

End X=596540.0000 Y=284600.0000 Z=97846.0000

X_axis X= 0.0000 Y= 1.0000 Z= 0.0000

Y_axis X= 0.0000 Y= 0.0000 Z= 1.0000

Coordinates of Used Polygon for Polycut

Vertex=0 X= -162.5000 Y= -174.0000 B= 0.0000

Vertex=1 X= -162.5000 Y= -137.5000 B= -0.4142

......

"

I know I can use these to come up with the coordinates I need. But my question is that is there any lisp function I can use to get these kind of information.

I use PScomwrapper.KS_comshape and comshapeinfo, and can only get middle line, the polycut number, and so on.

[lamensterms]

Hi Chris,

 

How would you like this data to be presented? What do you plan to do with the data?

 

I'm not a ProSteel LISP guru, but I have a few routines at work with the ability to extract all the ProSteel data which is visible via ACAD's properties dialogue box.

 

How much experience do you have with ProSteel LISP?

 

PS: I'm afraid I won't be able to post any of my routines until the morning, when I'm at work.

[lamensterms]

Pps, if you're after some general ProSteel help, you should check out the ProSteel OZ forums ( http://prosteeloz.proboards.com/), not a heap of users on the forums, but always great help. The more the merrier.

[ChrisD]

thanks for your reply. I will check that forums.

I am just starting LISP. My colleague will help me to come up with the lisp. unfortunately, she knew nothing this Prosteel. I, on the other hand, am on the other side. I am coding an application contain a function to collected all information Prosteel can provide for a beam by calling a lisp method. I was so stupid that I simply thought shape and shapeinfo can give me all. I took the job and stuck here.

[lamensterms]

Hey Chris,

 

I have some limited LISP experience, and I have been using ProSteel for the last few years. But I have never found a good resource to learn LISP for ProSteel, except a user on the board who helped a great deal, named 'Carry'. So he/she might be able to help you out.

 

Just wondering.. Where did you learn about PScomwrapper.KS_comshape and shapeinfo?

[ChrisD]

is it from Carry's example. And I found the reference book. Thanks.

[lamensterms]

What reference book are you referring to?

[ChrisD]

J, I hate this character limit thing. PScom170.chm