Topic: how to switch off info when using rotate3d

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Hi all,

 I am using rotate3d to rotate the text 'Ready' before the game starts.
But this externally defined command will print out info at the text command prompt,
which i dont want it to show on screen. Is there a way to switch off ??

thanks

[Ketxu]

Maybe set cmdecho to 0 ?

[Tharwat]

or use functions instead of commands , like . vla-rotate3d

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to Ketxu - I tried cmdecho but is still print the info on command text screen

to Tharwat - eh...could you do an example how to use vla-rotate3d. 

thanks

[KewlToyZ]

or use functions instead of commands , like . vla-rotate3d

It would have to be using both

[Tharwat]

to Tharwat - eh...could you do an example how to use vla-rotate3d. 

thanks

Example from Help Document

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vla-Rotate3D <vla-object> <Point1> <Point2> <RotationAngle in Radians>

[irneb]

Just remember that using the ActiveX methods you sometimes have to convert some data types to ActiveX data types. E.g. a point list needs to be a variant safearray.:

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1. (setq eo (vlax-ename->vla-object (car (entsel)))) ;Pick an entity & convert to ActiveX object reference
2. (setq pt1 (getpoint) pt2 (getpoint)) ;Pick the 2 points around which to ratate
3. (vla-Rotate3d eo (vlax-3d-point pt1) (vlax-3d-point pt2) pi) ;Rotate by 180 degrees

[pBe]

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1. (command "_circle" "2,2" 2)
2. (getpropertyvalue (entlast) "radius")
3. (setpropertyvalue (entlast) "radius" 3)

For real?

getpropertyvalue
ispropertyreadonly
setpropertyvalue

Dont have the latest version of autocad to test

[irneb]

Dont have the latest version of autocad to test

It works perfectly in ACad 2012.

Here's the help on these newly introduce AutoLisp functions:

• GetPropertyValue
• SetPropertyValue
• IsPropertyReadOnly
• DumpAllProperties

They are very powerful, I'd say even better than the vla get & set property functions. E.g. see the sample for changing properties of a vertex of a polyline in the SetPropertyValue help. And they're supposed to actually also work in Acad Mac - which doesn't allow any ActiveX.

[pBe]

[/list]They are very powerful, I'd say even better than the vla get & set property functions. E.g. see the sample for changing properties of a vertex of a polyline in the SetPropertyValue help. And they're supposed to actually also work in Acad Mac - which doesn't allow any ActiveX.

So its not ActiveX? Wow, That is so cool. too bad i'm using 2009.

.... (setpropertyvalue e3 "Vertices" 0 "EndWidth" 1.0).... amazing.. 

Thank you for the info Irné

[irneb]

Yep they're directly defined inside ObjectARX - same as those layerstate functions. They're actually faster than using ActiveX, and you need not convert to vla-objects. As a sample I've made an in-house thing to fix up solid hatches for concrete as exported from Revit (Rvt has some issue with columns & beams having their hatches and borders on the same layer when exported):

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1. (defun c:FixHatch (/ en L)
2.   (while (not (setq L (tblobjname "LAYER" "STRUCT-HATCH")))
3.     (command "_.-LAYER" "_Make" "STRUCT-HATCH" "_Color" "253" "" ""))
4.   (setq en (entnext))
5.   (while en
6.     (if (eq "SOLID" (vl-catch-all-apply 'GetPropertyValue (list en "PatternName")))
7.       (progn (SetPropertyValue en "LayerId" L)
8.         (SetPropertyValue en "Color" "256")))
9.     (setq en (entnext en)))
10.   (princ))

The only issue I have is the Dump function simply prints this to the command line. I'd think a function returning a list would be more useful - so you can actually check if a property is available.

[ElpanovEvgeniy]

my old code - insert block and rotate 3d (grread)

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sorry guys, forgotten to tell you that I am using autocad v2002.
This pacman game is designed/written using v2002 autolisp.

V2002 dont have vla-rotate3d. But v2002 have rotate3d the problem is,
it display the info at command prompt and it sort of making the game untidy.
I like to keep it clean and nice.

I tried the pacman game on v2009 but the screen turn white and when
pacman moves it creates a tunnel effect like the classic arcade game dig-dug.
Got the same negative result when I tried Troy game by Terry Miller on v2009.

I think grread dont work well on v2009.

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my old code - insert block and rotate 3d (grread)

Thanks for the help,

But I dunno if I could use your code.
Do you have a more specific code doing just rotate 3d of a text ?

thanks

[Lee Mac]

My transformation functions