Topic: zoom viewport via objectdbx

[mkweaver]

I am building a lisp routine to add a viewport to drawings via objectdbx.  I can add the viewport but I'm having trouble figuring out how to zoom said viewport.

I can find the view center from the entity list (cdr (assoc 12 elist)), but I can't modify it with entmod.  (assoc 40 elist) gets me the view width and (assoc 41 elist) gets me the view height, but I don't see these exposed in the vla-object.

Am I missing something, or is this really not possible from objectdbx?

Thanks,
Mike

[MP]

You can’t entmod viewports, no matter open in the editor or via odbx. Cue sad trombone. The properties exposed to activex that affect the view are nominal and incomplete (e.g. CustomScale, Direction, Target, TwistAngle etc). That said, you may be able to modify the viewport's xdata via activex (as much as a slugfest that is) which may be reflected in the viewport's view. Doubtful / untested. Wish I had the time to experiment, that would be a fun and useful pet project. An aside, you should be able to define named view entries (views collection) via activex, then mod via activex or entmake which may be helpful if/when a user opens the dwg. /thinking out loud ... [edit: fixed grammarz].

[mkweaver]

You can’t entmod viewports, no matter open in the editor or via odbx. Cue sad trombone. The properties exposed to activex that affect the view are nominal and incomplete (e.g. CustomScale, Direction, Target, TwistAngle etc). That said, you may be able to modify the viewport's xdata via activex (as much as a slugfest that is) which may be reflected in the viewport's view. Doubtful / untested. Wish I had the time to experiment, that would be a fun and useful pet project. An aside, you should be able to define named view entries (views collection) via activex, then mod via activex or entmake which may be helpful if/when a user opens the dwg. /thinking out loud ... [edit: fixed grammarz].

I don't think I want to go the way of modifying the xdata.

I have 1200+ drawings I need to tweak, but the easy route is to handle it in my start up routine.

Thanks for the feedback.

[MP]

Ok + you’re most welcome.