Readme for AutoCAD Operations Samples

This Readme contains information about the AutoCAD® VBA samples that include
AutoCAD® functionality.
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To Use the Samples
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The samples are AutoCAD VBA project (DVB) files. See the "Description of the
Samples" section below for any specific information about the samples.
To use an AutoCAD VBA sample or view its code
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1. Start AutoCAD and drag a sample into AutoCAD.

2. On the AutoCAD Tools menu, click Macro > Macros.
3. In the Macros dialog box, in the Macro list, select a macro to use or view.
4. Do one of the following:
* To use the selected macro, click Run.
* To view the code of the selected macro in the VBA Integrated Development
Environment (VBA IDE), click Edit.
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Descriptions of the Samples
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-attext.dvb: This sample extracts data from a drawing and puts the data into
Microsoft® Word and Microsoft® Excel files. This sample requires Microsoft® Office 97
or Microsoft® Office 2000. Before using this sample, open the attrib.dwg sample
drawing file in the ExtAttr directory. To use the sample, run the macro named
Extract_Dialog.
-acad_cg.dvb: This sample runs APIs involving drawings, windows, object properti
es,
user input, selection sets, layers, preferences, plotting, viewports, the utilit
y
object, and Xdata.
-BlockReplace.dvb: This sample replaces block references in model space.
-chplywid.dvb: This sample changes the width of all polylines in a drawing.
-cntrline.dvb: This sample adds centerlines to circles, arcs, and ellipses.
-drawline.dvb: This sample draws a line.
-ExcelLink.dvb: This sample creates an Excel workbook that contains a bill of ma
terials (BOM) for the current drawing. After the BOM has been edited in Excel, t
he data from the workbook can be passed back into the drawing. This sample requi
res Microsoft Office 97. Before using this sample, open the attrib.dwg sample dr
awing file in the ExtAttr directory. Before updating a drawing, make the workboo
k with the BOM active.
-ibeam3d.dvb: This sample creates and dynamically adjusts a 3D solid representin
g an I-beam. The solid is made from input parameters adjusted by mathematical ca
lculations based on Moment of Inertia and Section Modulus values for the beam.
-Map2Globe.Dwg: This sample generates 3D Polylines on a Sphere from 2D polylines
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-Menu.dvb: This sample runs APIs involving the MenuGroups and MenuBar collection
s.
-ObjectTracker.dvb: This sample runs APIs involving the XRecord object and shows
how to track information and store it in a dictionary containing an XRecord. Fo
r example, to use the sample,
start AutoCAD, load the DVB file, draw a line, modify its color, run the macro,
and select the line. To view tracking information for the drawing, select the dr
awing background.
-Tower.dwg: This sample draws an electrical power transmission tower and compute
s tables of weights and foundation reactions. The sample also does a stress anal
ysis of the tower structure and displays the deformed tower for given loads. The
forces in each member can be queried interactively. To use the sample, select t
he tabs in the Tower dialog box, from left to right. In each tab, use the contro
ls before moving to the next tab. Users can change the shape, size, materials va
lues, cross sections, or position of the Tower, or the direction or value of the
applied loads. A set of 8 blocks is defined in the DWG and are provided to plac
e different node loads (FXPT, FXPC, FXNT, FXNC, FYPT, FYPC, FYNT, FYNC) where F=
Nodal Force; X=on X axis; Y=on Y axis; P=Positive; N=Negative; T=Tension; and C=
Compresion. After the structure model is complete, you can run the stress analys
is using the Deformation tab. Each analysis generates a results.txt file, with n
ode displacements and bar forces. The source code is commented in Spanish.
-txtht.dvb: This sample changes the height of the text in a drawing.