Rotate selected entities¶
Rotate selected entities¶
1# This script rotates any selected entities by 90 degress
2# (270 degress Counter-Clockwise) around their centre position
3
4# check there is an active drawing
5if impact.active_drawing.isNone():
6
7 # display a message in the output toolbox
8 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("Unable to continue: there is no active drawing")
9
10else:
11
12 # create a local variable for the active block
13 ab = impact.active_drawing.active_layer.active_block
14
15 # get the selected entity extents
16 rect = ab.get_selected_extents()
17
18 # create some local variables for the Angle, Position, Retain
19 # and NumCopies options
20 position = rect.centre
21 retain = 0
22 angle = 270
23 num_copies = 1
24
25 # rotate the selected entities
26 ab.rotate(angle, position, retain, num_copies)
27
28 # repaint all entities in this window
29 impact.active_drawing.active_window.repaint()
30
31 # deselect entities
32 ab.select_none()