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 1# this example creates a rectangle in the active block and transforms it twice
 2# leaving the original entities
 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    # move to a position in the active block
16    ab.move_ad(0, 0)
17
18    # create a local variable for the rectangle size
19    rectangle_size = 100
20
21    # create a line
22    line1 = ab.lined(rectangle_size, 0)
23    line2 = ab.lined(0, rectangle_size)
24    line3 = ab.lined(-rectangle_size, 0)
25    line4 = ab.lined(0, -rectangle_size)
26
27    # check the lines were created
28    if not line1.isNone() and not line2.isNone() and not line3.isNone() and not line4.isNone():
29
30        # select only the lines created earlier
31        ab.select_none()
32        line1.selected = 1
33        line2.selected = 1
34        line3.selected = 1
35        line4.selected = 1
36
37        # create local variables for the Offset, Retain and NumCopies options
38        offset = impact.creator.vector(200,200)
39        retain = 1
40        num_copies = 2
41
42        # perform the translation
43        ab.translate(offset, retain, num_copies)
44
45    # view the extents
46    impact.gui.active_window.view_extents()
47