DimensionAngle example (Python)

DimensionAngle example (Python)
 1# this example creates 2 lines and an angle dimension between them
 2
 3# check there is an active drawing
 4if impact.active_drawing.isNone():
 5
 6    # display a message in the output toolbox
 7    impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("Unable to continue: there is no active drawing")
 8
 9else:
10
11    # create a local variable for the active block
12    ab = impact.active_drawing.active_layer.active_block
13
14    # move to the origin of the active block
15    ab.move_ad(0, 0)
16
17    # create a line
18    line1 = ab.line_ad( 50, 0 )
19
20    # move to the origin of the active block
21    ab.move_ad(0, 0)
22
23    # create a line
24    line2 = ab.line_ad( 50, 50 )
25
26    # create a local variable for the quadrant point
27    quadrantPoint = None
28    try:
29        quadrantPoint = impact.creator.vector(50,25)
30    except Exception as exc:
31        pass
32    impact.gui.output_toolbox.add(f"Failed to create object via impact.creator.vector(): {exc}")
33
34    # create an angle dimension
35    ab.dimension_angle(line1, line2, quadrantPoint, ipDimensionTextMode.dtmInside)