Lined example (Python)

Lined example (Python)
 1# this example creates a line in the active block and displays its length
 2# in the output toolbox
 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 the origin of the active block
16    ab.move_ad(0, 0)
17
18    # create a local variable for the offset
19    offsetX = 100
20    offsetY = 100
21
22    # create a line
23    line1 = None
24    try:
25        line1 = ab.lined( offsetX, offsetY )
26    except Exception as exc:
27        pass
28    impact.gui.output_toolbox.add(f"Failed to create object via ab.lined(): {exc}")
29
30    # check the line was created
31    if not line1.isNone():
32
33        # display the length of the line in the output toolbox
34        impact.gui.output_toolbox.add(line1.length)