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How to Retrieve the value of dX and dY in the current window

ClintMeyer

I would like to create a script that will automatically move whatever I have selected in a layout window by the same amount as the last move.  The last move/copy/stretch relative distance is displayed in the layout window as dX and dY (standing for delta X and delta Y i presume).  Is there a skill function that returns that value?  I looked under the hiGetCurrentWindow() and it was not there.

 Thanks for any help

 Clint

 

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  • dmay

    One way would be to replace:

    abGetDxDy.lastDelta=mapcar('difference curPoint refPoint)

    with a conditional that checks the snap value and then sets the delta accordingly. For anyAngle, the current code works. For orthogonal, use the larger of the dx and dy and set the other to 0. For diagonal, it is a little trickier. It looks like the delta is only in the x dir when the dx is more than twice dy. The dx and dy would be the same when dx > 0 and dy > 0 and dx is not more than twice dy or less than half dy. You can experiment with this in your window.

    case(hiGetCurrentWindow()~>snapMode
      ("anyAngle" 
        abGetDxDy.lastDelta=mapcar('difference curPoint refPoint)
      )
      ("orthogonal"
        delta = mapcar('difference curPoint refPoint)
        if(car(delta) >= cadr(delta)
          abGetDxDy.lastDelta(car(delta) 0.0)
          abGetDxDy.lastDelta(0.0 cadr(delta))
        )
      )
      ("diagonal"
        println("more work is needed here")
      )
      (t
        println(strcat(hiGetCurrentWindow()~>snapMode " not supported"))
      )
    )

    Or, maybe Andrew has a simpler solution. ;-)

    Derek

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  • dmay

    One way would be to replace:

    abGetDxDy.lastDelta=mapcar('difference curPoint refPoint)

    with a conditional that checks the snap value and then sets the delta accordingly. For anyAngle, the current code works. For orthogonal, use the larger of the dx and dy and set the other to 0. For diagonal, it is a little trickier. It looks like the delta is only in the x dir when the dx is more than twice dy. The dx and dy would be the same when dx > 0 and dy > 0 and dx is not more than twice dy or less than half dy. You can experiment with this in your window.

    case(hiGetCurrentWindow()~>snapMode
      ("anyAngle" 
        abGetDxDy.lastDelta=mapcar('difference curPoint refPoint)
      )
      ("orthogonal"
        delta = mapcar('difference curPoint refPoint)
        if(car(delta) >= cadr(delta)
          abGetDxDy.lastDelta(car(delta) 0.0)
          abGetDxDy.lastDelta(0.0 cadr(delta))
        )
      )
      ("diagonal"
        println("more work is needed here")
      )
      (t
        println(strcat(hiGetCurrentWindow()~>snapMode " not supported"))
      )
    )

    Or, maybe Andrew has a simpler solution. ;-)

    Derek

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