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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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  • Not sure why cessej rewrote it (it's not clear to me what the original problem he/she was trying to resolve).

    Anyway, I've dug around a bit and haven't yet found a way of getting the "snapped" point. Looking at geAdjustPoint, the documentation suggests that this ought to work, but I believe that despite the documentation, it seems to always assume "Any Angle" as the snap mode. In practice it would probably need to know whether the create or edit snap mode was in place, but that's not it.

    Ideally there would be an API to get the snapped cursor location; I can't find one though. Otherwise Derek's approach is probably the only alternative. 

    I'll ask R&D.

    Note the argument to mouseAddPt() is in the IC615 bindkeys; it's not there before. I don't think it's absolutely essential though - effectively it allows the application to do mfg snapping or something like that.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Not sure why cessej rewrote it (it's not clear to me what the original problem he/she was trying to resolve).

    Anyway, I've dug around a bit and haven't yet found a way of getting the "snapped" point. Looking at geAdjustPoint, the documentation suggests that this ought to work, but I believe that despite the documentation, it seems to always assume "Any Angle" as the snap mode. In practice it would probably need to know whether the create or edit snap mode was in place, but that's not it.

    Ideally there would be an API to get the snapped cursor location; I can't find one though. Otherwise Derek's approach is probably the only alternative. 

    I'll ask R&D.

    Note the argument to mouseAddPt() is in the IC615 bindkeys; it's not there before. I don't think it's absolutely essential though - effectively it allows the application to do mfg snapping or something like that.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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