entity name

[Anonymous]

If I want to get the entity name of an object and use use it in a command.
How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a string?) is the
'entity name' and what would it look like?

Thanks
Edward

[Anonymous]

It depends on what command you want to use
the entity name with. The (entsel) function
returns a list containing an entity name,
and the coordinate used to select it using
a pick box. There are other ways to get one
or more entity names.

Can you rephrase your question in more specific terms?

"Edward Bagby" wrote in message
news:EFAB33A983A456E0DA95399070AA9411@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> If I want to get the entity name of an object and use use it in a command.
> How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a string?) is the
> 'entity name' and what would it look like?
>
> Thanks
> Edward
>
>

[Anonymous]

I don't know...
I'm ready to give up on this one. I'm trying to programatically explode a
leader and it's not working. Any thoughts on that?

Thank you very much,
Edward


"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
news:9E9DC60F7272A99C3DBD483C7FB24278@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> It depends on what command you want to use
> the entity name with. The (entsel) function
> returns a list containing an entity name,
> and the coordinate used to select it using
> a pick box. There are other ways to get one
> or more entity names.
>
> Can you rephrase your question in more specific terms?
>
> "Edward Bagby" wrote in message
> news:EFAB33A983A456E0DA95399070AA9411@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > If I want to get the entity name of an object and use use it in a
command.
> > How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a string?) is
the
> > 'entity name' and what would it look like?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Edward
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

"Edward Bagby" wrote in message
news:376ABEEB160B8D2262FE8F74D002257C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I don't know...
> I'm ready to give up on this one. I'm trying to programatically explode a
> leader and it's not working. Any thoughts on that?

I can't really have much thoughts on what I've never
seen. Try posting your code, and then perhaps we can
make some progress.

[Anonymous]

(car (entsel))
prompts for a selection and returns an entity name.

But as Tony says, the method you use may vary depending on what it is you're
trying to accomplish.
___

"Edward Bagby" wrote in message
news:EFAB33A983A456E0DA95399070AA9411@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> If I want to get the entity name of an object and use use it in a command.
> How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a string?) is
the
> 'entity name' and what would it look like?
>
> Thanks
> Edward
>
>

[Anonymous]

Assumming you're having the user select the entity:

(setq ldr_to_exp (car (entsel)))
(command ".explode" ldr_to_exp)


"Edward Bagby" wrote in message
news:376ABEEB160B8D2262FE8F74D002257C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I don't know...
> I'm ready to give up on this one. I'm trying to programatically explode a
> leader and it's not working. Any thoughts on that?
>
> Thank you very much,
> Edward
>
>
> "Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
> news:9E9DC60F7272A99C3DBD483C7FB24278@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > It depends on what command you want to use
> > the entity name with. The (entsel) function
> > returns a list containing an entity name,
> > and the coordinate used to select it using
> > a pick box. There are other ways to get one
> > or more entity names.
> >
> > Can you rephrase your question in more specific terms?
> >
> > "Edward Bagby" wrote in message
> > news:EFAB33A983A456E0DA95399070AA9411@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > If I want to get the entity name of an object and use use it in a
> command.
> > > How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a string?)
is
> the
> > > 'entity name' and what would it look like?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Edward
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

> How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a string?) is the
> 'entity name' and what would it look like?

1. The ename is not a string and can not be converted from a string.

2. The ename is a data type. You can get the ename from the handle
and vice versa.

3. Functions that can be used to obtain enames are:
entsel
nentsel
nentselp
entselp
ssname

4. Exploding objects (no need for ename)
(command "explode" pause "")

or
(and
(setq ss (ssget))
(command "explode" ss ""))

or

(and
(setq ename (car(entsel)))
(command "explode" ename ""))

[Anonymous]

Take a look at the lisp: xplode.lsp must be in the support folder of
autocad.

This is a portion of the code:


(setq e0 (entlast))
(setq en (entnext e0))
(while (not (null en)) ; find the last entity
(setq e0 en)
(setq en (entnext e0))
)

(command "_.EXPLODE" (xp_val -1 ent nil)) ; explode

(setq s0 (ssadd))

(while (entnext e0)
(ssadd (setq e0 (entnext e0))
s0
)
)

I think, that is what you are looking for.


"Edward Bagby" wrote in message
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> If I want to get the entity name of an object and use use it in a command.
> How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a string?) is
the
> 'entity name' and what would it look like?
>
> Thanks
> Edward
>
>

[Anonymous]

Hi Doug,

Not to nit pick, but this doesn't work. It only explodes the first object in
the selection set.

> or
> (and
> (setq ss (ssget))
> (command "explode" ss ""))

You have to set the variable qaflags to 1, or step through the selection set
one at a time.

Joe Burke

[Anonymous]

here's the code for trying at the command line, though it doesn't work

(progn(ssget D)(setq i 0)(setq n_ent(sslength D))(repeat n_ent(command
"_explode" (ssname D i))(setq i (+ 1 i))))




"Edward Bagby" wrote in message
news:376ABEEB160B8D2262FE8F74D002257C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I don't know...
> I'm ready to give up on this one. I'm trying to programatically explode a
> leader and it's not working. Any thoughts on that?
>
> Thank you very much,
> Edward
>
>
> "Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
> news:9E9DC60F7272A99C3DBD483C7FB24278@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > It depends on what command you want to use
> > the entity name with. The (entsel) function
> > returns a list containing an entity name,
> > and the coordinate used to select it using
> > a pick box. There are other ways to get one
> > or more entity names.
> >
> > Can you rephrase your question in more specific terms?
> >
> > "Edward Bagby" wrote in message
> > news:EFAB33A983A456E0DA95399070AA9411@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > If I want to get the entity name of an object and use use it in a
> command.
> > > How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a string?)
is
> the
> > > 'entity name' and what would it look like?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Edward
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

well, for starters... how about:

(setq D (ssget))

"Edward Bagby" wrote in message
news:EB88709BBDD841D7A207B8913F83BBAD@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> here's the code for trying at the command line, though it doesn't work
>
> (progn(ssget D)(setq i 0)(setq n_ent(sslength D))(repeat n_ent(command
> "_explode" (ssname D i))(setq i (+ 1 i))))
>
>
>
>
> "Edward Bagby" wrote in message
> news:376ABEEB160B8D2262FE8F74D002257C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > I don't know...
> > I'm ready to give up on this one. I'm trying to programatically explode
a
> > leader and it's not working. Any thoughts on that?
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> > Edward
> >
> >
> > "Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
> > news:9E9DC60F7272A99C3DBD483C7FB24278@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > It depends on what command you want to use
> > > the entity name with. The (entsel) function
> > > returns a list containing an entity name,
> > > and the coordinate used to select it using
> > > a pick box. There are other ways to get one
> > > or more entity names.
> > >
> > > Can you rephrase your question in more specific terms?
> > >
> > > "Edward Bagby" wrote in message
> > > news:EFAB33A983A456E0DA95399070AA9411@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > If I want to get the entity name of an object and use use it in a
> > command.
> > > > How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a string?)
> is
> > the
> > > > 'entity name' and what would it look like?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Edward
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

Also, with this 'simple' routine, there isn't any error checking, so if you
pick entities that can't be exploded (i.e. TEXT), then it's going to stop.

"Edward Bagby" wrote in message
news:EB88709BBDD841D7A207B8913F83BBAD@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> here's the code for trying at the command line, though it doesn't work
>
> (progn(ssget D)(setq i 0)(setq n_ent(sslength D))(repeat n_ent(command
> "_explode" (ssname D i))(setq i (+ 1 i))))
>
>
>
>
> "Edward Bagby" wrote in message
> news:376ABEEB160B8D2262FE8F74D002257C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > I don't know...
> > I'm ready to give up on this one. I'm trying to programatically explode
a
> > leader and it's not working. Any thoughts on that?
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> > Edward
> >
> >
> > "Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
> > news:9E9DC60F7272A99C3DBD483C7FB24278@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > It depends on what command you want to use
> > > the entity name with. The (entsel) function
> > > returns a list containing an entity name,
> > > and the coordinate used to select it using
> > > a pick box. There are other ways to get one
> > > or more entity names.
> > >
> > > Can you rephrase your question in more specific terms?
> > >
> > > "Edward Bagby" wrote in message
> > > news:EFAB33A983A456E0DA95399070AA9411@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > If I want to get the entity name of an object and use use it in a
> > command.
> > > > How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a string?)
> is
> > the
> > > > 'entity name' and what would it look like?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Edward
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

As you can see I'm a little rusty (been doing nothing but VB for the last 6
mo's)
Anyway, thanks for the comments, they got me through this. VB and Lisp are
extremely different so it takes a day or two...

Edward


"Jason Wilder" wrote in message
news:2E5C5296844EC6CA745FE77ED534511A@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> well, for starters... how about:
>
> (setq D (ssget))
>
> "Edward Bagby" wrote in message
> news:EB88709BBDD841D7A207B8913F83BBAD@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > here's the code for trying at the command line, though it doesn't work
> >
> > (progn(ssget D)(setq i 0)(setq n_ent(sslength D))(repeat n_ent(command
> > "_explode" (ssname D i))(setq i (+ 1 i))))
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Edward Bagby" wrote in message
> > news:376ABEEB160B8D2262FE8F74D002257C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > I don't know...
> > > I'm ready to give up on this one. I'm trying to programatically
explode
> a
> > > leader and it's not working. Any thoughts on that?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much,
> > > Edward
> > >
> > >
> > > "Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
> > > news:9E9DC60F7272A99C3DBD483C7FB24278@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > It depends on what command you want to use
> > > > the entity name with. The (entsel) function
> > > > returns a list containing an entity name,
> > > > and the coordinate used to select it using
> > > > a pick box. There are other ways to get one
> > > > or more entity names.
> > > >
> > > > Can you rephrase your question in more specific terms?
> > > >
> > > > "Edward Bagby" wrote in message
> > > > news:EFAB33A983A456E0DA95399070AA9411@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > > If I want to get the entity name of an object and use use it in a
> > > command.
> > > > > How would this be done. And what kind of variable (is it a
string?)
> > is
> > > the
> > > > > 'entity name' and what would it look like?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Edward
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>