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AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

swansbh — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 19:20:39 GMT

I am looking to create a custom icon that would automatically select a certain wire layer for the user and allow the user to lay a wire down that uses that specific wire layer. So I am looking to merge the "Wire" command and the "Change/convert wire layer" buttons into one but for specific wire layers to be selected.

Any ideas on how to go about doing this?

Thanks,

Brian

Re: AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

swansbh — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 19:52:06 GMT

I really meant to say "Create/edit wire type" and change the default wire layer to a specific layer then the wire command runs.

Re: AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

rhesusminus — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 22:26:38 GMT

Try this macro:

^C^CCLAYER;WIRE_LAYER_NAME;AEWIRE

BUT!!.. Stay away from having a caret "^" in the layer name. This character have a special meaning in button macros.

Re: AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

jseefdrumr — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 11:44:49 GMT

4,000 points to Trond for the correct spelling of 'caret'.

I wish I worked with people whose command of the English language were as good as yours. And I'm from here!!!!

Jim

Re: AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

swansbh — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 12:36:06 GMT

Trond, this works exactly based upon what I had asked for. Next level question, is there a way to accomplish this without changing the current layer?

Thanks,

Brian

Re: AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

rhesusminus — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:58:16 GMT

I didn't find a workaround for that.
According to the API help file, this line should do that:
(ace_set_default_wiretype "LAYER NAME")

But.. I couldn't get that to work. Maybe @Anonymous can have a look at that API-call?

Re: AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

PatMurnen_Adsk — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:50:12 GMT

That API seems specific to when you insert circuits. The API name is misleading I think.

But, I did find that (ace_set_current_wiretype "lay_name") sets the current wiretype for the AEWIRE command. So I would use that in place of the LAYER command and it won't change the current layer but just change the current wire layer. I am not sure why this API isn't in the API Help. I will log this.

Regards,

Pat

Re: AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

swansbh — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:02:38 GMT

Pat, maybe I am doing something wrong but in ACADE 2017 the command you listed is coming up as unknown. Here is my current command string.

^C^Cace_set_current_wiretype;DRS_BUS_BAR;AEWIRE

Thanks,

Brian

Re: AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

PatMurnen_Adsk — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:34:36 GMT

This API is a little different call. I can't try this as I am on a computer in a meeting without AutoCAD Electrical. But try with the parentheses -

(ace_set_current_wiretype "DRS_BUS_BAR");AEWIRE

Regards,

Pat

Re: AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

swansbh — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:11:30 GMT

Thanks pat this seems to have worked.

Re: AutoCAD Electrical custom wire button

PatMurnen_Adsk — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:55:40 GMT

Glad that worked. I logged the issue that this API is missing from the API documentation.

-Pat