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annotation scale amsymscale

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:20:29 GMT

I am writing a vba macro in AutoCAD Mechanical 2008. My code errors at the following line....
dblOldDimension = ThisDrawing.GetVariable("amsymscale")
error getting system variable. I am able to write a value to amsymscale using the SendCommand. As a precaution I have referenced AutoCAD Mechanical 1.0 Type Library. Is this a variable or only a command? The code I am writing requires this value to perform a computation. Help greatly app.

Also is there any resources Mechanical VBA? Thanks.

Re: annotation scale amsymscale

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:25:52 GMT

change the data type of your varaible to a variant and see if that works?

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I am writing a vba macro in AutoCAD Mechanical 2008. My code errors at the
following line....
dblOldDimension = ThisDrawing.GetVariable("amsymscale")
error getting system variable. I am able to write a value to amsymscale
using the SendCommand. As a precaution I have referenced AutoCAD Mechanical
1.0 Type Library. Is this a variable or only a command? The code I am
writing requires this value to perform a computation. Help greatly app.

Also is there any resources Mechanical VBA? Thanks.

Re: annotation scale amsymscale

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:41:02 GMT

No luck with variant, Previously I had it as double

Re: annotation scale amsymscale

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:52:46 GMT

"Steve" wrote:

>> change the data type of your varaible to a variant and see if that works?

Hey clueless, there's no system variable named AMSYMSCALE.

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Re: annotation scale amsymscale

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:52:47 GMT

AMSYMSCALE is not a system variable, which is why you can't access it as one.

My advice would be to visit the relevant discussion group, and ask there, if there is any vertical API that allows you to access this setting (sorry, I'm not too familiar with AMECH).

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No luck with variant, Previously I had it as double

Re: annotation scale amsymscale

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:57:41 GMT

hey clueless, did i ask you?

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"Steve" wrote:

>> change the data type of your varaible to a variant and see if that
>> works?

Hey clueless, there's no system variable named AMSYMSCALE.

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Re: annotation scale amsymscale

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:17:35 GMT

We use Mechanical. I do not think the Object Model makes this available yet (at least in AM2006). Your only alternative is the command line.

Re: annotation scale amsymscale

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:05:29 GMT

hey clueless, it is a system variable. however, it would seem that autodesk
is not allowing access to it. this is from the help files in Mechanical
2009.

AMSYMSCALE System Variable

Controls the scale to be used for text and symbols for the drawing in model
space.

Type:
Real

Initial value:
1

Possible values:
Only positive numbers are allowed.

"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
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AMSYMSCALE is not a system variable, which is why you can't access it as
one.

My advice would be to visit the relevant discussion group, and ask there, if
there is any vertical API that allows you to access this setting (sorry, I'm
not too familiar with AMECH).

--
http://www.caddzone.com

AcadXTabs: MDI Document Tabs for AutoCAD 2009
Supporting AutoCAD 2000 through 2009
http://www.acadxtabs.com

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No luck with variant, Previously I had it as double

Re: annotation scale amsymscale

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:42:57 GMT

It's not an AutoCAD system variable.

AutoCAD system variables can be accessed using the SETVAR and GETVAR commands, and the equvialent API methods.

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"Steve" wrote in message news:5909514@discussion.autodesk.com...
hey clueless, it is a system variable. however, it would seem that autodesk
is not allowing access to it. this is from the help files in Mechanical
2009.

AMSYMSCALE System Variable

Controls the scale to be used for text and symbols for the drawing in model
space.

Type:
Real

Initial value:
1

Possible values:
Only positive numbers are allowed.

Re: annotation scale amsymscale

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:11:01 GMT

Under the McadStandard Object Memebers I found a Public Property called Scale that is described as
Description
Specifies the scale used to create any new symbols based on this standard.

Property type
Read-write property

Syntax (Visual Basic)
Public Property Scale() As Double

Remarks
This property is Double.
See Also
McadStandard Object

Due to me being new with VBA, can I do anything with this? Thanks.