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how to use pan command in VBA

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:11:49 GMT

Hi,

I developed short program to record AutoCAD entity coordinate down into disk. However I found that Auto CAD cannot recoganize the entity out of its view port. I hope I can use "pan" command in VBA. Then the program can first move the view port to the entity automaticly. Finally it can use selection method to set the entity.
Any information about using "pan" command in VBA is appreciate. Thanks in advance.

Re: how to use pan command in VBA

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:54:01 GMT

There is no such limitation for objects "out of its view port [sic]".

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Hi,

I developed short program to record AutoCAD entity coordinate down
into disk. However I found that Auto CAD cannot recoganize the entity out of
its view port. I hope I can use "pan" command in VBA. Then the program can
first move the view port to the entity automaticly. Finally it can use
selection method to set the entity.
Any information about using "pan" command in VBA is appreciate.
Thanks in advance.

Re: how to use pan command in VBA

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:41:07 GMT

I guess Robert isn't able to figure out what your problem
is, so I'll stick my neck out here, and take a guess that
you're acquiring the entities using the SelectionSet object,
using window/crossing or another visual method.

If that's the case, it does not work outside of the view.

You should use the acSelectionSetAll mode (possibly
with a filter), and then scan the resulting selection set
for objects of interest.

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wrote in message news:5303594@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi,

I developed short program to record AutoCAD entity coordinate down into disk. However I found that Auto CAD cannot recoganize the entity out of its view port. I hope I can use "pan" command in VBA. Then the program can first move the view port to the entity automaticly. Finally it can use selection method to set the entity.
Any information about using "pan" command in VBA is appreciate. Thanks in advance.

Re: how to use pan command in VBA

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 07:52:43 GMT

use zoom center method for zooming around the entity then do the rest.

Re: how to use pan command in VBA

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 02:56:46 GMT

You must have something in dwg to select in order to get out.

My solution ,from a button on my dialogbox :

Me.Hide
Dim returnobj As Autocad.AcadObject
ThisDrawing.Utility.GetEntity returnobj, spt1, "Select something to end pan: "
Me.Show

You will have a command line help message.

It is not pan but you can use the scroll to zoom in and out to desired position.

I hope this helps.