topic Re: i want select object in model space in Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization Forum

i want select object in model space

jaimuthu — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:49:56 GMT

its possible i select object and get layer name in msgbox

Re: i want select object in model space

Kent1Cooper — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:09:34 GMT

That would be an easy thing to write a routine to do, but with one object selected [or multiple objects if they're all on the same Layer] the Layer panel in the ribbon shows you directly:

Does that not tell you what you want to know? I keep the Properties palette up all the time, narrowed down along one side of the screen, and it also shows the Layer of what is selected [again, when more than one object, if they are all on the same Layer].

Re: i want select object in model space

devitg — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:16:59 GMT

@jaimuthu

test it

(setq ent (car (entsel "\n Pick the Obj" ))) (setq ent-name (Cdr (assoc 0 (entget ent)))) (setq ent-layer (Cdr (assoc 8 (entget ent)))) (alert (strcat "\n the object is a: " ent-name "\n on layer" ent-layer))

Re: i want select object in model space

Kent1Cooper — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 01:55:43 GMT

@jaimuthu wrote:

.... i select object and get layer name in msgbox

In very simplest terms, if literally just that much will do:

(alert (cdr (assoc 8 (entget (car (entsel))))))

You can just paste that in at the command line, or put just that into a Tool Palette button, or with a little bit of additional code, define it into a command name that you can type in.