Calling Autocad commands and typed values

[jptallano]

Hi everyone,

I need to send Autocad commands through C#, and so far I've been using the "acedCmd" system (I'm stuck with Autocad 2013, so I can't use the Editor.Command() method). I would like to call the MOVE command on an object that just has been created. The beginning works, I can select the object:

lastRes = acApp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor.SelectLast();
rb = new ResultBuffer();
rb.Add(new TypedValue(5005, "_.MOVE"));
rb.Add(new TypedValue(5006, lastRes.Value[0].ObjectId));
(...)
acedCmd(rb.UnmanagedObject);

What I can't figure out is the (...) part, where I guess I need to programmatically emulate an "Enter" keypress (so Autocad asks for the move base point) and then provide autocad with the displacement point (using a 5002 typeValue I guess?).

How can it be done?

[Alexander.Rivilis · Accepted solution]

Editor.Command for previous version of AutoCAD: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/net/send-command-executes-after-exiting-command-method/m-p/3882952#M3...

P.S.: Instead of _MOVE command you can use Entity.TransformBy method:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoCAD-NET/files/GUI...

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoCAD-NET/files/GUI...

[jptallano]

Thanks a lot!

[dgorsman]

In general, you should be looking to non-command call ways of doing things.  These are available for all the basic operations such as move, rotate, etc.  There are very few which require an actual command call.  Coincidentally it's also a good way of learning how things work and how to implement more complicated operations.