It depends on what your letter is. Is it actually a character in some TEXT/MTEXT, or is it AutoCAD geometry?
If it is AutoCAD geometry, yes it is possible, but may not be simple. You might start by using a grid with your insertions at each intersection, and then for each of them you would determine if the insertion's geometry is entirely or partially within the region formed by the character geometry, and eliminate those that are not entirely within the region.
Unfortunately, AutoCAD's published APIs are so pathetically weak (for example, they fail to make common operations like point/geometry classfication easily available at a higher level), that none of this is simple or trivial.
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I’m not asking for code; but just would like to know if my objective is possible in .net.
I’ve worked in .net and also in autocad and in autocad vba, but have no autocad.net experience.
Objective:
I need to automate the process of populating letters…(for this example see my attached pic of the letter “O”)
with blocks that are spaced as evenly as possible within the inner and outer parameter of the letter.
In autocad, I can use the offse
t command to align and space my blocks so that they align with the outer parameter of the letter; however, as you can see in the pic that the inner parameter is an ellipse and therefore, I reach a point in my offset where it’s not spacing evenly anymore.
Does anyone know if my objective is possible in .net? Does anyone have ideas on what methods, properties etc. I can research for providing my objective in .net? Right now, I just would like to explore if it's possible and if
so, how might it be possible.
thanks,
Proctor
