Toolspace palette display mode

[gccdaemon]

Does anyone know if there is a variable / system display state for the Toolspace palette? I can't seem to find anything.

<ex: ADSTATE for Designcenter, TPSTATE for Toolpalettes, etc.>

[Ranjit_Singh]

Civil3D elements are mostly accessible through .net. Post in this forum here

[gccdaemon]

That's far too compliced for what I need. I'm trying to create a diesel expression to toggle all the palettes I use on / off. I'm just looking for a system variable or something of the sort to use in a (if (eq string. I know very little about .net.

[Ranjit_Singh · Accepted solution]

I imagine simply typing the toolspace command will not help you. Toolspace command loads the toolspace. But if the toolspace is already loaded (before calling the toolspace command) then it will unload the toolspace.

Try the attached vlx. It will add a command loadtspace. Calling it should load the toolspace. If toolspace is already loaded it won't unload it.

[gccdaemon]

Thank you, that's very helpful! Could you make another to unload it? This would get me where i need to be. Instead of looking for a variable, I could just unload all the palettes and reload them in a specific order.

[Ranjit_Singh]

Calling loadtspace will ensure that the toolspace is loaded. If you need to unload it then simply call Civil 3d command toolspace after calling loadtspace

[gccdaemon]

Just tested it and LOADTSPACE works. I'll take into account using both commands together. Thanks again!

[tcorey]

Hello @Ranjit_Singh. Thanks for sharing the vlx solution. I know you also know lisp. Can you point me in the right direction if I were to want to do this with lisp instead of .net?

[tcorey]

@Ranjit_Singh :The command works great from the command line, but how do  I call it with LISP?

I can load the vlx just fine, but attempts at running the actual command, loadtspace, give me lisp errors. I have tried (vl-cmdf "loadtspace") and (command "loadtspace"), plus each with the variation of adding c: in front of the command. . All give me Unknown Command errors.