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Rotate and Copy Entities Example (C#)

This example shows how to rotate and copy selected entities.

//--------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Create a C# Windows console project.
// 2. Copy and paste this example into the C# IDE.
// 3. Add a reference to:
//    install_dir\APISDK\tlb\DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.dll.
// 4. Add references to System and System.Windows.Forms.
// 5. Start DraftSight and open a new document.
// 6. Construct multiple entities (e.g., circle, rectangle, 2D PolyLine,
//    etc.).
// 7. Start debugging the project.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. When the prompt appears in the DraftSight command window,
//    select the entities to rotate and press the Enter key. The
//    selected entities are rotated.
// 2. Execution stops so that you can examine the drawing to
//    verify that the selected entities were rotated. Click the
//    Continue button in the IDE to continue.
// 3. The selected entities are copied.
//----------------------------------------------------------------

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace RotateSelectedEntities
{
    
class Program
    {
        
static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            
//Connect to DraftSight application
            DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.Application dsApp = ConnectToDraftSight();
            
if (null == dsApp)
            {
                
return;
            }

           
dsApp.AbortRunningCommand(); // abort any command currently running in DraftSight to avoid nested commands

            
//Get active document
            Document dsDoc = dsApp.GetActiveDocument();
            
if (null == dsDoc)
            {
                
MessageBox.Show("There are no open documents in DraftSight.");
                
return;
            }

            
//Get model space
            Model dsModel = dsDoc.GetModel();

            
//Get Sketch Manager
            SketchManager dsSketchMgr = dsModel.GetSketchManager();

            
//Get selection manager
            SelectionManager dsSelectionMgr = dsDoc.GetSelectionManager();

            
//Get selection filter
            SelectionFilter dsSelectionFilter = dsSelectionMgr.GetSelectionFilter();

            
//Clear selection filter
            dsSelectionFilter.Clear();

            
//Add all entities to the selection filter
            foreach (dsObjectType_e entityType in Enum.GetValues(typeof(dsObjectType_e)))
            {
                dsSelectionFilter.AddEntityType(entityType);
            }

            
//Activate selection filter
            dsSelectionFilter.Active = true;

            
//Get command message object
            CommandMessage dsCommandMessage = dsApp.GetCommandMessage();

            
//Clear previous selection
            dsSelectionMgr.ClearSelections(dsSelectionSetType_e.dsSelectionSetType_Previous);

            
//Run prompt to select entities
            bool singleSelection = false;
            
string prompt = "Select entities";
            
string errorMessage = "Unknown entity";
            
if (dsCommandMessage.PromptForSelection(singleSelection, prompt, errorMessage))
            {
                
//Get number of selected objects
                int count = dsSelectionMgr.GetSelectedObjectCount(dsSelectionSetType_e.dsSelectionSetType_Previous);

                
DispatchWrapper[] dsEntities = new DispatchWrapper[count];
                
int[] dsEntityTypes = new int[count];

                
//Get selected entities
                for (int index = 0; index < count; ++index)
                {
                    
dsObjectType_e entityType;
                    
object selectedEntity = dsSelectionMgr.GetSelectedObject(dsSelectionSetType_e.dsSelectionSetType_Previous, index, out entityType);
                    dsEntities[index] =
new DispatchWrapper(selectedEntity);

                    dsEntityTypes[index] = (
int)entityType;
                }

                
//Rotation parameters
                double pivotPointX = 0.0;
                
double pivotPointY = 0.0;
                
double rotateAngle = Math.PI / 4; //In radians

                //Rotate entities
                dsSketchMgr.RotateEntities(pivotPointX, pivotPointY, rotateAngle, dsEntityTypes, dsEntities);

                
//Stop execution
                //Examine the document
                System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();

                
//Click the Continue button in the IDE

                //Copy parameters
                double displacementX = 2.0;
                
double displacementY = 2.0;
                
double displacementZ = 0.0;

                
//Copy entities
                dsSketchMgr.CopyEntities(displacementX, displacementY, displacementZ, dsEntityTypes, dsEntities);


            }
        }

        
private static DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.Application ConnectToDraftSight()
        {
            
//DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.Application dsApp = null;
            DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.Application dsApp = null;

            
try
            {
                
//Connect to DraftSight
                dsApp = (DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.Application)Marshal.GetActiveObject("DraftSight.Application");
            }
            
catch (Exception ex)
            {
                
MessageBox.Show("Failed to connect to DraftSight. Cause: " + ex.Message);
                dsApp =
null;
            }

            
return dsApp;
        }
    }
}



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