Ver very simple script in 11.5

[Michael Gilbert]

I have some old drawings from way back done in 11.5.

Walls have different thicknesses but all have a cavity.

Have been messing around for hours with no success. (Have no time to delve into scripting except about every other year!)

Can anyone suggest a VS that selects all walls - below is my attempt:

PROCEDURE RemoveCavitiesForObject(hObject : HANDLE);

BEGIN
Select(Obj(INSYMBOL (T=WALL)));
END;

PROCEDURE DeleteCavitiesInObjects;
VAR
hObject : HANDLE;
BEGIN
  { Obtain handles of the objects you want to target }

hObject := GetCustomObject('INSYMBOL (T-WALL');

  { Call the RemoveCavitiesForObject procedure for each object }

  RemoveCavitiesForObject(hObject);
END;

RUN(DeleteCavitiesInObjects);

[cberg]

I would use the custom selection tool, and select object by type, (which would be walls).  But maybe there is a reason not to do it this way?

 

 

[Michael Gilbert]

I thought this bit - hObject := GetCustomObject('INSYMBOL (T-WALL'); would select the walls.

Because I have not got an understanding of top down - even though read many times the lightbulb has fused.

 

[Pat Stanford]

2 hours ago, Michael Gilbert said:

I thought this bit - hObject := GetCustomObject('INSYMBOL (T-WALL'); would select the walls.

That is only going to select a single wall.  And I think you need an "&" between them. I recommend you use the Criteria Builder to generate the criteria.

 

You probably also want to look at ForEachObject. You can put the criteria there once and it will call a sub-procedure you define once for every object the criteria selects.

 

 

[Michael Gilbert]

Thanks Pat - will keep digging.