Getting the full width of a window or a door

[zgobolos]

Hi,

Is it possible to get the full width of windows and doors? I have the right handles so I only need to get an object attribute I guess but it's not so well documented. Could somebody please point me into the right direction?

Thanks a lot,

Zoli

PS: Whoops, I also need the distance of the bottom of the windows from the actual floor base.

Edited December 8, 2008 by zgobolos

[zgobolos]

Sorry folks, early question. Here is the solution for the archive:

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v : DYNARRAY[] OF CHAR;

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v := GetRField(h, 'Window', 'OverallWidth');

...

Where h is a pointer to the given object - in this case a window or a door.

The funny in VectorScript is that you always get stuck with something. Now the v - the result - is in the following form: '5e01 cm'. How can I translate it into something human readable? I mean '50 cm' in this case.

Thanks in advance,

Zoli

Edited December 8, 2008 by zgobolos

[MullinRJ]

Have you tried Str2Num() or ValidNumStr()? After that you can use the Num2StrF() function to display it in the current drawing units format.

Raymond

[zgobolos]

Done. By myself, so sorry spamming you again. The script is attached in it's current form. Just for the archive. Someone may learn from it.

What I want to achieve anyway is a solution for this: http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=114041#Post114041

Let me tell you that I'm not an architect. I just help my wife to use this sw in a non-US environment where the window and door dimension lines look like this.

[zgobolos]

Thanks Raymond I use Str2Num, but first I have to cut the cm from the end. Dumb Str2Num ...

Btw I can't find ValidNumStr. Isn't that in the VW 2009 API? I have 2008.

Edited December 8, 2008 by zgobolos

[MullinRJ]

Hi Zoli,

???ValidNumStr() has been around since the dawn of time, or at least as long as MiniCad has been around.

???See: http://scs-inc.us/Other/VSFR/PHP/main.php?name=ValidNumStr for a description.

???A copy of the VS Function Reference should be in your application folder as well. Copy the following path to your browser:

file:///Applications/VectorWorks%202008/VWHelp/VectorScript%20Reference/VSFunctionReference.html

and then search for "ValidNumStr".

???I keep an alias of the VSFuncRef on my Dock for fast reference.

Raymond

[zgobolos]

Whoops, I usually edit the script in TextWrangler and if I need to look up a procedure I use the plug-in editor to open my dummy plug-in kept just for opening the API reference. It makes my workflow absolutely inconvenient. What you mentioned will save me time.

Thanks.

[panta rhei]

Some Greenhorn we have here...

Are you aware of the TextWrangler language module by the esteemed VS guru Orso B. Schmidt? It is not a reference manual, but at least it'll tell you when you've made a typo.

As comes to SCS-INC-VSFR: invaluable! But I'm not quite sure it is is maintained to be comprehensive. VectorLab, on the other hand, is a cornucopia of Really Useful Stuff. http://www.vectorlab.info/index.php?title=Main_Page

Then there's the VW Developer Network: http://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

Unlike VectorLab, the Network does not accept contributions by Mere Mortals.

Charles? Orso? Vlado? Any comments?

[Pat Stanford]

A copy of the VS Function Reference should be in your application folder as well. Copy the following path to your browser:

file:///Applications/VectorWorks%202008/VWHelp/VectorScript%20Reference/VSFunctionReference.html

I actually go one step beyond that. I have a set of VS bookmarks that I have set to open in multiple tabs in my browser. These include 3 copies of the VSFR, a copy of the VS Appendix, a copy of the VS Language Guide, VectorWiki, VectorLab, and a copy of the On-line VSFR.

Having multiple copies of the function reference means I can leave one set to By Name and one set to By Class and don't have to keep scrolling back and forth when I am trying to get two functions working well together.

Pat