Distance-angle mode in Python Scripting?

[David Bengali 1]

Vectorscript includes a way to specify points in distance-angle mode, by using a pound sign.  Is there a way to do this as well in Python Scripting in Vectorworks?

[MullinRJ 211]

Hi David,

   You might use the vs.Ang2Vec() function to convert Polar coordinates to Cartesian coordinates.

 

import vs

P = vs.Ang2Vec(45, 1)    # return XY coordinates of 1 distance unit at 45°
vs.Message(P[0], '   ', P[1])
vs.SysBeep()

 

Depending on what you are trying to do, this may or may not make you happy.

 

Raymond
 

[David Bengali 1]

Thanks Raymond, yes, that is what I had been doing essentially; I was just curious if there was a shorthand the way there is in VectorScript

[MullinRJ 211]

Hi David,

   I don't think there is. That  shorthand way was integrated into the VS Compiler way back in the Dark Ages before "Vectorworks", or "VectorWorks", yes, in the early MiniCAD years. It is definitely not a typical Pascal convention for number entry. It's not something I would expect to have been migrated to the Python engine.

 

Raymond 

[David Bengali 1]

Got it, thanks Raymond