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AutoCADMap3DAutoLISPfunctionscoverdataextension(drawingsets,queries,objectdata...the"ADE"functionality),mapplotting,andtopology.

ForbroadercoverageofAutoCADMap3Dfunctionality,usethe.NETAPI,whichisincludedintheAutoCADMap3DSDK.TheSDKisaseparateinstallationfromAutoCADMap3Ditself.YoucandownloaditfromtheAutodeskwebsite.

NoteTheAutoLISPAPIremainsavailabletosupportlegacyapplicationsthatuseit.Forallnewdevelopment,the.NETAPIisthebestchoice.

TodownloadtheAutoCADMap3DSDK

1. OpentheAutodeskHomePage(itopensinanewwindow)andclickSearch.

2. Searchfor"ObjectARXforAutodeskMap3D".3. Click"DeveloperCenter-ObjectARXforAutodeskMap3D".4. Click"LicenseAndDownload".

ThreeFunctionalGroups

AutoCADMapAutoLISPcomprisesthreefunctionalgroups:

DataExtensionFunctionsPlottingFunctionsTopologyFunctions

BeforeYouBegin

TodevelopAutoLISPapplicationsforAutoCADMap,youshouldbefamiliarwithAutoCAD,theAutoCADMapuserinterface,andtheAutoLISPAPIforAutoCAD.

RelatedTopics

UsingAutoLISPFunctionsNumericIdentifiersTypographicConventions

What'sNew

NonewfeaturesorenhancementshavebeenaddedtoAutoLISPforAutoCADMap3D2008.

DataExtensionFunctionCatalogFunctionSynopsis

DataExtensionfunctionslistedalphabetically.

alias|altp|ds|dwg|edit|ent|err|expr|key|od

os|pref|proj|ql|qry|rt|save|sql|ss|user|ver

ade_aliasaddade_aliasdeleteade_aliasgetlistade_aliasupdate

ade_altpclearade_altpdefineade_altpdelpropade_altpgetpropade_altplistade_altpsetprop

ade_dsattachade_dsdetachade_dsisnestedade_dslistade_dsproplist

ade_dwgactivateade_dwgactualpathade_dwgaliaspathade_dwgattriblistade_dwgdeactivateade_dwggetidade_dwggetsetting

ade_dwghaslocksade_dwgindexade_dwgindexdefade_dwgisactiveade_dwgistoplevelade_dwgproplistade_dwgquickviewade_dwgselectdlgade_dwgsetofade_dwgsetsettingade_dwgunlockade_dwgzoomextents

ade_editdefcenade_editlockederasedade_editislockedade_editlockedade_editlockobjsade_editnewade_editunlockobjs

ade_entsetlocation

ade_errclearade_errcodeade_errgetlevelade_errmsgade_errpushade_errpushstatementade_errqtyade_errsetlevelade_errshowdlgade_errstatementade_errtype

ade_expreval

ade_keycolumnlist

ade_odaddfield

ade_odaddrecordade_odattachrecordade_oddefinetabade_oddeletefieldade_oddeletetabade_oddelrecordade_odfreerecade_odgetfieldade_odgetrecfieldade_odgetrecordade_odgettablesade_odmodifyfieldade_odmodifytabade_odnewrecordade_odpresetfieldade_odrecordqtyade_odsetfieldade_odtabledefnade_odtablelist

ade_osfexpand

ade_prefgetvalade_prefsetval

ade_projgetctgynameade_projgetinfoade_projgetwscodeade_projlistcrdsystsade_projlistctgyade_projptbackwardade_projptforwardade_projsetdestade_projsetsrcade_projsetwscode

ade_qldelctgyade_qldelqueryade_qlgetctgyinfo

ade_qlgetqryinfoade_qllistctgyade_qlloadqryade_qlqrygetidade_qlsetctgynameade_qlsetquery

ade_qryclearade_qrydefineade_qryexecuteade_qrygetcondade_qrygetdwgandhandleade_qrygetentlistade_qrygetreptransformade_qrygroupade_qryhandentade_qrylistade_qrysaveade_qrysetaltpropade_qrysetcondade_qrysetreptransformade_qrysettypeade_qryungroup

ade_rtdefrangeade_rtdeltableade_rtgetidade_rtgetpropade_rtlist

ade_saveobjsade_savetodwg

ade_sqlgetenvstring

ade_ssfree

ade_usergetade_usergetrightsade_userlist

ade_usersetade_usersetrights

ade_version

DataExtensionFunctionSynopsisFunctionCatalog

DataExtensionfunctionslistedbyfunctionalgroup.

CoordinateTransformationFunctions

DrawingFunctions

DrawingSetFunctions

DriveAliasFunctions

ErrorMessageFunctions

ExpressionEvaluationFunction

ObjectDataFunctions

ObjectEditingFunctions

ObjectSavingFunctions

OptionFunctions

PropertyAlterationFunctions

QueryFunctions

QueryLibraryFunctions

RangeTableFunctions

SQLEnvironmentFunctions

TextLabelFunction

UserSecurityFunctions

OtherFunctions

PlottingFunctionCatalogFunctionSynopsis

Plottingfunctionslistedalphabetically.

dwg|plt|topo

map_dwgbreakobjmap_dwgtrimobj

map_pltblkattsmap_pltblklistmap_pltblkvpsmap_pltcleanupmap_pltcurrdefmap_pltcurrdelmap_pltcurrgetmap_pltcurrsavemap_pltcurrsetmap_pltdefdeletemap_pltdefgetmap_pltdeflistmap_pltdefreadmap_pltdefsavemap_pltdefvalidmap_pltdefverifymap_pltdisplaymap_pltexecutemap_pltinitmap_pltplotmap_pltrestore

map_topoauditmap_topoclosemap_topocompletemap_topostat

PlottingFunctionSynopsisFunctionCatalog

Plottingfunctionslistedbyfunctionalgroup.

BoundaryFunctions

PlottingFunctions

TopologyFunctions

TopologyFunctionCatalogFunctionSynopsis

Topologyfunctionslistedalphabetically.

ac|ana|clean|edit|elem|info|iter|mnt|qry|trace|var

tpm_acclosetpm_acexisttpm_acloadtpm_acopentpm_acqtytpm_acunloadtpm_acupgradeopen

tpm_anabuffertpm_anadissolvetpm_anaoverlay

tpm_cleanactionlistdeltpm_cleanactionlistgetattpm_cleanactionlistinstpm_cleanactionlistqtytpm_cleanalloctpm_cleananchorsstpm_cleancanceltpm_cleancompletetpm_cleancreatedsstpm_cleanendtpm_cleanerrorcurtpm_cleanerrordrawtpm_cleanerrorfix

tpm_cleanerrorgettpm_cleanerrormarktpm_cleanerrorsettpm_cleanfreetpm_cleangroupdrawtpm_cleangroupfixtpm_cleangroupmarktpm_cleangroupnexttpm_cleangroupqtytpm_cleangroupsubtypetpm_cleangrouptypetpm_cleanincludesstpm_cleaninittpm_cleaninitanchorsettpm_cleanmodifiedsstpm_cleanprofileloadtpm_cleanprofilesavetpm_cleanstarttpm_cleanunchangedss

tpm_editaddelemtpm_editdelelemtpm_editmodelemtpm_editupdelem

tpm_elemadjtpm_elemfindtpm_elemgettpm_elemidtpm_elemqtytpm_elemss

tpm_infobuildvartpm_infocompletetpm_infocorrecttpm_infocurrenttpm_infodesctpm_infomodifiedtpm_infoname

tpm_infostatustpm_infotypetpm_infoversion

tpm_iterdesctpm_iternametpm_iternexttpm_iterstarttpm_iterstoptpm_itertypetpm_iterversion

tpm_mntbuildtpm_mnterasetpm_mntrebuildtpm_mntrename

tpm_qrygetresdesctpm_qrygetrestopotpm_qrygettoponametpm_qrysetrestopotpm_qrysettoponame

tpm_tracealloctpm_tracebestroutetpm_tracebestroutescantpm_tracebestroutevaltpm_traceelemedittpm_traceelemgettpm_traceelemidtpm_tracefloodtpm_tracefreetpm_traceqtytpm_tracesetmaxrestpm_tracesetminrestpm_traceshorttpm_traceshortscantpm_traceshortval

tpm_varalloc

tpm_varfreetpm_vargettpm_varlisttpm_varset

TopologyFunctionSynopsisFunctionCatalog

Topologyfunctionslistedbyfunctionalgroup.

AccessFunctions

AnalyzingFunctions

BuildingandErasingFunctions

CleanupFunctions

EditingFunctions

ElementInformationFunctions

IteratingFunctions

NetworkTracingFunctions

TopologyInformationFunctions

TopologyQueryFunctions

TopologyVariablesFunctions

ConfigurationVariables

Configurationvariablesincludethreesubsets:

Cleanupvariables,propertiesforcleanupmodels.

Cleanupactionvariables,propertiesforcleanupactions.

Topologyvariables,propertiesfortopologies.

Toallocateasetofconfigurationvariables,regardlessofwhichsubsetyouwillbeusing,usetpm_varalloc,whichreturnsanade_idforthesetthatitcreates.

Tofreeasetofconfigurationvariables,usetpm_varfree.

Togetthevalueofaconfigurationvariable,usetpm_varget.

Tosetthevalueofaconfigurationvariable,usetpm_varset.

Togetthepropertiesofagivencleanupaction,firstallocateanewsetofvariables,andthenusetpm_cleanactionlistgetat.

Togetthepropertiesofagiventopology,firstallocateanewsetofvariables,andthenusetpm_infobuildvar.

Tolistallthevaluesofagivensetofvariables,usetpm_varlist.

TopologyVariables

Topologyvariablesstorepropertiesfortopologies,whicharecreatedbytpm_mntbuildandthetopologyanalysysfunctions,tpm_ana[xx].

Topologyvariablesareasubsetoftheconfigurationvariablesdatastructure.

BUILD_TOL Tolerancefortopologybuilding,buffering,andotherprocesses(positivereal).Default=0.01

CNTR_COLOR Colorfornewcentroids,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).Negativeinteger=CurrentcolorDefault=-1SeeColorIndexColors.

CNTR_LAYER Layernamefornewcentroids(string).nil=CurrentlayerDefault=""

CNTR_TYPE Entitytypeofnewcentroids(integer).1=Point(default)

2=Block

CNTR_BLOCK Blocknamefornewcentroids(string).Default=""

CREATE_CNTR Flagforcentroidsgeneration(integer).1=Generate(default)0=Donotgenerate

CREATE_MARKERS Whethererrorsshouldbemarkedwithpersistentmarkersasdrawnbytpm_cleanerrormark(integer).0=Donotmark(default)1=MarkMarkershapesaresetbyMARKER_HEIGHTandthe[XX]_MARKERcleanupvariables.

CREATE_NODE Flagfornodesgeneration(integer).1=Generate(default)0=Donotgenerate

CREATE_VIEW Whethererrorsshouldbemarkedwithtemporarymarkersasdrawnbytpm_cleanerrordraw0=Donotmark1=Mark(default)

DEF_OFFSET Defaultoffset(real).

Usewhenoffsetvaluecannotbecalculatedforanobject,forexample,iftheobjectlacksnecessaryobjectdata.Default=1.0

DUPLICATE_CENTROID_COLOR Markercolorforduplicatecentroiderrors,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).Default=1(red)SeeColorIndexColors.

DUPLICATE_CENTROID_MARKER Markershapeforduplicatecentroiderrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=4(square)

IGNORE_INCOMPLETE_AREA Whattodoiflinksareencounteredthatdonotbelongtoanypolygon(integer).1=Ignorethem0=Canceltopologycreationprocess(default)

INCOMPLETE_AREA_COLOR Markercolorforincompleteareaerrors,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).Default=2(yellow)SeeColorIndexColors.

INCOMPLETE_AREA_MARKER Markershapeforincompleteareaerrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=2(triangle)

INTERSECTION_COLOR Markercolorforintersection

errors,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).Default=3(green)SeeColorIndexColors.

INTERSECTION_MARKER Markershapeforintersectionerrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=1(octagon)

MISSING_CENTROID_COLOR Markercolorformissingcentroiderrors,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).Default=4(cyan)SeeColorIndexColors.

MISSING_CENTROID_MARKER Markershapeformissingcentroiderrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=3(rhombus)

NODE_BLOCK Blocknamefornewnodes(string).Default=""

NODE_COLOR Colorfornewnodes,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer):Negativeinteger=ThecurrentcolorDefault=-1SeeColorIndexColors.

NODE_LAYER Layernamefornewnodes(string):nilThecurrentlayerDefault=""

NODE_TYPE Entitytypeofnewnodes(integer):1Point(default)2Block

STOP_AT_MISSING_CNTR Whattodoifapolygonhasnocentroid(integer):0Createacentroid(default)1Canceltopologycreationprocess

STOP_AT_MULTIPLE_CNTR Whattodoifapolygonhasmorethanonecentroid(integer):0Designateonecentroid1Canceltopologycreationprocess(default)

CleanupVariables

Cleanupvariablesstorepropertiesforcleanupmodels.

Cleanupvariablesareasubsetoftheconfigurationvariablesdatastructure.

NoteDatatypescitedbelowareAutoLISPtypes.TheAutoLISPrealcorrespondstotheC++double.Similarly,integercorrespondstolong.

ANCHOROBJS_FEATURES !!New!!Classifiedobjectstoinclude,acomma-separatedlistoffeaturenames(string),suchas"Roads,Rivers,Streets".Default="*"(allfeatures).

ANCHOROBJS_LAYERS Anchoredentitiesspecifiedbytpm_cleaninitanchorsetwillbeanchoredonlyiftheyresideonlayersspecifiedhere,withmultiplelayernamesseparatedbycommas.Forexample,"0,Layer1,Layer2".Default="*"(anylayer)

APPARENT_INTERSECTION_COLOR !!New!!Colorforapparent-intersectionmarkers,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).SeeColorIndexColors.Default=7(white)

APPARENT_INTERSECTION_MARKER !!New!!Markershapeforapparent-intersectionerrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=2(triangle)

ARC_TYPE Convertarcsto(integer):0=Arc(default)1=2Dpolyline

CIRCLE_TYPE Convertcirclesto(integer):0=Circle(default)1=2Dpolyline2=Arc

CLEAN_TOL Cleanuptolerance(positivereal).Default=0.01

CLUSTER_COLOR Colorforclustermarkers,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).SeeColorIndexColors.Default=5(blue)

CLUSTER_MARKER Markershapeforclustererrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=4(square)

CONVERT Flagfortheoriginalentitiesconversion(integer).0=Donotconvert(default)1=Convert

CORRIDOR Corridorwidth(positivereal).Default=0.01NoteIfyouareusinganexplicitcleanupactionlist(specifyingcleanupactionsusingtpm_cleanactionlistins),thissettingisignored.

CROSS_COLOR Colorforcrossmarkers,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).SeeColorIndexColors.Default=2(yellow)

CROSS_MARKER Markershapeforcrosserrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=1(octagon)

DANGL_COLOR Colorfordanglingnodemarkers,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).SeeColorIndexColors.Default=1(red)

DANGL_MARKER Markershapefordanglingnodeerrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.

Default=1(octagon)

DEL_MARKER Whethertodeletepreviouserrormarkers(integer).0=Donotdelete1=Delete(default)

DUPL_COLOR Colorforduplicatesmarkers,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).SeeColorIndexColors.Default=6(magenta)

DUPL_MARKER Markershapeforduplicateerrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=1(octagon)

ENT_PROCESS Flagfororiginalentitiesprocessing(integer).1=Convertoriginal2=Createnewandkeeporiginal3=CreatenewanddeleteoriginalDefault=0

GENERALIZE Flagforgeneralization(linksimplication)(integer).0=Donotgeneralize(default)1=GeneralizeNoteIfyouareusinganexplicitcleanupactionlist(specifyingcleanupactions

usingtpm_cleanactionlistins),thissettingisignored.

INCLUDE_LINEAROBJS !!New!!Whethertoincludelinearobjectswhiledeletingduplicates(integer).0=Donotinclude.1=Include.Default=1.

INCLUDE_POINTS !!New!!Whethertoincludepointswhiledeletingduplicatesorsnappingclusterednodes(integer).0=Donotinclude.1=Include.Default=1.

INCLUDE_BLOCKS !!New!!Whethertoincludeblockswhiledeletingduplicatesorsnappingclusterednodes(integer).0=Donotinclude.1=Include.Default=0.

INCLUDE_TEXT !!New!!Whethertoincludetextwhiledeletingduplicates(integer).0=Donotinclude.1=Include.Default=0.

INCLUDE_MTEXT !!New!!Whethertoincludemtextwhiledeletingduplicates(integer).0=Donotinclude.1=Include.Default=1.

INCLUDE_ROTATION !!New!!Whethertoincluderotationwhiledeletingduplicates(integer).0=Donotinclude.1=Include.Default=0.

INCLUDE_ZVALUES !!New!!Whethertoincludez-valueswhiledeletingduplicates(integer).0=Donotinclude.1=Include.Default=0.

SNAP_TO_NODE !!New!!Whethertosnaptonodesorlinks(integer).0=Snaptonodes.1=Snaptolinks.Default=0.

INCLUDEOBJS_AUTOSELECT Howentitiesarespecifiedforcleanup0=Selectentitiesmanually(thatis,bypassinga

selectionsettotpm_cleaninit)1=Selectallentitiesinthedrawing(inwhichcasetheselectionsetpassedtotpm_cleaninit,ifany,isignored)

INCLUDEOBJS_FEATURES !!New!!Classifiedobjectstoinclude,acomma-separatedlistoffeatures(string),suchas"Roads,Rivers,Streets".Default="*"(allfeatures).

INCLUDEOBJS_LAYERS Entitiesspecifiedbytpm_cleaninitwillbecleanedonlyiftheyresideonlayersspecifiedhere,withmultiplelayernamesseparatedbycommas.Forexample,"0,Layer1,Layer2".Default="*"(anylayer)

LINE_TYPE Convertlinesto(integer)0=Line(default)1=2Dpolyline

LINK_COLOR Colorfornewlinks,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).SeeColorIndexColors.Negativeinteger=Currentcolor

Default=-1

LINK_CORRECT Flagforlinkerrorcorrection(integer).0=Donotcorrect1=Correct(default)NoteIfyouareusinganexplicitcleanupactionlist(specifyingcleanupactionsusingtpm_cleanactionlistins),thissettingisignored.

LINK_ERROR Linkerrortypes(integer),sumofthedesiredoptions.0=None1=Short2=Cross4=Undershoot8=DuplicateDefault=15

LINK_LAYER Layernamefornewlinks(string).nil=CurrentlayerDefault=""

MAINTAIN_MARKERS Flagtomaintainmarkerswhencleanupends0=Donotmaintain1=MaintainmarkersThisvariableaffectsonlyerrorsthathavenotbeenfixed.Ifanerrorhasbeenfixed,itsmarkerisdeletedattheendofthecleanup

processnomatterwhat(bytpm_cleanend).

MARKER_HEIGHT Theheightoferrormarkers,apercentofscreenheight(positivereal).Default=5.0

NODE_CORRECT Flagfornodeerrorcorrection(integer).0=Donotcorrect1=Correct(default)NoteIfyouareusinganexplicitcleanupactionlist(specifyingcleanupactionsusingtpm_cleanactionlistins),thissettingisignored.

NODE_ERROR Nodeerrortypes(integer),sumofthedesiredoptions. 0=None16=Cluster32=Pseudo64=DanglingDefault=48

POLY3D_TYPE Convert3Dpolylinesto(integer).0=3Dpolyline(default)1=2Dpolyline

PSEUDO_COLOR Colorforpseudonodemarkers,anAutoCAD

colorindex(integer).SeeColorIndexColors.Default=6(magenta)

PSEUDO_MARKER Markershapeforpseudonodeerrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=2(triangle)

SHORT_COLOR Colorforshortmarkers,anAutoCADcolorindex(positiveinteger).SeeColorIndexColors.Default=1(red)

SHORT_MARKER Markershapeforshorterrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=1(octagon)

UNDER_COLOR Colorforundershootmarkers,anAutoCADcolorindex(integer).SeeColorIndexColors.Default=3(green)

UNDER_MARKER Markershapeforundershooterrors(integer).SeeMarkerShapes.Default=1(octagon)

WEED_DISTANCE !!New!!Weedingdistance(real).Default=15.0

WEED_ANGLE !!New!!Weeddistance

(real).Default=4.0

WEED_SUPPLEMENT_DISTANCE !!New!!Weedsupplementdistance(real).Default=100.0

WEED_SUPPLEMENT_BULGE !!New!!Weedsupplementbulge(real).Default=1.0

CleanupActionVariables

Cleanupactionvariablesstorepropertiesforcleanupactions,whichareassignedtoactionlistsbytpm_cleanactionlistins.

Actionlistsareafeatureofcleanupmodels.Cleanupactionvariablesareasubsetoftheconfigurationvariablesdatastructure.

ARC_TYPE WiththeSimplifyObjectscleanupaction(cleangrouptype128)only,whethertocreatearcs(integer).1=Createarcs(default)0=DonotcreatearcsForanyactionotherthan128,SimplifyObjects,ARC_TYPEdoesnotmatter.

CLEAN_TOL Cleanuptolerance(positivereal).Default=0.01CLEAN_TOLaffectsthefollowingactionsonly:8=DeleteDuplicates1=EraseShortObjects4=ExtendUndershoots16=SnapClusteredNodes64=EraseDanglingObjects128=SimplifyObjectsWiththefollowingactions,theCLEAN_TOLvaluedoesnotmatter:2=BreakCrossingObjects

32=DissolvePseudoNodes256=ZeroLengthObjects

CONVERT WiththeExtendUndershootscleanupaction(cleangrouptype4)only,whethertobreakthetargetobject(insertanewnode)wheretheextendedundershootintersectsit(integer).1=Breaktarget(default)0=DonotbreaktargetForanyactionotherthan4,ExtendUndershoots,CONVERTdoesnotmatter.

ErrorCodes

ThefollowingerrorscodesarenativetoAutoCADMap.

Customapplicationscandefinetheirownerrorcodes.Seeade_errpush.

Youcangetanerror'serrorcodebypassingitsstackindex(0=firsterror)toade_errcode.

ErrorCodeIndex

�15 1200 2000 2500 3000

0 1300 2100 2600 3100

200 1500 2200 2700 3200

1000 1800 2300 2800 4000

1100 1900 2400 2900

Expression

�15 kErrXEDValueFail Internalerror

�14 kErrRngTabEvalFail Internalerror

�13 kErrNoRngTabFound Internalerror

�12 kErrNoRngTabLibFound Internalerror

�11 kErrLispValueFail Internalerror

�10 kErrGetAttrFail Internalerror

�09 kErrGetSQLFail Internalerror

�08 kErrGetEEDFail Internalerror

�07 kErrInvalidProperty Internalerror

�06 kErrExpInvalidOperand Internalerror

�05 kErrExpADS Internalerror

�04 kErrExpNoMemforOperand Internalerror

�03 kErrExpMathOverFlow Internalerror

�02 kErrExpInvalidOper Internalerror

�01 kErrExpSyntaxErr Internalerror

FormoreExpressionerrors,whichbeginat2900,click .

CommonUsage

00 kAdeOk GeneralADEreturnvalue:calltoADEobjectissuccessful

01 kAdeErr GeneralADEerror:calltoADEobjectisnotsuccessful

02 kAdeBadInput Invalidfunctionargument

03 kAdeObjectNotFound

04 kAdeOutOfMemory

05 kAdeObjNotInitialized

06 kAdeWrongType

07 kAdeWrongProject

08 kAdeEOB

09 kAdeADSError Invalidfunctionargumenttype

10 kAdeAdsNameConvertionFails

11 kAdeWrongArgument

12 kAdeWriteBufFails

13 kAdeReadBufFails

14 kAdeXDataCorrupted

15 kAdeNoEnvironment

16 kAdeUsrBreak

17 kAdeUncomparable

18 kAdePermissionDenied Nopermissiontoperformsomeaction.Whenusingthefollowingcommands,themessagehasdifferentmeanings:ADESAVEOBJS=Can'tbeexecutedindemonstrationmode;ADEDRAWINGS=Userhasnorightstoupdatetheset;ADESELOBJS,ADDREMOBJS=Userhasnorightstoedit;ADEDWGMAINT=Userneedstobesuperusertoremovetheforeignlocks;MAPOPTIONS:SystemPreferences=Can'tset"ForceUserLogin"flagandchange"ObjectLocking"flagifdrawingsetcontainsactiveorlockeddrawings.Deactivateorunlockthedrawingsbeforetryingtosetthesepreferences.

19 kAdeWrongSyntax

20 kAdeDuplicate

21 kAdeInvalidPathOrFileName

22 kAdeInvalidVersion

23 kAdeFileIOFatalError

ExternalSubsystems

200 kAdeAcDbError

201 kAdeIRDNotInitialized

202 kAdeIRDError

203 kAdeASENotInitialized

204 kAdeASEError

205 kAdeASIError

206 kAdeAsiNotInitialized

207 kAdeAsiConnectToEnvironmentFailed

TransactionalManager

1000 kErrClosed RepeatedattemptstoclosepreviouslyclosedADEobject.Callsupport.

1001 kErrWasErased AttempttoworkwitherasedADEobject.Callsupport.

1002 kErrOpenForRead AttempttoupdateADEobjectsopenedforread.Callsupport.

1003 kErrOpenForWrite AttemptstogetmultipleaccesstoADEobjectopenedforwrite.Callsupport.

1004 kErrWrongMode IncorrectmodeoftheADEobjectsshouldbe

opened.Callsupport.

1005 kErrClone ExceptionatthetimeofcloningADEobjects.Callsupport.

1006 kErrResponse IncorrectattempttostartADEtransaction.Callsupport.

1007 kErrObjIsAbsent AttempttoworkwitherasedADEobject.Callsupport.

1008 kErrAccess TypeofworkwithADEdoesnotcorrespondtoitsstatus.Callsupport.

1009 kErrMultipleUsage AttemptstogetmultipleaccesstoADEobjectopenedforwrite.Callsupport.

1010 kErrUpgrade IncorrectattempttoupdateopeningmodeoftheADEobject.Callsupport.

1011 kErrNotClosed ObjectwasnotclosedduringcurrentADEtransaction.Callsupport.

CAdeList

1100 kAdeGetIteratorFails

1101 kAdeListIsEmpty

CAdeListIterator

1102 kErrListEnd

1103 kErrListObjectIsAbsent

Drawing

1200 kAdeQueriedEntity Ignoringqueriedentityforsavingselection.Whenusing

ADESAVEOBJS,themessagemeansqueriedobjectsthatareselectedforsavebackareignored.

1201 kAdeDwgNotActive Attempttoreadtheobjectlockedfromaninactivedrawing.WhenusingADEWHOHASIT,themessagemeansthedrawingfromwhichtheobjectwasqueriedisnolongeractive.ADEisunabletodetermineiftheobjectselectediscurrentlylocked.Activatethespecifieddrawingandre-enterthecommand.

1202 kAdeReadDwgFileFails ADEfailstoreadexternaldrawing.IfusingADEDRAWINGS,thismessagemeansthatADEisunabletoreadthespecifieddrawing.Perhapsthedrawingdoesn'texitorthespecifiedfileisnotavalidAutoCADDrawingFile.Checktheerrormessagestackformoreinformation.

1203 kAdeMultipleUsers ADEfailstoaccessexternaldrawing.IfusingADEDRAWINGS,thismessagemeansADEisunabletoaccessthespecifieddrawingbecauseoffilelockingproblems.Checktheerrormessagestackformoreinformation.

1204 kAdeEntityLockingFails ADEfailstolock.IfusingADESELOBJS,thismessagemeansADEisunabletolockanobject.Theobjectmayalreadybelocked.UsetheADEWHOHASITtodetermineiftheobjectislocked,perhapsbyanotheruser.Checktheerrormessagestackformoreinformation.

1205 kAdeUnlockedEntity Entityisunlocked.IfusingADEWHOHASIT,thismessageindicatesthattheselectedobjectisnotcurrentlylocked.

1206 kAdeLockedEntity EntityhasbeenlockedbyanotherADEuser.IfusingADESELOBJS,thismessageindicatesthattheobjectisalreadylockedbyanotheruser.UsetheADEWHOHASITcommandtoidentifytheuser.

1207 kAdeAlreadyInSaveSet

1208 kAdeAlreadyNotInSaveSet

1209 kAdeMultipleReaders

1210 kAdeOpenPrefDictionaryFails ADEfailstoopenADEpreferencesdictionary.Callsupport.

1211 kAdeSavePrefDictionaryFails ADEfailstosaveADEpreferencesdictionary.Callsupport.

1212 kAdeRestoreDSetFails ADEfailstorestorethedrawingset.Callsupport.

1213 kAdeOpenDSetDictionaryFails ADEfailstoopenADEdrawingsetdictionary.Callsupport.

1214 kAdeSaveDSetDictionaryFails ADEfailstosaveADEdrawingsetindictionary.Callsupport.

1215 kAdeOpenQueryDictionaryFails ADEfailstoopenADEquerylibrarydictionary.Callsupport.

1216 kAdeSaveQueryDictionaryFails ADEfailstosaveADEquerylibraryindictionary.Callsupport.

1217 kAdeOpenRTableDictionaryFails ADEfailstoopenADErangetabledictionary.Callsupport.

1218 kAdeSaveRTableDictionaryFails ADEfailstosaveADErangetableindictionary.Callsupport.

1219 kAdeRestoreRTableDictionaryFails ADEfailstorestoreADErangetableindictionary.Callsupport.

1220 kAdeOpenDocViewDictionaryFails ADEfailstoopenADEDocViewinformationdictionary.Callsupport.

1221 kAdeSaveDocViewDictionaryFails ADEfailstosaveADEDocViewinformationindictionary.Callsupport.

1222 kAdeOpenKeyViewDictionaryFails ADEfailstoopenADEKeyViewinformationdictionary

1223 kAdeSaveKeyViewDictionaryFails ADEfailstosaveADEKey

Viewinformationindictionary.Callsupport.

1224 kAdeSaveProjectionFails ADEfailstosaveprojectioncodeinthedrawing.Callsupport.

1225 kAdeCopyHardPointerFails ADEfailstoapplypropertyalterationforsomesymboltable.Callsupport.

1226 kAdeDwgToBeReloaded

1227 kAdeDwgHasBeenModified Therewereobjectsqueriedfromthedrawingthatwillbetreatedasnewobjects.IfusingADEDRAWINGS,thismessagemeansthatwhenadrawingfromwhichobjectshavebeenqueriedisdetached,ADEconvertstheobjectsintonewlycreatedobjects.WhenyouusetheADEWHOHASITcommandtoseetheoriginoftheseobjects,itsaysthattheyhavenotbeenqueried.

1228 kAdeOnLockedLayer Objectsfromalockedlayerhavebeenselected.IfusingADESELOBJS,ADEREMOBJS,orADESAVEOBJS,thismessagemeansyouselectedobjectsfromalockedlayerandtheycannotbeaddedto,savedto,orremovedfromthesavesetorsavedtosource.

1229 kAdeDwgSaveFales ADEfailstosavethesource

drawing.IfusingADESAVEOBJS,ADESELOBJS,ADEREMOBJS,OPEN,NEW,orQUIT,orifyou'reconfiguringoptions,ormodifyingobjects,youmaygetthismessage.Callsupport.NOTE:Usethismessageexactlyasspelledhere.

1230 kAdeDwgLocksLeft ADEfailstoremoveobjectlocks(ifpresent)bytheendofADEsession.IfusingOPEN,NEW,orQUIT,orifyou'reconfiguringoptions,thismessagemeansthedrawingmightbelockedbyanotherADEuser.

1231 kAdeLinkWillBeLost ADEdoesnotsavelinksbetweenqueriedobjectsandsourcedrawingsbetweenADEsessions.Detachsourcedrawingwithqueriedobjects.UsetheSAVEcommandwithqueriedobjectsornoobjectsinthesaveset.

1232 kAdeDwgDiskFull

1233 kAdeDwgHasQueriedObject

1234 kAdeDwgUnlockedFile

CurrentSession

1300 kAdeGetCPointFails=1300 ADEfailstogetTextlocationfor

theentity.Callsupport.

1301 kAdeSetCPointFails ADEfailstostoreTextlocationfortheentity.Callsupport.

1302 kAdeTextInsPointMissed MissingTextinsertpoint.Callsupport.

1303 kAdeTextAllignPointMissed MissingalignmentpointforAlignedandFitText.Callsupport.

1304 kAdeTextHeightMissed MissingTextheight.Callsupport.

1305 kAdeTextStringMissed MissingTextstring.Callsupport.

1306 kAdeIndexUpdateFails ExceptioninIndexgenerationorregeneration.IfusingADESAVEOBJS,ADESELOBJS,ADEREMOBJS,orADEDWGMAINT,thismessagemeansentitymodificationoccurred.Callsupport.

1307 kAdeIgnorePreview ADEcustomobjectisselectedtoaddtosavesetortosave.IfusingADESAVEOBJS,ADESELOBJS,orADEREMOBJSthismessagehasthefollowingmeaning:WhendoingaPreviewQuery,ADEcreatesaspecialobjectcalledaPREVIEWobject,usedtodisplaythequeriedobjects.PREVIEWcannotbesavedbacktoasourcedrawing.Whenauserselectsthisobjectforaddingtothesavesetorwhensavingback,ADEdetectsthisandpreventstheoperation.

1308 kAdeIgnorePSpace

1309 kAdeEraseIRDObjectFails ADEfailstoerasetheObjectDataTable.Callsupport.

1310 kAdeRenameIRDObjectFails ADEfailstorenametheObjectDataTable.Callsupport.IfusingADEDEFDATA,thismessagemeansADEcan'trenameObjectDataTable.PerhapsObjectDataofthesamenamealreadyexistsinthedrawingorObjectDataTabledefinitionsbearingtheoldnamearedifferentinthesourcedrawings.Checktheerrormessageformoreinformation.

1311 kAdeAlterIRDObjectFails ADEfailstoalterObjectDataTable.IfusingADEDEFDATA,thismessagemeansADEcan'talterObjectDataTable.PerhapsObjectDataTabledefinitionsaredifferentinthesourcedrawings.Checktheerrormessagestackformoreinformation.

1312 kAdeIrdDuplicateTableName ObjectDataTablewithspecifiednamealreadyexists.ADEDEFDATA-allObjectDatatablenamesmustbeunique.Duplicatenamesarenotallowed.

1313 kAdeIrdNotIdenticaFormat ConflictinObjectDataTabledefinition.IfusingADEDEFDATA,thismessagemeansthatperhapsObjectDataTabledefinitionsaredifferentinthesourcedrawings.NOTE:Usethismessageexactlyasspelledhere.

1314 kAdeBHatchUnit ADEtreatsbhatchanditsboundaryasoneunit.IfusingADESELOBJSorADEREMOBJS,thismessagehasthefollowingmeaning:Whenaddinganobjecttothesaveset,ADEchecksifthisobjectispartofahatchboundary.Ifitis,allotherobjectsthatformtheboundaryareaddedtoorremovedfromthesaveset.Whensavingbackbhatchedareas,ADEalwaystreatstheboundaryasoneobject.

1315 kAdeReQuery ADEqueriedoneormoreobjectstwice.ADEdoesnotsupportUNDOforthisoperation.IfusingADEQUERYorADERUNXQUERYthismessagehasthefollowingmeaning:IfadrawingfilehasbeenmodifiedbyanotherADEuserandifaqueriedobjectmatchesanotherquery,ADEremovestheoldcopyandqueriesanewcopy.Thisoperationcan'tbeundone.

1316 kAdeCantAccessFont

1317 kAdeCantAccessImageFile

1318 kAdeUnableRedefineXrefBlock

DrawingSet

1500 kAdeRestoreDrawingSetFails ADEfailstoreadDrawingSetfromDWGfile.YouencounterthismessageduringADE

initializationorwhenusingOpendrawingfileorADEDRAWINGS.IfusingADEDRAWINGS-attachdrawing,themessagemeans"activateonattach"isONorade_dsattach(),ade_dswcattach()drawingiscorruptedoroldADEversionisinuse.

1501 kAdeDuplicatedDrawing Attempttoattachthesamedrawingtwice.IfusingADEDRAWINGS,thiserrorappearswhenadrawingwiththesamenamehasalreadybeenattachedtotheworksession.

1502 kAdeNestedDrawing Prohibitedattempttoeditpropertiesofthedrawinginthenesteddrawingset.IfusingADEDRAWINGS,thismessagemeansauserisnotallowedtomodifythetransformationandsavebackextentsofnesteddrawingsintheworksession.Thesepropertiescanonlybemodifiedfortopleveldrawings.

1503 kAdeActivateDrawingFails ADEfailstoactivatesourcedrawing.ADEwasunabletoactivateadrawingPerhapsthedrawingdoesnotexistoritislockedbyanotheruser,orthecurrentuserdoesn'thavepermissiontoreadthespecifieddrawingfile.Checktheerrormessagestackformoreinformation.

1504 kAdeDeactivateDrawingFails ADEfailstodeactivatesourcedrawing.ADEisunabletodeactivateadrawing.Perhapsthedrawingislockedbyanotheruser,thedrawingnolongerexists,ortherearelockedobjectsinthedrawing.Checktheerrormessagestackformoreinformation.

1505 kAdeLongDrawingDescription Specifieddrawingdescriptionexceeds133symbols.Shortendescription.

1506 kAdeEntityHasBeenLocked Drawingwithlockedentitiescan'tbedeactivated.ADEDRAWINGS-thespecifieddrawingcannotbedeactivatedbecauseitcontainslockedobjects.Removelocksanddeactivate.

1507 kAdePreviewNotSupported ADE2.0ignorestheseobjects:Tolerance,Body,Ellipse,3dSolid,Region,andMline.IfusingADEQUERY(Preview),ADEQVIEWDWGS,orADEKEYVIEW,thismessagemeansADEdoesnotsupportaPreviewQueryofTolerance,Body,Ellipse,3dSolid,RegionandMline.

1508 kAdeAliasIsInUse Adrivealiasofthesamenamealreadyexists.

1509 kAdeActivateDrawingCancelled Thedrawingactivationoperationfailed.

1510 kAdeAttachDrawingCancelled Thedrawingattachmentoperationfailed.

FeatureAlteration

1800 kAdeInvalidFeatureType Attempttosetaninvalidpropertyalterationtype.IfcallingAPIfunctionsade_altpsetproporade_altpdefine,checkforamistakeinpropertytype.

1801 kAdeNoListId Propertyalterationinternallistisinvalid.Callsupport.

1802 kAdeInvalidExpType Attemptmadetosetaninvalidpropertyalterationexpressiontype.Callsupport.

1803 kAdeNoExpression Propertyalterationinternalobjectisinvalid.Callsupport.

1804 kAdeTextCreationFailed Propertyalterationwasunabletocreateanewtextobject.Thismessageoccurswhenusingqueriesthatalterproperties.Checkexpressionsinthetextpropertyalterationdefinition.

1805 kAdeHatchCreationFailed Propertyalterationwasunabletocreateanewhatchobject.Thismessageoccurswhenusingqueriesthatalterproperties.Checkexpressionsinthehatchpropertyalterationdefinition.

1806 kAdeInvalidColor Invalidcolorpassedtopropertyalteration.Thismessageoccurswhenusingqueriesthatalterproperties.CheckexpressionsevaluatestoavalidAutoCADcolor.

1807 kAdeInvalidLayer Invalidlayername.Thismessageoccurswhenusingqueriesthatalterproperties.CheckexpressionsevaluatestoavalidAutoCADlayer.

1808 kAdeInvalidStyle Invalidstylename.Thismessageoccurswhenusingqueriesthatalterproperties.Checkexpressionsevaluatestoavalidstyle.

1809 kAdeInvalidJustification Theexpressionforjustificationinatextpropertyalterationdidnotevaluatetoavalidjustification.Thismessageoccurswhenusingqueriesthatalterproperties.CheckexpressionsevaluatestoavalidAutoCADjustification.

1810 kAdeInvalidScale

1811 kAdeNoRangeId ADEinternalobjectisinvalid.Callsupport.

Mapping

1900 kErrMapCoincPoint Coincidentpoints.IfusingADERSHEETorADETRANSFORMthismessagemeanseitheroldornewpointsarecoincident.Theymustbedifferent.

1901 kErrMapWrongScale Invalidscale.Callsupport.

1902 kErrMapTransform Can'ttransformentity.ADERSHEET,ADETRANSFORM,ADEQUERY,ADESAVEOBJSAnerrorappearedatthetimeofentitytransformation.Itishigh-levelerror.Theremustbeanothererrorinthestackwithmorespecificinformation.

1903 kErrMapWrongExtents Invalidentityextents.Ifyou'reusingADETEXTLOC,ADERSHEET,ADEQUERY,ADESAVEOBJS,orcallingAcDbEntity::getGeomExtents()methodyoumaygetthismessage.

1904 kErrMapWrongPoints Invalidpointsnumber.Ifyou'reusingADERSHEET,thismessagemeansthatthenumbersofoldandnewpointsaredifferent,orlessthan2.Dialogdoesn'tallowthis.

1905 kErrMapWrongSelSet Invalidselectionset.Callsupport.

1906 kErrMapWrongEntityName Invalidentityname.Theentityisopen.Forexample,ithasbeenreceivedfromtheAPI.

1907 kErrMapOpenEntity Can'topenentity.Theentityisopen.Forexample,anotherapplicationopenedtheentity.

1908 kErrMapUpgradeEntity Can'tupgradeopen.Entitymodificationoccurred.

1909 kErrMapMoveStretchPoints Can'tmodifystretchpoints.Callsupport.

1910 kErrMapEntityPoint Can'tmodifyentitypoints.Callsupport.

1911 kErrMapCmdecho Can'tchangeCMDECHOvariable.UsingADEFILLPOLYGmayproducethismessage.

1912 kErrMapCecolor Can'tchangeCECOLORvariable.UsingADEFILLPOLYGmayproducethismessage.

1913 kErrMapHatch Errorinhatchcommand.UsingADEFILLPOLYGmayproducethismessage.

1914 kErrMapWrongIntersectForPoints Can'tfindintersection.UsingADEQUERYorcallingAcDbentity::IntersectWith()methodmayproducethismessage.

1915 kErrMapWrongHandle Wrongentityhandle.Callsupport.

1916 kErrMapNotPolyline Entityisn'tpolyline.Callsupport.

1917 kErrMapIterator Can'tcreateiterator.Callsupport.

1918 kErrMapWriteXData Can'twriteXdata.EnsurethatXdatasizeis16KBorless.

1919 kErrMapBuffer Can'tcreatebuffer.Ifyou'reusingADEQUERY,tomakealocationqueryusingabufferfence,youmaygetthismessage.

1920 kErrMapStretchPoints Can'tgetstretchpoints.Ifyou'reusingADETRANSFORMorADEQUERYorcallingAcDbEntity::getStretchPoints()youmaygetthismessage.

Topology

2000 kErrTopInvalidName Invalidtopologyname.Occursduringtopologycreation.

2001 kErrTopExist Topologyalreadyexists.Occursduringtopologycreation.

2002 kErrTopBuildNet Errorbuildingnetworktopology.Occursduringtopologycreation.

2003 kErrTopBuildPolygon Errorbuildingpolygontopology.Occursduringtopologycreation.

2004 kErrTopBuildNode Can'tcreatenode.Occursduringtopologycreation.

2005 kErrTopBuildArc Can'tcreatelink.Occursduringtopologycreation.

2006 kErrTopBuildCntr Can'tcreatecentroid.Occursduringtopologycreation.

2007 kErrTopAPIReg Can'tregistertopologyAPI.OccursduringADEloading.

2008 kErrTopFuncNotAvail Functionisn'tavailable.Occursifyou'reusingtopologyfunctionsoftheAPI.

2009 kErrTopWriteData ErrorwritingXdata.Occursduringtopologycreationandmodification.

2010 kErrTopNotExist Topologydoesn'texist.Occursifyou'reusingtopologyfunctionsoftheAPI.

2011 kErrTopOverlayType Wrongoverlaytype.

2012 kErrTopMakeLayer Can'tcreatenewlayer.UsingADEDWGCLEANproducesthis

message.

2013 kErrTopBlockNotExist Blockdoesn'texist.

2014 kErrTopNotOpenForWrite Topologyisn'topenforwrite.Occurswheneditingtopology.

2015 kErrTopOpenIrdTable Can'topenobjectdatatable.Occurswhenloadingandeditingtopology.

2016 kErrTopWrongIrdAttr Invalidobjectdatatable.Occurswhenloadingandeditingtopology.

2017 kErrTopLoaded Topologyisalreadyloaded.Occurswhenloadingtopology.

2018 kErrTopIncompleteElem Incompletetopologyelement.Occurswheneditingtopology.

2019 kErrTopInvalidColor Invalidcolornumber.OccurswhenusingADEDWGCLEANandcreatingtopology.

2020 kErrTopInvalidFlag Invalidflag.OccurswhenusingADEDWGCLEAN.

2021 kErrTopInvalidTolerance Invalidtolerance.OccurswhenusingADEDWGCLEANandcreatingtopology.

2022 kErrTopInvalidCorridor Invalidcorridorwidth.OccurswhenusingADEDWGCLEAN.

2023 kErrTopInvalidOffset Invalidoffset.Occurswhenusingbuffering.

2024 kErrTopInvalidHeight Invalidmarkerheight.OccurswhenusingADEDWGCLEAN.

2025 kErrTopInvalidMarkerType Invalidmarkertype.Occurswhen

usingADEDWGCLEAN.

2026 kErrTopInvalidEntityType Invalidtypefornewentities.OccurswhenusingADEDWGCLEAN.

2027 kErrTopInvalidErrorType Invaliderrortype.OccurswhenusingADEDWGCLEAN.

2028 kErrTopIntersection Intersectionsdetected.Occurswhencreatingandeditingpolygontopology.

2029 kErrTopOverlayItself Can'toverlaytopologywithitself.

2030 kErrTopSourceDwgAccess Can'taccesssourcedrawing.

2031 kErrTopSourceDwgNotActive Sourcedrawingisn'tactive.

2032 kErrTopSourceDatabaseAccess Can'taccesssourcedrawingdatabase.

2033 kErrTopSourceObjectId Can'tgetobjectIDbyhandleinsourcedrawingdatabase.

2034 kErrTopNotLoaded Topologyisn'tloaded.

2035 kErrTopImplicitNode Nodeobjectdoesn'texistinnodetopology.

2036 kErrTopMisplacedNode Wrongnodecoordinates.

2037 kErrTopUnreferencedNode Nodeisn'treferencedinlinks.

2038 kErrTopUnexistentNode Linkreferencesnonexistentnode.

2039 kErrTopMismatchStartNode LinkhasinvalidIDatthestartnode.

2040 kErrTopMismatchEndNode LinkhasinvalidIDattheendnode.

2041 kErrTopMisplacedCentroid Wrongcentroidcoordinates.

2042 kErrTopMismatchLeftPoly LinkhasinvalidIDfortheleftpolygon.

2043 kErrTopMismatchRightPoly LinkhasinvalidIDfortherightpolygon.

2044 kErrTopUnexistentCentroid Centroidisn'tinsidepolygon.

2045 kErrTopMultiplyCentroid Polygonhasseveralcentroidsinside.

2046 kErrTopWrongPolyQty Somepolygonsareincorrect.

2047 kErrTopMismatchPolyArea Incorrectpolygonarea.

2048 kErrTopMismatchPolyPerimeter Incorrectpolygonperimeter.

2049 kErrTopOpenSourceDwgTopo Topologyloadedfromsourcedrawingscan'tbeopenforwrite.

2050 kErrTopOpenTempTopo Temporarytopologycan'tbeopenforwrite.

2051 kErrTopIdNotExist Currentdrawingdoesn'thaveODtablewithinformationaboutlastID.

2052 kErrTopEmpty Can'tcreateorloademptytopology.

2053 kErrTopWasModified TopologyobjectsweremodifiedbyAutoCADcommands.

2054 kErrTopMultiple Objectbelongstomultipletopologiesandcan'tbeerased.

2055 kErrTopCalculateOffset Can'tcalculateoffset.Usedefault.Occurswhenusingbuffering.

2056 kErrTopZeroOffset Zerooffset.Can'tbuildbuffer.

2057 kErrTopDifferentOffset Offsethasdifferentsignforsomeobjects.Can'tbuildbuffer.

2058 kErrTopInvalidSelSet Invalidselectionset.OccurswhenusingtheAPI.

2059 kErrTopCleanNotInit Cleanupmodelisn'tinitialized.OccurswhenusingtheAPI.

2060 kErrTopCleanNoGroup Thereisnocurrentgroup.OccurswhenusingtheAPI.

2061 kErrTopCleanInvalidIndex Invaliderrorindex.OccurswhenusingtheAPI.

2062 kErrTopCleanNoError Currenterrorisn'tset.OccurswhenusingtheAPI.

2063 kErrTopTraceLinkNotExist Linkdoesn'texistintracingmodel.OccurswhenusingtheAPI.

2064 kErrTopTraceNodeNotExist Nodedoesn'texistintracingmodel.OccurswhenusingtheAPI.

2065 kErrTopTraceNoPath Resultpathisn'tcalculated.OccurswhenusingtheAPI.

2066 kErrTopTraceInvalidIndex Invalidelementindex.OccurswhenusingtheAPI.

2067 kErrTopInvalidExpression Can'tprocessADEexpression.Occurswhenusingoverlay,buffer,dissolve,ortracingcommand.

2068 kErrTopLockedTable Can'twriteintotopologyODtable.Occurswhenusingdissolvecommand.

2069 kErrTopCreateTable Can'tcreateODtable.Occurswhenusingtopologycreation,

overlay,buffer,ordissolvecommands.

2070 kErrTopCreateTableColumn Can'taddcolumntoODtable.Occurswhenusingtopologycreation,overlay,buffer,ordissolvecommands.

2071 kErrTopTraceNodesEqual Startandendnodesarethesame.Occursdoingshortestpathtracing.

2072 kErrTopTracePathNotExist Emptypath.Occursduringshortestpathtracing.

2073 kErrTopTraceFloodNotExist Emptypath.Occurswhentracingfloods.

2074 kErrTopRenameDisabled Can'trenametopology,becausecurrentdrawinghasqueriedobjectswithOD.

2075 kErrTopDeleteDisabled Can'tdeletetopology,becausecurrentdrawinghasqueriedobjectswithOD.

2076 kErrTopInvalidExtents

TopologyAPI

2100 kAdeTopApiErrWrongInput Missingorinvalidparameter.

2101 kAdeTopApiWrongId InvalidID.

Tracing

2150 kAdeTopSprErr Tracingerror.Occursduringtopologytracing.

QueryDefinition

2200 kErrUnexpectedBuffChar Invalidcharacterencounteredwhilereadingthequerydefinitionfromthedrawing.Optionsarea)Recoverthedrawingb)Defineandsaveanewquerydefinitioninthedrawing.

2201 kErrInvalidIndex Aninvalidlinenumberwasspecifiedforeithergroupingorungroupingofquerylines.Specifythecorrectlinenumberforgroupingorungroupingthelines.

2202 kErrInvalidQueryLine Oneormorequerylineshavebeenincorrectlydefined.Mayoccurwhenyouincorrectlyplaceaparenthesisoranoperatorinaqueryline.

2203 kErrInvalidName Eitheraqueryoraquerycategorynameisinvalid.EnsurethatthequeryorcategorynameconformtotheAutoCAdsymbolnamespecifications.

2204 kErrEntryAlreadyExists Eitherthequeryorthequerycategorynamealreadyexistsinthequerylibrary.Ensurethatthequerynameisuniquewithinthequerylibrary.

2205 kErrEntryInOtherCategory Thequerynamespecifiedalreadyexistsinanothercategoryinthequerylibrary.Ensurethatthequerynameisuniquewithinthequerylibrary.

2206 kErrEntryAndFileAlreadyExist Thefilenamespecifiedforsaving

theexternalqueryalreadyexists.Chooseadifferentfilename.

2207 kErrASIConnectFailed TheconnectiontotheASIenvironmentrequiredfortheSQLquerywasnotmade.UseASEtoconnecttotheenvironmentbeforeattemptingtoperformtheSQLquery.

2208 kErrASIStmtPrepareFailed ThecalltoCAsiExecStm::Preparefailed.correctthetablenameortheSQLstatementspecified.

2209 kErrASICsrAllocFailed ThecalltoCAsiCsr::Allocatefailed.LookattheASIerrordisplayed.

2210 kErrASICsrOpenFailed ThecalltoCAsiCsr::Openfailed.LookattheASIerrordisplayed.

2211 kErrInvalidDOName AninvalidEnvironment,SchemaorCatalognamewasspecified.SetthecorrectEnvironment,Catalog,andSchemanames.

2212 kErrLPInitFailed ThecalltoCAseLinkPath::initfailed.LookattheASEerrordisplayed.

2213 kErrColNotFound UsedfortheSQLOrder-bydialognowobsolete.Callsupport.

2214 kErrQDefNotInTM TheCAdeQueryDefobjectwasnotappendedtotheTransactionManager.Internalerror.

2215 kErrQryDefnExists Aquerydefinitionalreadyexistsandanewonecannotbeloaded.Cleartheexistingquerydefinition

beforeloadinganewone.

2216 kErrInvalidOperator Invalidoperatordefinedinquerydefinition.Thespecifiedcomparisonoperatorisincompatiblewithoperandtypes.Donotuse>withthepointtype.Checkthequerydefinitionandchangeeithertheoperatororoperandtype.

2217 kErrInvalidPtrnOperator Invalidoperatordefinedinquerydefinitionforpatternvalue.Ifvalueoperandisdefinedaspattern,only"="comparisonoperatorcanbeused.Checkthequerydefinitionandchangeeitheroperatororoperandvalue.

2218 kErrInvalidField Non-existentobjectdatafieldspecified.Thiserroroccurswhentheuserspecifiesthewrongobjectdatafieldnameforatable(ifthereisnosuchfieldinthespecifiedtable)inthequerydefinitionandexecutesthequery.Checkquerydefinitionandtablesandcorrectthemistake.

2219 kErrInvalidNotBranch

2220 kErrInvalidBranch

2221 kErrUndefinedValue

2222 kErrInvalidLocationType

2223 kErrCantLoadExternQuery

QueryManager

2300 kErrIntersectFailed AcalltoCAseLinkSel::intersectPartialKeyfailed.LookattheASEerrordisplayed.

2301 kErrNoTemplate Thequerytypewasspecifiedasreportbutnoreportoptionsweredefined.Definereportoptions.

2302 kErrASIStoreValueFailed AcalltoCAsiData::storeValuefailed.LookattheASIerrordisplayed.

2303 kErrASIGetValueFailed AcalltoCAsiData::getValuefailed.LookattheASIerrordisplayed.

Utility

2400 kErrLicFatal FatalerrorinADElicense.Callsupport.

2401 kErrFileNotFound Can'tfindassociateddocument.OccurswhenusingADEDOCVIEW.

2402 kErrPathNotFound Can'tfindexecutablefile.OccurswhenusingADEDOCVIEW.

2403 kErrBadFormat Syntaxerrorinthecommandline.OccurswhenusingADEDOCVIEW.

2404 kErrConvtErr ErrorconvertingADE1.0datatoADE2.0data.OccurswhenusingADECONVERT.

DataDialogs

2450 kErrIRDMismatch

2451 kErrIRDInvalidName

2452 kErrIRDTableExists

2453 kErrInvalidTableName

2454 kErrInvalidAttrName

2455 kErrTopoName

2456 kErrQueriedAndNotNew

2457 kErrNotAdministrator

GenLink

2500 kErrTagNotFound

2501 kErrTagValueAbcent

2502 kErrIllegalFormat

2503 kErrColMoreThanOne

Environment

2600 kErrInitEnv AnerroroccurredduringtheinitializationofADE.Thecauseofthiserrormaybeduetoerrorsinloading/initializingADEuserpreferences,systempreferences,logfile,oruserlist.

2601 kErrCantFindAdeExePath

2602 kErrINIWrite

2603 kErrInvalidUserName Theusernamespecifieddoesnotexistintheuserlist.UseausernamethatalreadyexistsintheuserlistordefineanewoneusingUserAdministration.

2604 kErrLoadUserList

2605 kErrSaveUserList

2606 kErrInvalidPswd Thepasswordspecifieddoesnotmatchtheonespecifiedintheuserlistforthisuser.Usethecorrectpassword.

2700 kErrRxAseLoad ASEisn'tloadedCan'tinitializeASEAPI.

2701 kErrRxAseInit ObjectDatamoduleisn'tloaded.

2702 kErrRxIrdLoad Can'tinitializeObjectDataAPI.

2703 kErrRxIrdInit Specifiedcoordinatesystemcategorynotfoundinthelibrary.Callsupport.

Projection

2800 kErrNoProjCatFound Specifiedcoordinatesystemcategorynotfoundinthelibrary.Callsupport.

2801 kErrNoDatumFound Specifiedcoordinatesystemdatumnotfound.Callsupport.

2802 kErrNoElipFound Ellipsoidnotfoundintheellipsoidlist.Callsupport.

2803 kErrNoCoordFound SpecifiedCoordinateSystemnotfound.Callsupport.

2804 kErrFaileOpenDatumFile Can'topenprojection.mp3file.OccurswhenloadingADE.

2805 kErrFaileOpenElipFile Can'topenellipsefile.OccurswhenloadingADE.

2806 kErrNoneCoord Internalcodetoset"None"projectiontothedrawing.Callsupport.

Expression

2900 kErrNoExpressionFound Emptyexpressionisspecified.Callsupport.

2901 kErrGetPropFail Thisisaninternalcodetoshowthatentityhasnospecifiedproperty.Callsupport.

2902 kErrExpEvalFail ADEfailstoevaluateexpression.Occurswhenexecutingquerywithpropertyalterationandexecutingapropertyquery.

2903 kErrExpMissingQuote QuotesmismatchedinSQLexpression.OccurswhenexecutingaSQLqueryandaquerywithSQLpropertyalteration.AlsooccurswhenusingADECONVERT.

2904 kErrExpMissingCParen Parenthesismismatched.Occurswhenexecutingaquerywithfeaturealterationandexecutingapropertyquery.

2905 kErrExpExceedThreeOper Morethanthreeoperandsarespecified.Occurswhenexecutingaquerywithpropertyalterationandexecutingapropertyquery.

2906 kErrRngTabNameExist Rangetablewithspecifiednamealreadyexists.Callsupport.

2907 kErrLpnInvalid

2908 kErrLpnNotFound

2909 kErrRangeInvalidElse

FormoreExpressionerrors,whichbeginat�15,click .

3000 kErrInvalidIndexVersion Theversionoftheindexinthedrawingisinvalid.Theoptionsare:1)Regeneratetheindexusingdrawingmaintenance2)Removetheindexusingtheindexremovalutilityandthenre-generatetheindex.

3001 kErrIndexOutOfDate Theindexinthedrawingisout-of-date.Regeneratetheindexusingdrawingmaintenance.

3002 kErrTypeAllObjects

3003 kErrTypeNoOneObject

Validation

3100 kErrWrongSymbolName

3101 kErrWrongSymbol

3102 kErrWrongStrLength

3103 kErrDirDoesNotExist

3104 kErrDirReadOnly

3105 kErrAccessDenied

3106 kErrFileDoesNotExist

3107 kErrFileAlreadyExists

3108 kErrFileOpenFailed

3109 kErrFileReadOnly

3110 kErrInvalidString

3111 kErrOutOfRange

3112 kErrWrongColor

3113 kErrIncorrectParameters OneofADEvalidationmethodsrecognizedincorrectinputparameters.ThiserrorisaninternalADEerror.

3114 kErrFileOpenLimit

3115 kErrShareViolation

3116 kErrNetAccessDenied

3117 kErrPathDoesNotExist

FileLocking

3200 kErrDwkFileDoesNotExist ADElockfileislocked.OccurswhenusingADEDRAWINGSandADEQUERYcommandsandwhenADEisrunninginamulti-userenvironment.

3201 kErrOpenDwkFileFailed ADEwasunabletoopenthe.DWKlockfile.Callsupport.

3202 kErrFileLockedByAcad Attempttoremoveauserwhodoesnotexistfromthelockfile.Callsupport.

3203 kErrOldMapLockFile ADEwasunabletocreatethe.DWKlockfile.Callsupport.

3204 kErrFileIsNotDwk ADEtriedtolockafileforwritethatwasalreadylockedforread.Callsupport.

3205 kErrSpecifiedUserDoesNotExist ADEtriedtolockafileforreadthatwasalreadylockedforwrite.Occursduringqueryoperationsinamulti-userenvironment.

3206 kErrCreateDwkFileFailed ADEtriedtoopenandreadafilethatwasnotavalid.DWKfile.Callsupport.

3207 kErrFileIsLockedForRead ADEwasunabletounlockthelockfile.Callsupport.

3208 kErrFileIsLockedForWrite ADEtriedtoattachafilethatisalreadyopenbyAutoCAD.OccurswhenusingADEDRAWINGSwithATTACHoperationsifthefileisopeninanAutoCADproject.

3209 kErrInvalidLockStateSpecified ADEinternalobjectisinvalid.Callsupport.

3210 kErrNotOwnerOfWLH ADEtriedtoremoveawritelockwhentheuserdidnothaveawritelock.Callsupport.

3211 kErrUserIsNotWriter

3212 kErrUserIsNotReader

3213 kErrUserHasReadLock

3214 kErrLockFileIsFull

3215 kErrDwgFileDoesNotExist ADEtriedtounlockafilebutthe.DWKfilewasmissing.Occursifthe.dwkfilewaserasedafterafilewasattached.

3216 kErrNotAnADELockFile ADEinternalobjectisinvalid.Callsupport.

3217 kErrFileMayHaveBeenModified Existing.DWKfiledoesnotbelongtoADE.thelockfileexistsandcanbereadbyADE,butADEdoesnotownthefile.

3218 kErrFileHasLocks ADEtriedtoremovealockfilebutitwasnotfound.Occursifthe.dwkfilewaserasedafterafilewasattached.

UnicodeSupport

4000 kAdeUnicodeInsufficientBufferToConvert

4001 kAdeUnicodeInvalidFlagsToConvert

4002 kAdeUnicodeInvalidParameterToConvert

4003 kAdeUnicodeNoTranslation

4004 kAdeUnicodeCodePageNotAvailable

Double-ByteSupport

4005 kAdeNoMBCSAllowed

ErrorTypes

Errorsaregroupedbyerrortype.

Youcangetanerror'serrortypebypassingitsstackindex(0=firsterror)toade_errtype.

00 kAdeNoMessage Errorconditiondoesnotexist.

01 kAdeWarning ADE(AutoCADDataExtension)executionwarning

02 kAdeError ADEexecutionerror

03 kAseWarning ASE(AutoCADSQLExtension)executionwarning

04 kAseError ASEexecutionerror

05 kAcWarning AutoCADexecutionwarning

06 kAcError AutoCADexecutionerror

07 kAsiWarning ASI(AutoCADSQLInterface)executionwarning

08 kAsiError ASIexecutionerror.

09 kIRDWarning Extendedobjectdata(Xdata)warning

10 kIRDError Xdataerror

13 kMapError AutoCADMapexecutionerror

14 kMentorError

15 kApplicationError Operatingsystemlevelapplicationerror

16 kDiagMessage Diagnosticmessagereturned.

ConvertingCoordinates

Convertingpointcoordinatesfromonegeo-referencedsystemtoanother.

KeepinmindthatanyCartesiancoordinatepairyouselectinageo-referencedcoordinatesystemcorrespondstoapointonthesurfaceoftheearth.Thisfactdefinesarelationbetweenthecoordinatepairsinonecoordinatesystemandthecoordinatepairsinanyother,solongasthepointinquestionactuallyexistsinbothsystems.Inotherwords,solongasthecoordinatesystemshavearegionofintersection,andthepointinquestionisinit.

Toconvertthecoordinatesofapointfromonegeo-referencedcoordinatesystemtoanother

1. Definea"source"coordinatesystemwithade_projsetsrc.2. Definea"destination"coordinatesystemwithade_projsetdest.3. Passacoordinatepairtoade_projptforward.

Thefunctionassumesthatthecoordinatepairyoupasstoitisapointinthesourcesystem,anditreturnsthecorrespondingcoordinatepairinthedestinationsystem.Ifthereisnocorrespondingcoordinatepair,itreturnsnil.

Toconvertintheotherdirection,useade_projptbackward.

Youcanspecifycoordinatetriplets,butifyoudo,theZvalueisignored.

PlottingaMap

Plottingisthelaststageinpresentingmapdata.

Thefollowingsampleoutlinesthestepsrequiredtosetupandplotamapset.

Toplotamap1. SetthePlotternameforLayout1usingtheAutoCAD�ActiveX�

interface.

(vl-load-com)(setqacadObject(vlax-get-Acad-object))(setqacadDocument(vla-get-ActiveDocumentacadObject))(setqactiveLayoutObject(vla-Get-ActiveLayoutacadDocument))(setqpSpace(vla-get-PaperSpaceacadDocument))(setqlayout(vla-get-layoutpSpace))(vla-put-confignamelayout"\\\\PlotServer\\HpLaserjet4100SeriesPcl")

2. AddadrivealiastothelistsothatAutoCADMapcanfindthedrawingsusedtoexecutetheplot.

(ade_aliasadd"LISP_SAMPLE""C:\\Lisp\\Drawings\\PlotMapSet")

3. Defineaboundarydrawingoruseanexistingone.ThisexampleusesanexistingdrawingnamedSystem-Grid.dwg.

Theboundarydrawingmustcontainatleastoneclosedpolylinewithobjectdata.Eachclosedpolylineisadivisionofthemap,andthesheet

nameisattachedtoitasobjectdata.

4. Attachthedrawingsforthisplotsetandtheboundarydrawing.

(ade_dsattach"LISP_SAMPLE:\\Landbase-Shared.dwg")(ade_dsattach"LISP_SAMPLE:\\Water-Facilities.dwg")(ade_dsattach"LISP_SAMPLE:\\System-Grid.dwg")

5. Definea"Draw"modequerywhichselects"ALL"objectsintheattacheddrawings.

(ade_qryclear)

(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Location"("All")""))

(ade_qrysettype"draw")

6. Savethequeryinternaltotheproject.

(ade_qrysave"PlotQueries"'(("name""TruckBook-100")("saveoption"2)))

7. Definealayoutblock,(titleblock)oruseanexistingone.Thelayoutblockmustcontainatleastoneviewportandoptionallyareferenceviewport.Ifthelayoutblockcontainsanattributewhichrepresentsamapnameorsomeothertypeofareanamingconvention,thatnamecanbemappedfromtheboundarydrawingtothisattribute,infactanyobjectdataassociatedtoaboundarycanbemappedtoanattributeonthelayoutblock.Thissampledoesnotcontaincodeforcreatingordefiningthislayoutblock.

8. Createanewplotset.

(map_pltCurrDef"TruckBook-100")

9. DefinePlotSetvariables

Definethedrawingset:

(setqdwgs_list(list"LISP_SAMPLE:\\Landbase-Shared.dwg""LISP_SAMPLE:\\Water-Facilities.dwg"))(map_pltCurrSet"dwgs"dwgs_list)

Definetheplotternameviathelayout:

(map_pltCurrSet"pnam""Layout1")

Definethelayoutblockname:

(map_pltCurrSet"block""TITLE-A")

Definethelayoutblocksviewportlayer:

(map_pltCurrSet"vlayer""TB-BORDER")

Definetheobjectdatatablecontainingboundaryinformation:

(map_pltCurrSet"bnamt""MAPSYS-MAP")

Definetheboundaryfieldname:

(map_pltCurrSet"bnamf""MAPNAME")

Definetheboundaryobjectdatafieldtoblockattributeinlayoutmapping:

(map_pltCurrSet"atts""MAPNAME")

Definethelayoutblocksreferenceviewportflag:

(map_pltCurrSet"kflg"nil)

Definethelayoutblockskeyviewportlayer:

(map_pltCurrSet"klayer""")

Definethedisplaylayersinthereferenceviewport:

(map_pltCurrSet"kdispl""")

Definethelayerstofreezeinmainviewport:

(map_pltCurrSet"vdispl""0")

Definethequerycategory:

(map_pltCurrSet"qcat""PlotQueries")

Definethequeryname:

(map_pltCurrSet"qnam""TruckBook-100")

Definetheboundarydrawing:

(map_pltCurrSet"bdwg""LISP_SAMPLE:\\System-Grid.dwg")

Definetheboundarylayer:

(map_pltCurrSet"blyr""MAPEDGE")

Definetheboundaryfieldname:

(map_pltCurrSet"bodfs""MAPNAME")

Specifytheboundaries:

(setqbndry_list(list"101""102"))(map_pltCurrSet"bnds"bndry_list)

Definetheplottospecifiedscaleflag:

(map_pltCurrSet"sflg"nil)

Definetheplotscale:

(map_pltCurrSet"scale""1:750")

Definetheclipobjectsagainstboundaryflag:

(map_pltCurrSet"clip"T)

Definetheplottheboundaryflag:

(map_pltCurrSet"pbnd"T)

10. Appendthecurrentplotsetdefinitiontotheplotsetlist.

(map_pltCurrSave)

11. Writethecurrentplotsetdefinitiontotheplotdefinitiondictionarywithinthecurrrentproject.

(map_pltDefSave)

12. Performacursorychecktoseeiftherequiredattributeshavebeenset,thisisoptional.

(if(not(map_pltDefValid"TruckBook-100"))(prompt"\nERROR:Plotsetinvalid."))

13. Performamoreextensivecheckthatmakessurethatnoerrorsoccurwhenplottingtakesplace,thisisoptional.

(map_pltdefverify"TruckBook-100")

14. Initializetheplottingenvironment.See(map_pltInit)formoredetailonthisfunction.

(map_pltInit)

15. Displayasinglesheetwithintheplotsetbasedonaboundaryvalue,thenplotifsuccessful.Note,youmustalwayscallmap_pltdisplay()beforecallingmap_pltPlot().

(map_pltDisplay"101")

;Visuallychecktheplotsetdisplay.Ifitiscorrect,plotit.(initget"YesNo")(setqanswer(getkword"\nDisplayiscorrectYes/No?"))(if(or(nullanswer)(equalanswer"Yes"))(map_pltPlot))

16. Restorethedisplayenvironmenttoitsstatebeforethelastexecutionofthemap_pltDisplay().

(map_pltRestore)

17. RestorethedataextensionoptionsandAutoCADsettingsalteredbymap_pltInit().

(map_pltCleanup)

CompletingaTopology

Thisprocedurecreatesapartialtopologyandusesmap_topocompletetoaddthemissingelementstocompleteit.

Tocompleteatopology1. Createapolygontopologyandsaveittoafile.

2. Startanewprojectandattachthedrawingusingade_aliasadd,ade_dsattach,andade_dwgactivate.

3. Queryinsomeofthetopology'sobjectstocreateapartialtopology.Usequeryfunctions.

(ade_qryclear);clearallqueries(ade_qrysettype"draw");drawqueryresults(setqpt1(list2.91238.85130.0))(setqpt2(list5.91341.16340.0))(setqpt3(list10.79311.73540.0))(setqpt4(list10.03718.87420.0))(setqlst(list"polygon""crossing"pt1pt2pt3pt4))(setqqry_id(ade_qrydefine"""""""location"lst""))(if(nullqry_id)(prompt"\nERROR:Querydefinitionfailed.")(progn(prompt"\nQueryinginpartofthepolygontopology.")(setqresult(ade_qryexecute))(if(nullresult)

(prompt"\nExecutionofqueryfailed."))))

4. Loadthetopologyintomemoryfromtheprojectdrawing.

(setqresult(tpm_acloadnamenil))

5. Openthetopologywithreadaccess.

(setqtpm_id(tpm_acopen"test"nil))

6. Testthetopologyforcorrectnessandcompleteness.

(if(tpm_infocorrecttpm_id)(prompt"\nTopologyiscorrect.")(prompt"\nTopologyisnotcorrect."))(if(tpm_infocompletetpm_id)(prompt"\nTopologyiscomplete.")(prompt"\nTopologyisnotcomplete."))

7. Optionally,youcangettopologystatistics.Youcanaddcodetodisplaythestatistics.

(setqlst(map_topostattpm_id))(if(nulllst)(prompt"\nERROR:Unabletogetstatistics.")(progn(prompt"\nNumberofnodes:")

(princ(cdr(assoc"node_count"lst)))(prompt"\nNumberoflinks:")(princ(cdr(assoc"link_count"lst)))))

8. Closethetopology.

(tpm_acclosetpm_id)

9. Usemap_topocompletetobringinthemissingobjectstocompletethetopology.

(map_topocomplete"test")

10. Repeatsteps5through7totestthetopologyforcompleteness.11. Unloadthetopology.

(tpm_acunload"test")

DrawingCleanup

Youmustcleandrawingobjectsbeforebuildingatopologywiththem.

Drawingcleanupextendsundershoots,snapsclusterednodes,removesduplicates,simplifieslinearobjects,andcorrectsothererrors.

Let'slookatthisintwophases,preparingthecleanupmodel,whichendswithacalltotpm_cleaninit,andexecutingthecleanup,whichbeginswithacalltotpm_cleanstart.

Topreparethecleanupmodel

1. Allocatememoryforthecleanupmodel.Usetpm_cleanalloc.

(setqclean_id(tpm_cleanalloc))

2. Allocatememoryforcleanupvariables,whichspecifypropertiesforthecleanupprocess.Thevariablesareinitializedtotheirdefaultvalues.Usetpm_varalloc.

(setqclean_var_id(tpm_varalloc))

Ifyouwillbespecifyinganexplicitlistofcleanupactions(youcreateandmanagethislistwithcallstotpm_cleanactionlistinsandrelatedfunctions),alsoallocatememoryforcleanupactionvariables,whichspecifypropertiesforindividualactions.Againusetpm_varalloc.

(setqaction_var_id(tpm_varalloc))

3. Getaselectionsetofobjectstobecleaned(theincludeset).

(prompt"\nSelectobjectstoclean.")(setqss_clean(ssget))

Youcanalsogetaselectionsetofobjectstobeanchored(theanchorset).Anchoredobjectsarenotrepositionedbythecleanupprocess,butremainfixedwhileothersarerepositionedaroundthem.

(prompt"\nSelectobjectstoanchor.")(setqss_anchor(ssget))

Thessgetfunctionpromptstheusertoselectobjectsandreturnsaselectionset.

4. Setcleanupvariablesusingtpm_varsetwiththeclean_var_idthatyouallocatedinstep2.Afewofthesevariablesspecifycleanupactions,butmostofthemspecifyhowcleanupactionswillbeperformed.

;setsomecleanupvariables(tpm_varsetclean_var_id"MAINTAIN_MARKERS"1)(tpm_varsetclean_var_id"CLEAN_TOL"4.21)(tpm_varsetclean_var_id"ANCHOROBJS_LAYERS""Layer1")

Beforesettingcleanupvariables,youcanloadacleanupprofileifyousavedonepreviously,andinthatwaysetmanyvariablesatonce.Usetpm_cleanprofileload.

(setqresult(tpm_cleanprofileloadclean_var_id"C:\\profile.dpf"))

Ifyouspecifyanexplicitlistofcleanupactions,notethatthosewillbetheonlyactionsperformed.CleanupactionsspecifiedbythevariablesNODE_ERROR,LINK_ERROR,andGENERALIZEwillbeignored,aswellasanysettingspecifictothemonly,suchasCORRIDOR's,whichdefinesthetoleranceforGENERALIZE.

Usinganactionlististhebestwaytospecifycleanupactions,becauseyoucanspecifytheorderinwhichtheyexecute,andyoucanincludethesameactionmorethanonce.Usingvariablestospecifycleanupactionsisanoldertechnique,whichisstillsupportedforthesakeofolderscripts,butitisdeprecatedfromAutoCADMap6onward.

NoteWhenyouinserttheSimplifyObjectsaction(cleangrouptype128),itisalwayslistedfirst,andyoucannotinsertitmorethanonce.

Withanexplicitlistofcleanupactions,notethatcertainindividualactionscanhaveindividualtolerancesettings(andinsomecases,othersettingsalso).SeeCleanupActionVariables.Whenyouareabouttoinsertanactionintotheactionlist,youcanusetpm_varsetwiththeaction_var_idthatyouallocatedinstep2tosetvariablesforthisactionbeforecallingtpm_cleanactionlistins.Youcancontinuallyresetandreusethesamesetofcleanupactionvariableswitheachactionthatyouinsert.

;insertacleanupactionintotheactionlist;firstsetatoleranceforthisaction(tpm_varsetaction_var_id"CLEAN_TOL"2.2);withtheactionlistreferencedbyclean_var_id...;*insertatthefirstposition(position0);*insertEraseShortObjects(action1);*withtheoptionsreferencedbyaction_var_id(tpm_cleanactionlistinsclean_var_id01action_var_id)

Atanypointwhileyouaresettingcleanupvariables,orafteryouhavefinished,youcansavethecurrentcleanupprofileusing

tpm_cleanprofilesave.

(setqresult(tpm_cleanprofilesaveclean_var_id"C:\\profile.dpf"))

NotethatsavedprofilesareXMLfiles.Youcanvieworedittheminatexteditorasyoucanwithsavedqueries(whichareAutoLISPscripts).SeeEditingQueryFiles.

5. Calltpm_cleaninittoaddcleanupvariablesandtheselectionsetofobjectstocleantothecleanupmodel.

(setqresult(tpm_cleaninitclean_idclean_var_idss_clean))

Ifyouhavecollectedaselectionsetofobjectstobeanchored,firstcalltpm_cleaninitanchorsetbeforecallingtpm_cleaninit.

(setqresult(tpm_cleaninitanchorsetclean_idclean_var_idss_anchor))

Thecleanupmodelisnowcomplete.

Toexecutethecleanup

1. Beginthecleanupprocesswithtpm_cleanstart.

(setqresult(tpm_cleanstartclean_id))

2. Executecleanupactions(processcleanupgroups)untilcleanupiscomplete.Witheachcleanupgroup,witheacherror,markandfixit.

(tpm_cleangroupnextclean_id)

(while(not(tpm_cleancompleteclean_id));counterrorsinthisgroup(setqi(tpm_cleangroupqtyclean_id));processeacherror(while(>=(setqi(1-i))0);withthecurrenterror(tpm_cleanerrorcurclean_idi);markit(tpm_cleanerrormarkclean_id);cleanit(tpm_cleanerrorfixclean_id))(tpm_cleangroupnextclean_id))

3. Updatethedrawingwithtpm_cleanend.

(tpm_cleanendclean_id)

Toclearthecleanupmodelwithoutupdatingthedrawing,usetpm_cleancancel.

BuildingaTopology

Thefollowingstepsdescribebuildingatopology.

Theresultingtopologyisloadedbutnotopen.

NoteForsimplicity,cleaningdrawingobjectsbeforebuildingthetopologyisomitted.SeeDrawingCleanup.

Tobuildatopology1. Allocatememoryfortopologyvariables.Thevariablesareinitializedto

theirdefaultvalues.

(setqvar_id(tpm_varalloc))

2. Setthetopologytype,name,anddescription.Thisexamplecodepromptsforthetopologytype.

(initget"noDeNetworkPolygon")(setqtyp(getkword"Selecttopologytype(noDe/Network/Polygon)<Exit>:"))(if(nulltyp)(prompt"\nNotopologytypeentered."))

3. Thenextstepistoincludeobjectsforthetopology(nodes,links,centroids),dependingonthetopologytype.Thiscoderepeatsthreetimestoincludeeachobjecttype.

Afterpromptingfornodeobjects,asshownhere,thisexamplepromptsforlinkandcentroidobjects.

Setupafiltertogettheobjectsyouwant.Someautomaticfilteringisperformedbyssget,whichplacestheobjectsinanAutoCADselectionset.Notethatyoumustincludedifferentobjecttypesforeachtypeoftopology.

;NodeobjectsarePOINT,TEXT,andINSERT(cond((=indx1)(setqfilter(list(cons-4"<OR")(cons0"POINT")(cons0"TEXT")(cons0"INSERT")(cons-4"OR>")))(prompt"\nSelectnodeobjects.")(setqss_nod(ssgetfilter)))

;LinkobjectsareLINE,PLINE,ARC,andCIRCLE((and(=indx2)(or(=typ"NETWORK")(=typ"POLYGON")))(setqfilter(list(cons-4"<OR")(cons0"LINE")(cons0"PLINE")(cons0"ARC")(cons0"CIRCLE")(cons-4"OR>")))(prompt"\nSelectlinkobjects.")

(setqss_lnk(ssgetfilter)))

;CentroidobjectsarePOINT,TEXT,andINSERT((and(=indx3)(=typ"POLYGON"))(setqfilter(list(cons-4"<OR")(cons0"POINT")(cons0"TEXT")(cons0"INSERT")(cons-4"OR>")))(prompt"\nSelectcentroidobjects.")(setqss_ctr(ssgetfilter))));cond);repeat

4. Buildthetypeoftopologyyouselectedinstep2,usingtpm_mntbuild.Thissampleusesaconditionaloperationtobuildthetopology.

Fortype1,anodetopology,tpm_mntbuildincludesonlynodes.

(cond((=typ"NODE")(setqresult(tpm_mntbuildvar_idnamedesc1ss_nod)))

Fortype2,anetworktopology,itincludesnodesandlinks.

((=typ"NETWORK")(setqresult(tpm_mntbuildvar_idnamedesc2ss_nodss_lnk)))

Fortype3,apolygontopology,itincludesnodes,links,andcentroids.

((=typ"POLYGON")(setqresult(tpm_mntbuildvar_idnamedesc3ss_nodss_lnkss_ctr))

Ifnoerrorsoccur,thetopologyisnowcomplete.

OpeningaTopology

Thefollowingnumberedstepsdescribehowtoloadandopenatopologyforreadaccess,getinformationaboutthetopology,andthencloseit.

Toopenatopology1. Promptforthetopologyname.

(setqname(getstring"\nEnterthetopologyname"))

2. First,useTopologyAccessfunctionstoseeifthetopologyisalreadyloadedand,ifnot,loadit.

Checktoseeifthetopologyisloadedwithtpm_acexist.

(setqresult(tpm_acexistnameTT))(ifresult(prompt"\nTopologyisalreadyloaded."))

UsingTforboththesourceandloadedparameterscausestpm_acexisttocheckfortopologiesinbothcurrentandsourcedrawingsthatarealreadyloadedinmemory.

3. Ifitisnotloaded,loaditwithtpm_acload.

(setqresult(tpm_acloadname))

Youcanaddcodeheretohandleerrorsorannouncesuccessfulloading.

4. Openthetopologyforreadaccess.Thetpm_acopenfunctionopensatopologyandcreatesanewtopology_ID(*)thatprovidesaccesstoit.Usingthenilvalueforthewrite_accessparametersetsaccesstoread.

(setqtpm_id(tpm_acopennamenil))

5. UseTopologyInformationfunctionstogetinformationaboutthetopology.

Getthedescriptionofthetopologywithtpm_infodesc.

(prompt(strcat"\nTopologydesc:"(tpm_infodesctpm_id)))

Getthetypeofthetopologywithtpm_infotype.

(prompt(strcat"\nTopologytype:"(itoa(tpm_infotypetpm_id))))

Testthetopologytoseeifitiscorrectwithtpm_infocorrect.

(if(tpm_infocorrecttpm_id)(prompt"\nTopologyiscorrect.")(prompt"\nTopologyisnotcorrect."))

Testthetopologytoseeifitiscompletewithtpm_infocomplete.

(if(tpm_infocompletetpm_id)

(prompt"\nTopologyiscomplete.")(prompt"\nTopologyisnotcomplete."))

Gettheversionofthetopologywithtpm_infoversion.

(prompt(strcat"\nTopologyversion:"(tpm_infoversiontpm_id)))

6. Closethetopology.

(tpm_acclosetpm_id)

Whenyouusetpm_acopentoopenortestthestatusofatopology,alwaysclosethetopologywithtpm_acclose.Otherwise,youruntheriskofleavingthetopologyopenwithmultipleIDspointingtoit.

EditingQueryFiles

Ifyouhavequeriesthatyouuseoften,youcansavetheminqueryfiles,whichyoucanmodifyandreuseasyouneedthem.Modifyinganexistingqueryratherthancreatinganewonecansaveyoutime.Thissectionshowsthecontentsofsometypicalqueryfiles.

LocationQuery

PropertyQueries

LocationQuerywithPropertyAlteration

LocationQuerywithPropertyAlteration:BeforeandAfter

ComplexQuery

Colors

ColorscanbespecifiedorreturnedasAutoCADcolorindexes(ACIs)ortruecolors.

Bytruecolorswemean24-bitcolor:threeRGBcomponents,8bitseach,withnoalphacomponent(thatis,notransparencyvalue).

ACIColors

ThevalidACIformatsare

ColorIndexes,integerstringsfrom0through256.Forexample,"123".Notethatindexes0and256donotspecifycolorsliterally,as1through255do,butlogically.See"LogicalColors"below.

ColorNames,whichcorrespondtoindexes1through7.Thecolornamesarered,yellow,green,cyan,blue,magenta,andwhite.Forexample,"yellow"(alwaysdouble-quoted).

LogicalColors,whichcorrespondtoindexes0and256.ThelogicalcolorsareByBlockandByLayer.Forexample,"ByBlock"(alwaysdouble-quoted).NotethatByBlockandByLayercanreturntruecolorsorACIs.

FormoreinformationaboutACIcolors,seeColorIndexColors.

TrueColors

Thevalidtrue-colorformatsare

RGBTriplets,whereeachcomponentisanintegerfrom0through255.Forexample,"255,0,0".RGBtripletsarewrappedindoublequotesexceptwhentheyareusedinqueryconditions,inwhichcasetheymustalwaysbewrappedinescapeddoublequotes('\"').See"ColorPatterns"below.

ColorBookColors,suchas"Pantone,123CVC",acompositeoftwocomma-separatednamesrepresentingaColorBookandacolorwithinit.Colorbookstringsarewrappedindoublequotesexceptwhentheyareusedinqueryconditions,inwhichcasetheymustalwaysbewrappedinescapeddoublequotes('\"').See"ColorPatterns"below.Andnomatterwheretheyareused,colorbookstringsmustalwaysbewrappedinescapeddoublequotesiftheycontaincertainspecialcharacters.Ifyouareunsureifacolorbookstringcontainsspecialcharacters,thereisnoharmwrappingitinescapeddoublequotesjusttobesure.

Expressions,suchas".COLOR"or".TRUECOLOR"(alwaysdouble-quoted).".COLOR"alwaysreturnsanACIcolor.Iftheselectedobject'scolorisatruecoloritreturnsthenearestACIequivalent.".TRUECOLOR"returnsatruecoloriftheselectedobject'scolorisatruecolor,oranACIifitscolorisanACI.Notethat".TRUECOLOR",andotherexpressionsthatcanreturntruecolors,returninvalidformatonlyifthetypeargumentof(ade_expreval)is"string".

ColorPatterns,comma-separatedlistsofcolorsinanyofthevalidformats,includingACIcolors,alwaysdouble-quoted.Colorpatternsareusedtoexpressmultiplecolorconditionsincompactformat.Considerthecolorpattern"red,green".Thepseudocodeexpression,color="red,green",islogicallyequivalentto(color="red")OR(color="green").Similarly,color<>"red,green"islogicallyequivalentto(color<>"red")AND(color<>"green").Becausecolorpatternsarecomma-separatedlists,ColorBookcolorsandRGBcolorsinqueryconditionsarealwaysboundedbyescapeddoublequotes('\"')becausetheyarethemselvescomma-separated.Forexample,thefollowingcolorpatternincludessixcolors:threeACIs,oneRGB,andoneColorBookcolor.

"12,34,56,\"12,34,56\",\"Pantone,123CVC\""

NoteYoucanusewildcardcharacterswhenyouspecifyamatchstringforColorBookcolors(butnotforRGBcolors).Forthisreason,anywildcardcharacterinaColorBookstringthatismeanttobetakenliterallymustbe

escapedusingabackquote,"`".Forexample,the"."characterinthefollowingstring,normallyawildcardmatchinganynon-alphanumericcharacter,ismeantasaliteral:"My`.Colors,Hot".

PropertyAlterationDefinitionSamples

Thefollowingexamplescomposepropertyalterationdefinitionsthatuserangetables.

(defunc:run_altpsample1();RangetableforColoris:;<15"green";<20"yellow";otherwise"red"(ade_rtdefrange"COLOR_RANGE""ColorRangeTable"'(("<"15"green")("<"20"yellow")("otherwise""""red")));RangetableforTextValueis:;<15"Small";<20"Medium";otherwise"Large"(ade_rtdefrange"TEXT_RANGE""TextValueRangeTable"'(

("<"15"Small")("<"20"Medium")("otherwise""""Large")));Thelayerofeachobjectwillbeusedtodeterminewhatvalue;fromtherangetableistobeused:;Clearoutanyexistingalterationdefinitions:(ade_altpclear);Nextdefinethecolorfortheobjectsbeingcreated:(ade_altpdefine"color""(range.layerCOLOR_RANGE)");Nextdefinethetextobjecttobecreatedforeachentity:(ade_altpdefine"textobject"'(("color""(range.layerCOLOR_RANGE)")("textvalue""(range.layerTEXT_RANGE)")));Forfill,usethefollowingpropertyalterationfunctions(ade_altpdefine"hatch"'(("pattern""(range.layerTEXT_RANGE)")("color""(range.layerCOLOR_RANGE)")))(princ))

(defunc:run_altpsample2();Rangetableforpatternis:(ade_rtdefrange"PATTERN_RANGE""HatchPatternRangeTable"'(("<"15"Earth")("<"20"Grass")("otherwise""""Swamp")));RangetableforColoris:(ade_rtdefrange"COLOR_RANGE""ColorRangeTable"'(("<"15"green")("<"20"yellow")("otherwise""""red")));Rangetableforscaleis:(ade_rtdefrange"SCALE_RANGE""HatchScaleRangeTable"'(("<"15"25")("<"20"50")("otherwise""""100")));RangetableforAngleis:(ade_rtdefrange"ANGLE_RANGE""HatchAngleRangeTable"'(("<"15"45")

("<"20"90")("otherwise""""0")));Thelayerofeachobjectwillbeusedtodeterminewhichvalue;fromtherangetableistouse;Clearoutanyexistingalterationdefinitions:(ade_altpclear);Forfill,usethefollowingpropertyalterationfunctions(ade_altpdefine"hatch"'(("pattern""(range.layerPATTERN_RANGE)")("scale""(range.layerSCALE_RANGE)")("rotation""(range.layerANGLE_RANGE)")("color""(range.layerCOLOR_RANGE)")))(princ))

(defunc:run_altpsample3();Rangetableforsymbolnameis:(ade_rtdefrange"SYMBOL_RANGE""SymbolNameRangeTable"'(("<"15"Sym1")("<"20"Sym2")("otherwise""""Sym3")))

;Rangetableforscaleis:(ade_rtdefrange"SCALE_RANGE""SymbolScaleRangeTable"'(("<"15"5")("<"20"10")("otherwise""""50")));RangetableforColoris:(ade_rtdefrange"COLOR_RANGE""ColorRangeTable"'(("<"15"green")("<"20"yellow")("otherwise""""red")));Thelayerofeachobjectwillbeusedtodeterminewhich;valuefromtherangetabletouse;Clearoutanyexistingalterationdefinitions:(ade_altpclear);Forfill,usethefollowingpropertyalterationfunctions:(ade_altpdefine"blockname""(range.layerSYMBOL_RANGE)")(ade_altpdefine"scale""(range.layerSCALE_RANGE)")(ade_altpdefine"color""(range.layerCOLOR_RANGE)")(princ))

MoreSamples

TherearedozensofVisualLISPsamplesintheSamplefolderofyourAutoCADMapinstallation.

UsingAutoLISPFunctions

TowriteAutoLISPprograms,usetheVisualLISPIDE.Youdonotneedacompiler,becauseAutoCADMapincludesaninterpreterthatprocessesAutoLISPsourcecodedirectly.

OptionalParameters

IfanAutoLISPfunctionhasoptionalparameters,theyareenclosedinsquarebracketsinthefunctionprototype.Ifaparameterisoptional,youcanomititsargumentifnoargumentsfollow.

A-lists

Theterma-listusedinAutoLISPfunctiondescriptionsdenotesanassociationlist,alsocalledadottedpair.Itlookslikethis:

(property.value)

Forexample,intheexpression

(ade_altpdefine"textobject"'(("color"."yellow")("textvalue".".Layer")))

thesub-expression("color"."yellow")isana-list,andsois("textvalue".

".Layer").

InvokingDataExtensionCommands

YoucaninvokealmostanyDataExtensioncommandusingtheAutoLISPexpression,(command"_.ADE[XX]"...).TheexceptionsareADEDEFCRDSYS,ADEZEXTENTS,ADEEDITDATA,andADEATTACHDATA.YoucannotinvokethesecommandsfromwithinADSRXorVisualLISP.FortheADEKEYVIEWcommand,onlytheRedisplayoptionissupportedwhenADSRXorVisualLISPisactive.

IncompleteExecutionofFunctions

IfanAutoLISPfunctionthatperformsasequenceoftasksfailspartwaythroughitsexecutionandreturnsanerrorcode,thetasksitcompletedcorrectlyareundone.Forexample,ade_qrysetcondmodifiesaquerycondition.Ifyoucallthisfunctionanditisnotabletomodifyeverycomponentofthecondition,thecomponentsitdidmodifyarereturnedtotheiroriginalstates.

NumericIdentifiers

AutoLISPfunctionsworkwithnumericidentifiers(IDs).Theirtypeisreal.

Forexample,whenyouuseade_dslisttolistthedrawingsattachedtothecurrentdrawing,thefunctionreturnsalistofIDs,notdrawingnames.Togetadrawingname,youcallade_dwggetsettingwithtwoarguments:"dwgname"(thesettingyouwanttoknowabout)andthedrawingID.

TopologyfunctiondocumentationusesanumberofdifferentkindsofIDs.SeeTopologyIDsforanannotatedlist.AlthoughtheseIDsareallthesametype,ade_id,wegivethemdifferentnamesinthedocumentationaccordingtotheirpurpose.

TypographicConventions

Thisdocumentationusesthefollowingtypographicconventions.

TypographicConventions

Textelement Description Example

boldsansserif Textyouenter Atthecommandprompt,enter(ade_dslist).

italic Namesoffilesanddirectories

c:\map\map_api.hlp

monospacefont APIpropernames,inlinesamplecode

Theexpression("color"."yellow")...

[]squarebrackets Optionalparametersinfunctionprototypes

(tpm_iterstart[source][loaded])

NoteAllfilenamesanddirectorypathsinAutoCADMaparecasesensitive.

tpm_cleanactionlistgetatCleanupFunctions

Getsthecleanupactionatagivenlistposition.

(tpm_cleanactionlistgetatclean_var_idindexaction_var_id)

Returnsacleanupactionasacleangrouptype(integer)or0onerror:seetpm_cleangrouptypeforalistoftypes.

clean_var_id CleanupvariablesID(real)returnedbytpm_varalloc

index Listpositiontoaccess(integer)

action_var_id CleanupactionvariablesID(real)returnedbytpm_varalloc

Theclean_var_idargumentreferencespropertiesforthecleanupoperationthatyouarepreparingtoinitiate(seeCleanupVariables).Thesepropertiesincludetheactionlist.

Theindexargumentisazero-basedpositionintheactionlist.Avaluegreaterthanorequaltothelistsizeorlessthan0returnsanerror.

Theaction_var_idargumentreferencespropertiesaffectingthespecificcleanupactionthatyouaregetting(seeCleanupActionVariables).Usetpm_vargetortpm_varlisttoreadthemaftercallingtpm_cleanactionlistgetat.

tpm_cleanactionlistinsCleanupFunctions

Insertsacleanupactionintheactionlist.

(tpm_cleanactionlistinsclean_var_idindexactionaction_var_id)

ReturnsTornil.

index Wheretoinsertinthelist(integer)

action Cleanupactiontoinsert(integer),acleangrouptype:seetpm_cleangrouptypeforalistoftypes.

action_var_id CleanupactionvariablesID(real)returnedbytpm_varalloc

Theindexargumentisazero-basedpositionintheactionlist,or-1forthelastposition.Avaluegreaterthanorequaltothelistsizeorlessthan-1istakenas-1.

NoteWhenyouinserttheSimplifyObjectsaction(cleangrouptype128),itisalwayslistedfirst,andyoucannotinsertitmorethanonce.

Theaction_var_idargumentreferencespropertiesaffectingthespecific

cleanupactionthatyouareinserting(seeCleanupActionVariables).Usetpm_varsettosetthembeforecallingtpm_cleanactionlistins.

ADSRXEquivalent

inttpm_cleanactionlistins

ade_idclean_var_id,longindex,intaction,ade_idaction_var_id);

ReturnsRTNORMoranerrorcode.

tpm_cleangrouptypeCleanupFunctions

Determinesthetypeofthecurrentgroup.

(tpm_cleangrouptypeclean_id)

Returnsatypecodeornil.

clean_id ModelIDreturnedbytpm_cleanalloc

TypeCodes

1 Eraseshortobjects

2 Breakcrossingobjects

4 Extendundershoots

8 Deleteduplicates

16 Snapclusterednodes

32 Dissolvepseudonodes

64 Erasedanglingobjects

128 Simplifyobjects

256 Zerolengthobjects

512 Apparentintersections

1024 Weedpolylines

tpm_cleancreatedssCleanupFunctions

Getscreatedentitiesfollowingadrawingcleanup.

(tpm_cleancreatedssclean_id)

Returnsaselectionset.

clean_id CleanupmodelID(real),returnedbytpm_cleanalloc.

Thisfunctionreturnsentitiesthatwerecreatedduringthecleanupprocess.

NoteCallthisfunctionaftercallingtpm_cleanend,whichconcludesthecleanupprocess.Ifyoucallthisfunctionearlier,itreturnsaselectionsetfromthepreviouscleanuportheemptyselectionset.

tpm_cleanmodifiedssCleanupFunctions

Getschangedentitiesfollowingadrawingcleanup.

(tpm_cleanmodifiedssclean_id)

ThisfunctionreturnsmembersoftheIncludesetthatwerechangedduringthecleanupprocess.

tpm_cleanunchangedssCleanupFunctions

Getsunchangedentitiesfollowingadrawingcleanup.

(tpm_cleanunchangedssclean_id)

ThisfunctionreturnsmembersoftheIncludesetthatwerenotchangedduringthecleanupprocess.NotethatitdoesnotreturnmembersoftheAnchorset,whichareunchangedbydefinition.

tpm_tracebestrouteNetworkTracingFunctions

Calculatesthebestround-triproute.

(tpm_tracebestroutetpm_idtrace_idnode0node1...noden)

ReturnsatopologyID(real)representingthebestrouteornil.

tpm_id TopologyID(real)representingthenetworkyouareanalyzing

trace_id TracingmodelID(real)returnedbytpm_tracealloc

node0 ElementID(real)ofthestartandendnode

node1...noden ElementIDs(real)ofthenodestovisit

Thebestroutetopology,whoseIDthisfunctionreturnsifsuccessful,isassignedanarbitrarynameandisopenforread.Togetitsname,usetpm_infoname.Tochangeitsname,usetpm_mntrename.

Forthebestroutetracetosucceed,thetotalcalculatedresistancecannotbegreaterthanthevaluesetforthemaximumresistanceorlessthanthevaluesetfortheminimumresistance.Seetpm_tracesetmaxresandtpm_tracesetminres.Theaccumulatedresistancevalueisthetotalresistanceofthenodesandlinksthatmakeupthebestroute.

Typicalusage:

(setqbestroute(tpm_tracebestroutetpm_idtrace_id7.01.04.010.05.06.09.0))

where7.0istheelementIDofthestartandendnodeandtheremainingargumentsareelementIDsofthenodestovisit.(ElementIDsarereturnedbytpm_traceelemid.)

ADSRXEquivalent

ade_idtpm_tracebestroute

ade_idtpm_id,ade_idtrace_id,structresbuf*nodes);

ReturnsatopologyIDorADE_NULLID.

Thelistofnodesisimplementedasaresbufchain,whichyoucancreatelikethis:

structresbuf*nodes;//nodeliststructresbufrb0,rb1,..,rbN;//resbufelementsade_idnode0,node1,..,nodeN;//nodestoanalyze//gettracingelementIDsforthenodes//thatwewillanalyzeandassignthemto//node0,node1,..,nodeN...rb0.restype=RTLONG;rb0.resval.rlong=node0;rb0.rbnext=&rb1;rb1.restype=RTLONG;

rb1.resval.rlong=node1;rb1.rbnext=&rb2;...rbN.restype=RTLONG;rbN.resval.rlong=nodeN;rbN.rbnext=NULL;nodes=&rb0;

tpm_tracebestroutescanNetworkTracingFunctions

GetstheelementIDofalinkornodeinthebestroute.

(tpm_tracebestroutescantrace_idflag)

ReturnsanelementID(real)ornil.

flag Pathelementcode(integer):0=Currentelement1=Firstelement2=Lastelement3=Nextelement4=Previouselement

Firstusetpm_tracebestroutetocalculatethebestroute.

ADSRXEquivalent

ade_idtpm_tracebestroutescan

ade_idtrace_id,intflag);

ReturnsaelementIDorADE_NULLID.

tpm_tracebestroutevalNetworkTracingFunctions

Calculatestheresistanceofthebestroute.

(tpm_tracebestroutevaltrace_id)

Returnsaresistancevalue(real)ornil.

Firstusetpm_tracebestroutetocalculatethebestroute.

ADSRXEquivalent

inttpm_tracebestrouteval

ade_idtrace_id,ads_real*resist);

resist Resistance

TheADSRXfunctionpassestheresistanceofthebestroutethroughaparameterinsteadofreturningitastheAutoLISPfunctiondoes.

ColorIndexColors

Validcolorindexvaluesareintegersfrom0through256.Youcanalsousecolornamesorthelogicalcolors,ByBlockandByLayer.

AutoCADMapalsosupportstruecolor.

NamedColors

Indexes1through7arethenamedcolors.Youcanspecifyanyofthesecolorsbynameorbyindex.Index7,thecolornamedwhite,displaysaswhiteorblackdependingonbackgroundcolor.

Index Name

2 Yellow

3 Green

4 Cyan

5 Blue

6 Magenta

7 White

NoteYoucanspecifyACIcolorsinqueryconditionsusingcolornamesorcolorindexes.Butifyouretrievesuchacondition,ACIcolorsarealwaysreportedas

colorindexes,becausethatishowtheyarestored,eveniftheywereoriginallyspecifiedwithcolornames.However,thisisnotthecasewithcolorpatterns.Ifyouretrieveaconditionusingacolorpattern,whetheritcontainscolorindexes,colornames,orboth,thecolorpatternisreportedasitwasoriginallyspecified.

OtherColors

Indexes8and9(adarkgrayandalightgray),togetherwiththenamedcolors,arecollectivelythestandardcolors.Indexes0and256(thelogicalcolors,ByBlockandByLayer)invoketherelevantblockandlayercolorsrespectively.NotethatByBlockandByLayercanreturnACIsortruecolors.

Formoreinformation1. InAutoCADMap,clickFormat>Color.2. IntheSelectColordialogbox,clickHelp.

ade_prefgetvalOptionFunctions

GetsanAutoCADMapoptionsetting.

(ade_prefgetvalvariable)

Returnsanoptionsettingornil.

variable Optionname(string).SeetheOptionstablesbelow.

Thefunctionreturnvaluedependsonwhichoptionyouspecify.Thetablesbelowshowoptionnamesandreturnvalues,organizedbyoptiontype.

WorkSessionOptions

RestoreLastActiveDwgsOnStartup Tornil.

ActivateDwgsOnAttach Tornil.

DontAddObjectsToSaveSet Tornil.

MarkObjectsForEditingWithoutPrompting Tornil.

LogFileActive Tornil.

LogFileName Filename(string).Forexample,"ade.log".

LogMessageLevel 0,1,or2.

QueryOptions

QueryFileDirectory. Path(string).Forexample,"c:\\data\\qry".

CaseSensitiveMatch. Tornil.

SaveCurrQueryInSession. Tornil.

MkSelSetWithQryObj Tornil.

DefaultJoinOperator 1=OR,2=AND.

ColorForAdd Color(string).

ColorForRemove Color(string).

BlockLocnForQuery 1=insertionpoint,2=boundingbox.

TextLocnForQuery 1=insertionpoint,2=boundingbox.

ShowBlockAsInsPt Tornil.

ShowImageAsBoundary Tornil.

CreateAssociativeHatchObjects Tornil.

ReferenceBoundaryForAreaLocation Tornil.

SaveBackOptions

RedefineBlockDefinitions Tornil.

RedefineLayerDefinitions Tornil.

RedefineTextStyleDefinitions Tornil.

RemoveUnusedGroups Tornil.

EraseSavedBackObjects Tornil.

RemoveLockAfterSave Tornil.

CreateHistoryFileOfChanges Tornil.

CreateBackupFileOfSourceDwg Tornil.

ExternalDatabaseOptions

NoOfSQLConditionsInHistory integer.

DisplayTabsInSingleView Tornil.

OpenDataViewReadOnly Tornil.

SaveDataViewFmtChanges Tornil.

ReconnectDbOnWSOpen Tornil.

ShowFullDBPath Tornil.

KeepDataViewOnTop Tornil.

dbfDatabases string,oneofthefollowing:"Prompt","DB3","DB4","DB5","FOX2.0","FOX2.5",or"FOX2.6".

xlsDatabases string,oneofthefollowing:"Prompt","Excel3","Excel4","Excel5",or"Excel7".

dbDatabases string,oneofthefollowing:"Prompt","Paradox3.0","Paradox4.0",or"Paradox5.0".

CoordinateTransformationOptions

AdjustSizesAndScalesForChangesInUnits Tornil.

AdjustRotationsForMapDistortions Tornil.

AdjustSizesAndScalesForMapDistortions Tornil.

AdjustElevations Tornil.

AdjustZeroRotationObjects Tornil.

SystemOptions

AccessWorkCenter Tornil.

CheckoutDirectory Path(string).Forexample,"c:\\data\\dwg"or""ifnone.

PreserveAWCFiles Tornil.

ForceUserLogin Tornil.

EnableObjectLocking Tornil.

ReadPrefFromINI Tornil.

NumberofOpenDwgs integer

DoublePrec real,0orgreater,butlessthan1.

The"ForceUserLogin"and"DoublePrec"systemoptionscannotbemodifiedunlessyourenduserhassuperuserprivileges.

If"DoublePrec"issetto0,thebehaviorofdataextensionqueriesisthesameasbeforeintroducingthisoption.The"DoublePrec"optionhasnouserinterfaceequivalent.

WorkspaceOptions

CheckClasses Tornil.

CheckDrawings Tornil.

CheckQueryLibrary Tornil.

CheckDatabases Tornil.

CheckTables Tornil.

CheckQueries Tornil.

CheckTopologies Tornil.

CheckLPNs Tornil.Notethatlinkpathnames(LPNs)havebeenreplacedbylinktemplatesinAutoCADMap.

ShowOPMOnStartup Tornil.

ShowWSpaceOnStartup Tornil.

WSpaceDockingView Tornil.

WSpaceWindowRect Alistoffourvalues(integer)thatdefinetheleft,top,right,andbottomofthewindowrectangle.

Databasetablesanddatabasequerycategoriesarevisibleintheworkspaceonlyif"CheckTables"and"CheckQueries"aresettoTand"CheckDatabases"issettoTalso.

Thefollowingworkspaceoptionsarereadonly.Thatis,theycanbeusedonlywithade_prefgetvaltodetermineifacategoryisvisibleintheworkspace.

Read-OnlyWorkspaceOptions

ClassesVisible Tornil.

DrawingsVisible Tornil.

QueryLibraryVisible Tornil.

DatabasesVisible Tornil.

TablesVisible Tornil.

QueriesVisible Tornil.

TopologiesVisible Tornil.

LPNsVisible Tornil.

ade_prefsetvalOptionFunctions

SetsanAutoCADMapoption.

(ade_prefsetvalvariablevalue)

ReturnsTornil.

variable Optionname(string)

value Valueappropriateforthegivenoption(typevaries).

Seeade_prefgetvalforalistofoptionnamesandvalues.

Thefollowingexamplesets"ColorForAdd"to"red".

(ade_prefsetval"ColorForAdd""red")

ade_altpdefinePropertyAlterationFunctions

Createsapropertyalterationexpression.

(ade_altpdefinepropertyvalue)

ReturnsapropertyalterationexpressionIDornil.

property Propertytoalter(string).SeetheAlterablePropertiestablebelow

value Newvalue(typevaries),orarangetableexpression(string)thatdeterminesthenewvalue.SeeUsingaRangeTablelaterinthistopic.

Alistofoneormorepropertyalterationexpressionsconstitutesapropertyalterationdefinition.Ifthereisacurrentpropertyalterationdefinitionwhenyoucreateapropertyalterationexpression,thenewexpressionisaddedtoit.WhenyouexecuteaDrawquery,eachqueriedentityisalteredinaccordwiththecurrentpropertyalterationdefinition.

Thefollowingtableliststhealterableproperties:

AlterableProperties

blockname Blockname(string)

color Color(string)

elevation Zcoordinate(point)intheusercoordinatesystem

height Textheight(real)

layer Layername(string)

linetype Linetype(string)

rotation Rotation(real)

scale Scalingfactor(real).Forexample,1.2=120%

style Textstyle(string)

width Linewidth(real)

textvalue Textvalue(string)

thickness Thickness(real)

hatch Listofdottedpairsthatdefinethehatchproperties.SeeHatchpropertiesbelow

textobject Listofdottedpairsthatdefinethetextobjectproperties.SeeTextobjectpropertiesbelow

Toaddahatchpatterntoeachqueriedentity,aslongasitisaclosedpolygon,specify"hatch"forthepropertyargument.Thevalueargumentisthenalistofdottedpairs.Eachdottedpairiscomposedofahatchpropertyandastringvalue.

HatchProperties

pattern Hatchpatternname(string)

scale Scalingfactor(string).Forexample,"1.2"=120%

rotation Rotationofthehatchpattern(string)

layer Nameofthelayerthatcontainsthehatchpattern(string)

color Hatchpatterncolor(string)

Tocreateatextobjectforeachqueriedentity,specify"textobject"forthepropertyargument.Thevalueargumentisthenalistofdottedpairs.Eachdottedpairiscomposedofatextobjectpropertyandastringvalue.Thevalueelementinthedottedpaircanbeanexplicitvalueorarangetableexpressionthatdeterminesavalue.

TextObjectProperties

textvalue Texttodisplay(string)

height Textheight(string)

inspt Pointwheretextisinserted(expressionasastring)

justify Textalignment(string).Forexample,"center".

style Textstyle(string)

layer Nameofthelayeronwhichthetextobjectresides(string)

color Textcolor(string)

rotation Rotationofthetextobject(string)

Thepropertyalterationexpressiondefinedby

(ade_altpdefine"color""red")

changesthecolorofeachqueriedentitytored.

Thepropertyalterationexpressiondefinedby

(ade_altpdefine"textobject"'(("color"."yellow")("textvalue".".Layer")))

createsatextobjectforeachqueriedentity.Eachtextobjectisyellow,anditstextvalueisthelayeronwhichtheentityresides.

Alongerpropertyalterationexpressionforatextobject:

(ade_altpdefine"textobject"(list(cons"Textvalue"".Layer")(cons"Justify""MIDDLE")(cons"Inspt"".CENTER")(cons"Style""STANDARD")(cons"Height""1.0")(cons"Rotation""0.0")(cons"Color""BYLAYER")))

Apropertyalterationexpressionforahatch:

(ade_altpdefine"hatch"(list(cons"Pattern""USER")(cons"Scale""1.0")(cons"Rotation""45.0")(cons"Layer""Query_Hatch")(cons"Color""BYLAYER")))

UsingaRangeTable

Insteadofsupplyinganexplicitvalueargumentwhenyoucallade_altpdefine,youcansupplyarangetableexpressionthatreferencesanexistingrangetable.Notethatthisexpressionisastringvalue.Itmustbeenclosedinquotes.

Arangetableexpressionhasthefollowingformat:

(rangereferencertname)

RangeTableExpressionParameters

range Therangekeyword.Allrangetableexpressionsbeginwithrange.Itisnotquoted.

reference Referenceproperty,suchas.Coloror.Layer.Itisnotquoted.

rtname Rangetablename.Canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter.Itisnotquoted.

Therangetableexpressionusesitsincludedrangetabletoprocessthevalueofthereferencepropertyandreturnanewpropertyvalue.Forexample,thefollowingcode(1)usesade_rtdefrangetodefinearangetable,(2)referencestherangetableinarangetableexpression,andthen(3)suppliestherangetableexpressionasthevalueargumentinanade_altpdefinecall.

Firstwedefinearangetable:

(ade_rtdefrange"rt_def""Changeallexceptredtoyellow"'(("="11)("OTHERWISE"""2)))

Thenwereferencethisrangetableinarangetableexpression,whichassertsthattherangetablewilllookatthe.Colorpropertyofeachqueriedentitytodetermineiftheentity'scolorwillbealteredandwhatcoloritwillbe.

(setqpropVal"(range.Colorrt_def)")

Finally,weusetherangetableexpressioninsteadofanexplicitpropertyalterationvalueinacalltoade_altpdefine.

(ade_altpdefine"color"propVal)

ThenexttimeaDrawqueryisexecutedwithPropertyAlterationineffect,thecolorofeachqueriedentityisaltereddependingonitscurrentcolorandinaccordancewiththerulesembeddedintherangetableanditsenclosingrangetableexpression.

Thefollowingexampleusesrealvalues:

(ade_rtdefrange"rt_def""Setrotation"'(("="45.90.)("OTHERWISE"""45.)))

Foranotherexample,youcouldrewritethe"textobject"examplecitedearliertousearangetable.

(adertdefrange"labelWaterOnly"""'(("=""Water""Water")("OTHERWISE""""")))(ade_altpdefine"textobject"'(("color"."yellow")("textvalue"."(range.LayermyRangeTable)")))

Thefollowingexampleexecutesalocationquerybasedonacircledefinedbytheuser.Itincludespropertyalterationbasedonarangetable.Thecolorofeachqueriedentity,ifitisnotalreadyred,ischangedtoyellow.

(ade_qryclear)(ade_qrysettype"draw")(ade_dwgzoomextents)

(prompt"\nQueryLOCATIONbyCIRCLE:")(setqc_cen(getpoint"\nCenterofcircle:")c_radp(getpointc_cen"\nRadiusofcircle:")c_rad(distancec_cenc_radp)qry_cond(list"circle""inside"c_cenc_rad)qry_id(ade_qrydefine"""""""location"qry_cond""))(if(nullqry_id)(prompt"\nERROR:Querydefinitionfailed.")(progn(ade_altpclear);Definetherangetable(ade_rtdefrange"rt_def""Changeallexceptredtoyellow"'(("="11)("OTHERWISE"""2)));Referencetherangetableinarangetable;expression;notethatit'sallonestring(setqpropVal"(range.Colorrt_def)"(if(or(null(ade_altpdefine"color"propVal))(null(ade_qrysetaltpropT)))(prompt"\nERROR:Alterpropertiesdefinitionfailed.")(if(=0.0(ade_qryexecute))(prompt"\nERROR:Noobjectsfound."));if);if);progn);if

ade_altpgetpropPropertyAlterationFunctions

Getsapropertyalterationexpression.

(ade_altpgetpropaltp_id)

ReturnsapropertyalterationexpressionIDornil.

altp_id PropertyalterationexpressionID(real)

Seeade_altpdefineforinformationaboutpropertyalterationexpressions.

ade_altpsetpropPropertyAlterationFunctions

Modifiesapropertyalterationexpression.

(ade_altpsetpropaltp_idpropertyvalue)

ReturnsTornil.

property Propertytoalter(string)

value Newvalue(typevaries).

Seeade_altpdefineforinformationaboutpropertiesandvalues.

ade_qrydefineQueryFunctions

Definesaquery.

(ade_qrydefinejoinopbggroupsnot_opcondtypeqrycondendgroups)

ReturnsaconditionIDornil.

joinop Ajoiningoperator:"and"or"or"or""(none).If""(none)isspecified,thedefaultjoiningoperatorisused(seeade_prefgetval).

bggroups Forgroupingthisconditionwithothersinthequerydefinitionyouarebuilding.Useoneormoreopenparenthesesasneeded,or""(none).Forexample,"((".

not_op TheNOToperator,ifneeded:"not"or""(none).

condtype Aconditiontype:"Location","Property","Data",or"SQL".

qrycond Aconditionexpression.Dependsontheconditiontype.SeeConditionExpressionsbelow.

endgroups Forgroupingthisconditionwithothersinthequerydefinitionyouarebuilding.Useoneormorecloseparenthesesasneeded,or""(none).Forexample,"))".

Aquerydefinitioniscomposedofoneormoreconditions,eachdefinedbyaseparateade_qrydefinecall.Youcangroupconditionsbysupplying

parenthesesoremptystringstothebggroupsorendgroupsparametersasneeded.

Youmustspecifyallsixade_qrydefinearguments.

ConditionExpressions

Theqrycondparameterrequiresaconditionexpression.Conditionexpressionsarelists.Whatyouincludeinthelistdependsontheconditiontype:Location,Property,Data,orSQL.

LocationExpressionsPropertyExpressionsDataExpressionsSQLExpressions

ade_qrygetcondQueryFunctions

Getsaconditionofthecurrentquery.

(ade_qrygetcondcondition_id)

Returnsaqueryconditionornil.

condition_id QueryconditionID(real)

Seeade_qrydefineforinformationaboutqueryconditions.

ade_qrysetcondQueryFunctions

Replacesaquerycondition.

(ade_qrysetcondcondition_idcondition)

ReturnsTornil.

condition_id QueryconditionID(real)toreplace.

condition Newquerycondition(alist).Seeade_qrydefine.

Thisfunctionaffectsthecurrentquery.

Youcannotaltergroupingwiththisfunction.Anygroupingyouspecifyisignored.Togrouporungroup,useade_qrygrouporade_qryungroup.

PropertyExpressions

Propertyexpressionsareusedasquerycondargumentsinade_querydefinecallsthatdefinePropertyconditions.

Theyhavethefollowingformat:

(propertyoperatorvalue[subclasses])

PropertyExpressionParameters

property Propertyname(string).SeethePropertyandValueArgumentstablebelow.

operator "=",">","<","<=",">=","<>".Notethattheonlyvalidoperatorinastringcontextis"=".

value Dependsonthepropertyargument.SeethePropertyandValueArgumentstablebelow.

subclasses Optional.Tornil.Thedefaultiftheargumentisomittedisnil.Thissettinghasnoeffectunlesspropertyis"feature".Tmeansreturnallobjectsbelongingtothefeatureclassidentifiedbythevalueargument,includingobjectsbelongingtoanysubclassofthatfeature.nilmeansdonotincludeobjectsbelongingtosuchasubclass.

PropertyandValueArguments

Property Value

area Areavalue(string).

blockname Blockname(string).

color Color(string).

elevation Zcoordinate(string).

"feature" Featurename(string).

group Groupname(string).

layer Layername(string).

length Length(string).

linetype Linetype(string).

"lineweight" Lineweight(string).

"plotstyle" Plotstyle(string).

style Textstyle(string).

thickness Thickness(string).

objtype Objecttype(string),or"unknown".

value Textvalue(string).

PropertyExpressionExamples

ThefollowingexamplesdefinePropertyconditions.Thefirstspecifiesalayer:

(setqqry_id(ade_qrydefine'("and""""""property"("layer""=""WATER")"")

Andthesecondspecifiesacolor:

(setqqry_id(ade_qrydefine'("or""(""not""property"("color""=""RED")"")))

DataExpressions

Dataexpressionsareusedasquerycondargumentsinade_querydefinecallsthatdefineDataconditions.

Theyhavethefollowingformat.

(datatypetablename.fieldnameoperatorvalue[subclasses])

DataExpressionParameters

datatype Datatypetomatch(string):"objdata","attrib","aselink","EED",or"feature".

tablename Dependsonthedatatypeargument.SeetheTablenameAndFieldnameArgumentstablebelow.

fieldname Dependsonthedatatypeargument.SeetheTablenameAndFieldnameArgumentstablebelow.

operator Comparisonoperator(string):"=",">","<","<=",">=",or"<>".Notethattheonlyvalidoperatorinastringcontextis"=".

value Valuetomatch.

subclasses Optional.Tornil.ThedefaultiftheargumentisomittedisT.Thissettinghasnoeffectunlessdatatypeis"feature".Tmeansreturnobjectsbelongingtothefeatureclass

identifiedbythetablenameargument,includingobjectsbelongingtoanysubclassofthatfeature.nilmeansdonotincludeobjectsbelongingtosuchasubclass.

Thetablenameandfieldnameargumentsdependonthedatatypeargument:

TablenameandFieldnameArguments

datatype tablename fieldname

objdata Tablename. Fieldname.

attrib Blockname. Attributedefinition.

aselink Linktemplate. Columnname.

EED RegAppname. EEDfieldname.

feature FeatureClassname. Propertyname.

DataExpressionExamples

ThefollowingexamplesdefineDataconditionsofvarioustypes.

(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Data"("attrib""*.Type""=""c*")""))

(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Data"("objdata""mytable.fl1""=""1")""))

(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Data"("aselink""cpu_lpn.cpu""=""MAC2LC")""))

(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Data"("EED""REGAPP.STREET""=""Willow")""))

(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Data"("EED""REGAPP.#NUMBER""=""512")""))

(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Data"("EED""REGAPP.&SQLLINK;""=""MAC2LC")""))

Noteinthelastexamplethat&SQLLINKisnottreatedasalinktemplatekey.ItistreatedjustlikeanyotherADE1.0EEDfield.Forexample,ifanobjecthasEEDsuchas

(-3(1000."&EEDFIELD;"="1234"))

thentheDataconditiontoretrievetheobjectiswrittenasfollows:

("EED""REGAPP.&EEDFIELD;""=""1234")

IftheEEDisdefinedby

(-3(1000."&EEDFIELD;"="'First','Last'"))

thentheDataconditiontoretrievetheobjectiswrittenasfollows:

("EED""REGAPP.&EEDFIELD;""=""'First','Last'")

Inotherwords,everthingaftertheequalsignistreatedasonestring.Thatwayyoucanuseanypattern(forwcmatch)inthequery.

ade_aliasaddDriveAliasFunctions

Createsadrivealias.

(ade_aliasaddalias_namepath_name)

ReturnsTornil.

alias_name Aliasname(string).Canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter.

path_name Driveandpathtowhichthealiasrefers(string).

Thefunctionaddsanewdrivealiastothedrivealiaslist.Forexample:

(ade_aliasadd"tutor""c:\\tutorials\\drawings")

ade_aliasdeleteDriveAliasFunctions

Deletesadrivealias.

(ade_aliasdeletealias_name)

ReturnsTornil.

alias_name Aliasname(string);canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter.

ade_aliasgetlistDriveAliasFunctions

Listsalldrivealiasesintheproject.

(ade_aliasgetlist)

Returnsthelistofdrivealiasesornil

Thelistofdrivealiasesisalistofa-lists.Eacha-listdisplaysthealiasnameandthedriveandpathtowhichitrefers.

ade_aliasupdateDriveAliasFunctions

Changestheactualpathofadrivealias.

(ade_aliasupdatealias_namepath_name)

ReturnsTornil.

alias_name Aliasname(string)canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter.

path_name Newactualpathforthisdrivealias(string).

ade_altpclearPropertyAlterationFunctions

Clearsthecurrentpropertyalterationdefinition.

(ade_altpclear)

ReturnsTornil.

Apropertyalterationdefinitionisalistofoneormorepropertyalterationexpressions.Seeade_altpdefineforinformationaboutpropertyalterationexpressions.

ade_altpdelpropPropertyAlterationFunctions

Deletesapropertyalterationexpression.

(ade_altpdelpropaltp_id)

ReturnsTornil.

ade_altplistPropertyAlterationFunctions

ListstheIDsofthecurrentpropertyalterationexpressions.

(ade_altplist)

ReturnsalistofpropertyalterationIDsornil.

Thislistofpropertyalterationexpressionsreturnedbythisfunctionconstitutesthecurrentpropertyalterationdefinition.

ade_dsattachDrawingSetFunctions

Attachesadrawingtotheprojectdrawing.

(ade_dsattachdwgname)

ReturnstheIDoftheattacheddrawingornil.

dwgname Pathaliasandfilename(string)

ThisfunctionreturnsanIDevenifthedrawingdoesnotexist.Asystemadministratorcanusethisfunctiontodefineadrawingsetbeforethedrawingfilesitreferencesarecreatedorinstalled.Adrawingmustexistbeforeyoucanmakeitactive.

(ade_aliasadd"dwg_drive""d:\\myproject\\mydir")(setqdwg_id(ade_dsattach"dwg_drive:\\mydrawing.dwg"));checkifdrawingwassuccessfullyattached(ifdwg_id;checkifitreturnedanID(princ"\nSuccessfullyattached.")(princ"\nDidnotattach."))

ade_dsdetachDrawingSetFunctions

Detachesadrawingfromtheproject.

(ade_dsdetachdwg_id)

ReturnsTornil.

dwg_id DrawingIDtodetach(real)

Thefollowingcodedetachesthedrawingattachedintheade_dsattachexample:

(if(ade_dsdetachdwg_id);checkifitreturnedT(princ"\nSuccessfullydetached.")(princ"\nDidnotdetach."))

ade_dsisnestedDrawingSetFunctions

Checksifadrawinghasnesteddrawings.

(ade_dsisnested[dwg_id])

ReturnsTifthedrawinghasdrawingsattached,ornil.

dwg_id DrawingID(real)

Verifythatthedrawinginquestionisactivebeforecallingade_dsisnested.Itisnotpossibletodetermineifaninactivedrawinghasnesteddrawings.Ifdwg_idisnotspecifiedorisnil,thefunctioncheckstheprojectdrawingtoseeifithasdrawingsattached.

;GetIDsofdrawingscurrentlyattached(setqds_ids(ade_dslist));Seeifthefirstonehasnesteddrawings(princ"\nFirstdrawinghas"(if(ade_dsisnested(cards_ids))(princ"drawingsattached.")(princ"nodrawingsattached."))

ade_dslistDrawingSetFunctions

Liststhedrawingsattachedtoagivendrawing.

(ade_dslist[dwg_id[nested]])

ReturnsalistofdrawingIDsornil.

dwg_id DrawingID(real)ornil

nested Drawingisnestedornot.Values:Tornil

Ifthedwg_idargumentisomittedornil,thefunctionreturnsdrawingIDsforthedrawingsattachedtotheproject.

Ifyousupplyanestedargumentotherthannil,thefunctionincludesdrawingsthataredirectlyattachedandallnesteddrawingsateverylevelbelowthem.Otherwise,itincludesonlydrawingsthataredirectlyattached.

(setqds_ids(ade_dslist))

ade_dsproplistDrawingSetFunctions

Listsallvaluesfoundinthedrawingsetforagivendrawingproperty.

(ade_dsproplistproperty)

Returnsalistofvaluesornil.

property Drawingproperty(string).SeeDrawingPropertiesbelow.

Thefunctionsearchesallactivesourcedrawingsandreturnsalistofthevaluesitfindsforthegivendrawingproperty.

Thefollowingtableshowspropertynamesandreturnvalues.

DrawingProperties

object_type AutoCADobjecttypes(string)

blockname Blocknames(string)

linetype Linetypenames(string)

textstyle Textstylenames(string)

attrib Attributenametags(string)

extents Computedextents:thelower-leftandupper-rightpointsinthesetofactivesourcedrawings.Forexample:((2.202864.99866)(20.468912.3563))

group Groupnames(string)

layer Layernames(string)

lpn Linktemplates(string).Notethatlinkpathnames(LPNs)havebeenreplacedbylinktemplatesinAutoCADMap.

objdata Namesofobjectdatatables.Tablenamescanbeupto25characterslong(string).Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

mlinestyle Mlinestyle(string)

feature Featurename(string)

lineweight Lineweight(string)

plotstyle Plotstyle(string)

Thiscodereturnsalistoflayersinthedrawingset.

(ade_dsproplist"layer")

ade_dwgactivateDrawingFunctions

Activatesadrawing.

(ade_dwgactivatedwg_id)

ReturnsT,ifthedrawingisalreadyactive,ornil.

Youcanattachadrawingthatdoesnotyetexist,butyoucannotactivateit.Seeade_dsattach.

ade_dwgactualpathDrawingFunctions

Returnstheactualpathforadrawing.

(ade_dwgactualpathdwg_id)

Returnsthefullpath(withoutanalias)ofthespecifieddrawingornil.

ade_dwgaliaspathDrawingFunctions

Returnsthealiaspathforadrawing.

(ade_dwgaliaspathdwg_path)

Returnsthealiaspathofthespecifieddrawingornil.

dwg_path Actualpathofthedrawing(string)

ade_dwgattriblistDrawingFunctions

Returnsalistofattributetagsforthespecifiedblockname.

(ade_dwgattriblistdwg_idblock_name)

Returnsalistofattributetagsornil.

block_name Blocknameforwhichtogetattributetags(real)

Thisfunctionreturnsalistoftheattributetags,givenablocknamefromthespecifieddrawing.

ade_dwgdeactivateDrawingFunctions

Deactivatesadrawing.

(ade_dwgdeactivatedwg_id)

ReturnsTornil.

Thiscodedeactivatesallthedrawingsinthedrawingset:

(foreachdwg_id(ade_dslist)(ade_dwgdeactivatedwg_id))

Thiscodeusesthemapcarfunctiontodeactivatethedrawingsinthedrawingset.

(mapcar'ade_dwgdeactivate(ade_dslist))

ade_dwggetidDrawingFunctions

GetsthedrawingIDofadrawing.

(ade_dwggetiddwg_pathname)

ReturnsadrawingID(real)ornil.

dwg_pathname Pathaliasanddrawingfilename(string)

Codeexample:

(ade_aliasadd"mydwgs""d:\\myproject\\mydrawing")(setqdwg_id(ade_dwggetid"mydwgs:\\mydrawing.dwg"))

ade_dwggetsettingDrawingFunctions

Getsadrawingsettingvalue.

(ade_dwggetsettingdwg_idsetting)

Returnsthevalueofthegivendrawingsettingornil.

setting Drawingsettingname(string).SeeDrawingSettingNamesbelow

DrawingSettingNames

SettingName ReturnValue

dwgname Drawingname(string);apathaliasandfilename,suchas"myfiles:\\mydwg.dwg”

dwgdesc Drawingdescription(string)

t_scale Simpletransformscale(real.Forexample,1.2=120%

t_rotate Simpletransformrotationdirection.ValuedependsontheAutoCADANGDIRsetting(real).Values:0=counterclockwise1=clockwise

t_xoffset SimpletransformXoffset(real)

t_yoffset SimpletransformYoffset(real)

t_apply Flagvalue(integer).Values:1=applyallsimpletransformationsdefinedforthegivendrawing0=donotapplytransformations

saveback Savebackcoordinates,asequenceofcornerpoints,inthisorder:lowerleft,lowerright,upperright,upperleft,separatedby"."

Thefollowingcodegetsthenameofthefirstdrawinginthelistofattacheddrawings:

(setqdwg_id(car(ade_dslist)))(ade_dwggetsettingdwg_id"dwgname")

Thereturnvalueisadrawingpathname,forexample,

"c:\\drawings\\mydwg.dwg"

ade_dwghaslocksDrawingFunctions

Checksifadrawinghaslockedobjects.

(ade_dwghaslocksdwg_id)

ReturnsTifthedrawinghaslockedobjects,ornil.

ade_dwgindexDrawingFunctions

Createsorremovesindexesforagivensetofdrawings.

(ade_dwgindexdwgIds)

ReturnsTornil.

dwgID ListofdrawingIDsforwhichindexeswillbecreated.

Callstoade_dwgindexdefaddindexoperationstotheindexoperationlist.Callingade_dwgindexexecutestheindexoperationsinthelist.Iftheindexoperationlistisempty,ade_dwgindexhasnoeffectandreturnsnil.

Thefollowingexamplecreateslocationandpropertyindexesforeachattacheddrawing:

;cleartheindexoperationslist(ade_dwgindexdefnil)

;adda'createlocationindex'operationtothelist(ade_dwgindexdef"location"1)

;adda'createpropertyindex'operationtothelist(ade_dwgindexdef"property"1)

;executethegivenindexoperationsforeachattacheddrawing(mapcar'ade_dwgindex(ade_dslist))

ade_dwgindexdefDrawingFunctions

Addsoperationstotheindexoperationslist.

(ade_dwgindexdefindextype[indexoper][indexparams])

ReturnsTornil.

indextype Typeofindex(string):"location","property","eed","sqllinks","objdata",ornil,wherenilmeansremoveall.

indexoper Operation(integer):1=create,0=remove.Omitthisargumentifindextypeisnil.

indexparams Listofobject-datatablesandfieldstoincludeintheindexifindextypeis"objdata",orniltoincludeall.Addthisargumentonlyifindextypeis"objdata".

Callstoade_dwgindexdefaddoperationstotheindexoperationslist.Callingade_dwgindexexecutestheindexoperationsinthelist.Iftheindexoperationlistisempty,ade_dwgindexhasnoeffectandreturnsnil.

Examples

(ade_dwgindexdefnil)Removeallindexes.

(ade_dwgindexdef"location"1)Createalocationindex.

(ade_dwgindexdef"location"0)Removethelocationindex.

(ade_dwgindexdef"property"1)Createapropertyindex.

(ade_dwgindexdef"property"0)Removethepropertyindex.

ObjectDataExamples

(ade_dwgindexdef"objdata"1nil)Createanobjectdataindexthatincludesallobjectdata.

(ade_dwgindexdef"objdata"0nil)Removeallobjectdatafromtheobjectdataindex.

(ade_dwgindexdef"objdata"1'(("TABLE")))CreateanobjectdataindexthatincludesallfieldsinTABLE.

(ade_dwgindexdef"objdata"0'(("TABLE")))RemoveallfieldsinTABLEfromtheobjectdataindex.

MoreObjectDataExamples

(ade_dwgindexdef"objdata"1'(("TABLE""FIELD1")))

(ade_dwgindexdef"objdata"0'(("TABLE""FIELD1")))

(ade_dwgindexdef"objdata"1'(("TABLE""FIELD1""FIELD2")))

(ade_dwgindexdef"objdata"0'(("TABLE""FIELD1""FIELD2")))

(ade_dwgindexdef"objdata"1'(("TABLE1")("TABLE2""FIELD1")))

(ade_dwgindexdef"objdata"0'(("TABLE1")("TABLE2""FIELD1")))

ade_dwgisactiveDrawingFunctions

Checksifadrawingisactive.

(ade_dwgisactivedwg_id)

ReturnsTornil.

ThefunctionreturnsTifthespecifieddrawingisactive.IfthedrawingisnotactiveorthedrawingIDisinvalid,thefunctionreturnsnil.

ade_dwgistoplevelDrawingFunctions

Checksifadrawingisdirectlyattachedtotheprojectdrawing.

(ade_dwgistopleveldwg_id)

ReturnsTifthedrawingisattacheddirectlytotheprojectdrawing,ornil.

ade_dwgproplistDrawingFunctions

Listsallvaluesfoundinadrawingforagivendrawingproperty.

(ade_dwgproplistdwg_idproperty)

Returnsalistofthevaluesforthedrawingproperty,ornil.

property Propertyname(string).SeePropertyNamesbelow

Thefunctionsearchesthegivendrawingandreturnsalistofthevaluesitfindsforthegivendrawingproperty.

PropertyNames

Name ReturnValue

object_type AutoCADobjecttypes(string)

blockname Blocknames(string)

linetype Linetypenames(string)

textstyle Textstylenames(string)

attrib Attributetagnames(string)

extents Computedextents.Themostlower-leftpointandthemost

upper-rightpointinthedrawingForexample:((2.202864.99866)(20.468912.3563))

group Groupnames(string)

layer Layernames(string)

lpn Linktemplates(string).Notethatlinkpathnames(LPNs)havebeenreplacedbylinktemplatesinAutoCADMap

objdata Namesofobjectdatatables(string)

mlinestyle Mlinestyle(string)

feature Featurename(string)

lineweight Lineweight(string)

plotstyle Plotstyle(string)

Thefollowingcodeidentifiesthelastdrawingattachedtotheprojectdrawingandreturnsalistofitslayers.

(setqdwg_id(last(ade_dslist)))(ade_dwgproplistdwg_id"layer")

Thereturnedlisthastheform

("water""sewer""electric")

ade_dwgquickviewDrawingFunctions

Displaysaquickviewofadrawing.

(ade_dwgquickviewdwg_id)

ReturnsTornil.

Thefollowingcodedisplaysquickviewsofalldrawingsintheproject.

(foreachdwg_id(ade_dslist)(if(not(ade_dwgquickviewdwg_id))(princ(strcat"\nProblemviewingdrawing:"(ade_dwggetsettingdwg_id"dwgname")))))

ade_dwgselectdlgDrawingFunctions

DisplaystheSelectDrawingsdialogbox.

(ade_dwgselectdlg[parent[caption]])

Returnsalistofselecteddrawings,eachrepresentedbyitsaliaspath(string),ornilifnodrawingsareselected.

parent IntegervaluedefiningthepointertotheSelectDrawingsdialogboxparentwindow,whichisexpectedtoberepresentedbyaCWndobject.0meansthattheparentwindowisnotdefined.

caption AstringthatisshownbeforethecurrentdirectoryinthecaptionoftheSelectDrawingsdialogbox.

ade_dwgsetofDrawingFunctions

Identifiesthedrawingstowhichagivendrawingisattached.

(ade_dwgsetofdwg_id)

ReturnsalistofdrawingIDs(real)ornil.

Youcannotusethisfunctiontocheckifadrawingisattachedtotheprojectdrawing.Useade_dwgistoplevelinstead.Ifadrawingisattachedtoboththeprojectdrawingandtootherdrawings,thisfunctionreturnsalistoftheIDsoftheotherdrawingsonly.

ade_dwgsetsettingDrawingFunctions

Setsadrawingsettingvalue.

(ade_dwgsetsettingdwg_idproplist)

ReturnsTifsuccessfulandthedrawingisactive,ornil.

dwg_id DrawingID(real).

proplist Listcomposedofasettingnameandavalue(string).SeeSettingNamesbelow.

SettingNames

Settingname Value

dwgname Drawingname(string);afullpathname,suchasc:\\drawings\\mydwg.dwg.

dwgdesc Drawingdescription(string)

t_scale Simpletransformscale(real).Forexample,1.2=120%

t_rotate Simpletransformrotation(real);rotationdirectiondependsontheAutoCADANGDIRsetting

t_xoffset SimpletransformXoffset(real)

t_yoffset SimpletransformYoffset(real)

t_apply Flagvalue(integer).Values:1=applyallsimpletransformationsdefinedforthegivendrawing0=donotapplytransformations

saveback Savebackcoordinates,asequenceofcornerpoints,inthisorder:lowerleft,lowerright,upperright,upperleft,separatedby"."

Thefollowingcodesampleusesthe"saveback"valueoftheproplistparameter—asequenceofcornerpoints:lowerleft,lowerright,upperright,upperleft.

(setqdwg_id(car(ade_dslist)))(ade_dwgsetsettingdwg_id'(("dwgdesc"."SampleDrawingDescription")))(ade_dwgsetsettingdwg_id'(("saveback".((2.202864.99866)(20.46894.99866)(20.468912.3563)(2.2028612.3563)))))

ade_dwgunlockDrawingFunctions

Removesallobjectlocksfromadrawing.

(ade_dwgunlockdwg_id)

ReturnsTornil.

Usingthisfunctionrequiressuperuserprivileges.

ade_dwgzoomextentsDrawingFunctions

Zoomstotheextentsoftheactivedrawings.

(ade_dwgzoomextents)

ReturnsTornil.

ade_editdefcenObjectEditingFunctions

Definesanewlabelpointforanobject.

(ade_editdefcenenamept)

ReturnsTornil.

ename AutoCADentityname.

pt Labelpoint,alistofrealvaluesdefinedin2Dor3Dpoint(point)

Usethisfunctionwithpropertyalterationifthecurrentlabelpointisnotsuitableforthetextobjectyouareadding.

Thefollowingexamplesetsthelabelpointofthelastobjectto(5,5).

(setqpt1'(55))(setqent1(entlast))(ade_editdefcenent1pt)(ade_expreval(entlast)".labelpt""point")

ade_editlockederasedObjectEditingFunctions

Getstheobjectsinthesavesetthathavebeenerased.

(ade_editlockederased)

Returnsaselectionsetornil.

Theseareobjectsthatwereerasedintheprojectdrawingandarenowqueuedforsavebacktosourcedrawings.

(setqss_erased(ade_editlockederased))

ade_editislockedObjectEditingFunctions

Getslockinformationaboutanobjectifitislocked.

(ade_editislockedename)

Returnsalistoflockinformationaboutthespecifiedobjectiflocked,orifnotlocked,thennil.

Thelistoflockinformationreturnedbythisfunctioncontainsthefollowingstrings,inorder:

Loginnameoftheuserwholockedtheobject.Nameandpathofthedrawingthatcontainstheobject.Datetheobjectwaslocked.Timetheobjectwaslocked.Nameandpathoftheprojectdrawing.

Forexample:

("login""c:\\path\\drawing.dwg""7/1/2000""9:58:36AM""c:\\path\\project.dwg")

YoucanchangetheformatofthedateandtimestringsthroughoptionsintheInternationaldialogboxintheMicrosoftWindowsControlPanel.

ade_editlockedObjectEditingFunctions

Getstheobjectsinthesavesetthathavebeenmodifiedorarenew.

(ade_editlocked)

Theseareobjectsthatweremodifiedintheprojectdrawingoraddedtoitandarenowqueuedforsavebacktosourcedrawings.

(setqss_modified(ade_editlocked))

ade_editlockobjsObjectEditingFunctions

Locksasetofobjectsandaddsthemtothesaveset.

(ade_editlockobjssel_set)

Returnsthenumberofobjectslocked(real)ornil.

sel_set Selectionsetname.

Thefunctionlockstheobjectscontainedinthedesignatedselectionset.Lockingtheseobjectsaddsthemtothesaveset.

Itisagoodideatocomparethenumberofobjectslockedwiththenumberofobjectsinthedesignatedselectionset.Ifthenumberlockedislessthanthenumberintheselectionset,anerroroccurredinthelockingprocess,andyoushouldchecktheerrorstack.

Thefollowingexamplecreatesaselectionset,addsitsobjecttothesaveset,andcheckstheresult.

(entmake'((0."circle")(62.1)(1012.02.00.0)(40.1.0)));Getthenewentity.(setqe(entlast));Createaselectionsetcontaininge.

(setqss(ssadde));Checkhowmanyobjectsinss.(setqnum_tolock(sslengthss));Locktheobjectsinssandgetthenumberlocked.(setqnum_locked(fix(ade_editlockobjsss)));Fixtruncatestherealreturnvalueof;ade_editlockobjs.(if(equalnum_tolocknum_locked)(progn(princ"\nObjectslocked"(princ"andaddedtosaveset:")(princnum_locked))(princ"\nUh-oh"))

ade_editnewObjectEditingFunctions

Getstheobjectsinthesavedsetthatarenew.

(ade_editnew)

Theseareobjectsthatwereaddedtotheprojectdrawingandarenowqueuedforsavebacktosourcedrawings.

(setqss_modified(ade_editnew))

ade_editunlockobjsObjectEditingFunctions

Unlocksasetofobjectsandremovesthemfromthesaveset.

(ade_editunlockobjssel_set)

Returnsthenumberofobjectsunlocked(real),ornil.

Thefunctionunlockstheobjectsinthespecifiedselectionset.Iftheselectionsetisnil,thefunctionunlocksallerasedobjects.Unlockingobjectsremovesthemfromthesaveset.

ade_entsetlocationOtherFunctions

Setsanewentitylabelpoint

(ade_entsetlocationenamept)

ReturnsTornil

pt Newlabelpointlocation,a2Dor3Dpoint(point)

Thisfunctionsetsanewlabelpointforanobject.Anobject'slabelpointisthestartingpositionfortextaddedduringaquerypropertyalteration.Bydefault,thecentroidoftheobjectisthelabelpoint.

Thisfunctionsetsthelabelpointasdefinedbythepointargument.

ade_errclearErrorMessageFunctions

Clearstheerrorstack.

(ade_errclear)

ReturnsTornil.

ade_errcodeErrorMessageFunctions

Getstheerrorcodeforagivenerrorinthestack.

(ade_errcodeerr_index)

Returnsanerrorcode(integer)ornil.

err_index Positionoftheerrorinthestack(integer),where0=firsterror

ade_errgetlevelErrorMessageFunctions

Getsthesystemerrorlevel.

(ade_errgetlevel)

Returnsanerrorlevel(integer)ornil.

Thesystemerrorleveldetermineswhicherrortypesarepushedtothestack.

ErrorLevels

0 Allerrorsarepushed.

1 Allerrorsexceptwarningsanddiagnosticsarepushed(theirtypesarelistedbelow).

2 Noerrorsarepushed.

Thefollowingerrortypesaresuppressediftheerrorlevelis1.

SuppressedErrorTypes

01 kAdeWarning ADE(AutoCADDataExtension)executionwarning.

03 kAseWarning ASE(AutoCADSQLExtension)executionwarning.

05 kAcWarning AutoCADexecutionwarning.

07 kAsiWarning ASI(AutoCADSQLInterface)executionwarning.

09 kIRDWarning Extendedobjectdata(Xdata)warning.

16 kDiagMessage Diagnosticmessagereturned.

Errorsthatarenotpushedtotheerrorstackarenotdisplayedintheerrordialogintheuserinterface,andtheyarenotaccessiblebyanyerrormessagefunction.

Theerrorlevelmanagedbyade_errgetlevelandade_errsetlevelhasnothingtodowiththeerrorlevelmanagedbyade_prefgetvalandade_prefsetval(theworksessionpreference,LogMessageLevel).Thelatteraffectswhichtypesofmessagearewrittentothelogfile.

Theerrorlevelisnotsavedwhenasessionends.Whenasessionbegins,theerrorlevelisalways0.

ade_errmsgErrorMessageFunctions

Getstheerrormessageforagivenerrorinthestack.

(ade_errmsgerr_index)

Returnsanerrormessage(string)ornil.

err_index Positionoftheerrorinthestack(integer),where0=firsterror.

ade_errpushErrorMessageFunctions

Pushesanerrortothestack.

(ade_errpush[err_code][level]message)

ReturnsTornil.

err_code Errorcode(detailsbelow).

level Errorlevel(string).Values:"warning","error"(default),ortheemptystring.Iftheemptystring,theerrorlevelis"error".

message Errormessage(string).

Ifyourapplicationwillusecustomerrorcodes,definearangeforthemthatdoesnotconflictwithanyrangeusedforAutoCADMaperrorcodes.Tospecifyageneralerror,lettheerr_codeargumentbe1(kAdeErr).

Thevalidlevelvalues,"warning",and"error",correspondrespectivelytothefollowingerrortypes:

1 kAdeWarning

2 kAdeError

Foralistofallerrortypes,includingthetwothatarevalidlevelvalues,seeErrorTypes.

Thefollowingexamplepushesanerrortothestack.

(ade_errpush1"error""messagetext")

ade_errpushstatementErrorMessageFunctions

PushesafaultySQLstatementtotheerrorstack.

(ade_errpushstatementstatementposition)

ReturnsTornil.

statement Faultystatementthatcausedtheerror(string)

position Startingpositionoftheerrorinthefaultystatement(integer).Position1correspondstothefirstcharacter.

Thisfunctionisdesignedtoadddiagnosticinformationtoanerroryouhavejustpushed.Itisassociatedwiththelatesterrorinthestackonly.Acalltoade_errpushstatementmakessenseonlyifacalltoade_errpushimmediatelyprecedesit.

ade_errqtyErrorMessageFunctions

Returnsthenumberoferrorsinthestack.

(ade_errqty)

Returnsanerrorcount(integer)ornil.

ade_errsetlevelErrorMessageFunctions

Setsthesystemerrorlevel.

(ade_errsetlevellevel)

ReturnsTornil.

level Errorlevel(integer):0,1,or2

Seeade_errgetlevelfordetails.

ade_errshowdlgErrorMessageFunctions

DisplaystheMapMessagesdialogbox.

(ade_errshowdlg)

ReturnsTornil.

Iftherearenoerrorsormessagesintheerrorstack,thedialogboxdoesnotdisplay,andthefunctionreturnsnil.

ade_errstatementErrorMessageFunctions

GetsthefaultySQLstatementforagivenerrorinthestack.

(ade_errstatementerr_index)

ReturnsthefaultySQLstatementwitherrorpositionornil.

err_index Positionoftheerrorinthestack(integer)0=firsterror

TheSQLstatementanderrorpositionarereturnedinthefollowingformat.

(faulty_statementerr_pos)

Thefaulty_statementstringquotesthefaultySQLstatementthatcausedtheerror.Theerr_posvalueidentifiesthestartingpositionoftheerrorinthefaultystatement.Position1isthefirstcharacterofthestatement.

Theexpression(ade_errstatement2),whichreferencesthethirderrorinthestack,couldreturn

("xxx"6)

where"xxx"isthefaultystatementand6tellsyouthatthetroublebeginsatthesixthcharacter.

ade_errtypeErrorMessageFunctions

Getsthetypeofagivenerrorinthestack.

(ade_errtypeerr_index)

Returnsanerrortype(integer)ornil.

err_index Positionoftheerrorinthestack(integer),where0=firsterror.

ade_expreval

Evaluatesanexpression.

(ade_expreval[ename]exprtype)

Returnsthevalueoftheexpressionornil.

ename Optionaldrawingobjectname.Requirediftheexpressionusesobjectpropertiesordata.

expr Expressiontoevaluate(string)

type Expectedreturntype(string):"short","long","real","string",or"point".

Iftheexpressionusesobjectpropertiesordata,youmustspecifythenameofadrawingobject.Forexample,ifthetheexprargumentis"(+56)",noenameargumentisrequired,buttoevaluate"(+".COLOR"6)"youneedanobjecttosupplythecolor.

Thefollowingexamplegetstheareaofaselectedobject:

(setqmyobject(car(entsel"Selectanobject:")))(setqvalue(ade_exprevalmyobject".area""real"))

Dependingonwhatyouspecifyforthetypeargumentintheprecedingexample,theresultcanbeanintegerorastring,asthefollowingtwoexamples

demonstrate.Supposetheareaofmyobjectis2.7.Thefirstexpressionreturnsthisareaas2;thesecondreturnsitas"2.7".

(ade_exprevalmyobject".area""short")

(ade_exprevalmyobject".area""string")

NoteIftheexprargumentisanintegercalculationandyousupply"string"forthetypeargument,theresultingstringdoesnotcontainaninteger,butareal.Forexample,thefollowingexpressionreturns"2.0",not"2".

(ade_expreval"(+11)""string")

Ifyouwantthestringtocontainaninteger,includethefixfunctionintheexprargument.

(ade_expreval"(fix(+11))""string")

Theade_exprevalfunctioncanreturnanintegerstringsolongasthereturnvalueisnottheresultofanintegercalculation.Forexample,thefollowingcodereturnsanintegerstringwithoutusingfix.

(setqobj(car(entsel"Selectanobject:")))(setqobjcolor(ade_exprevalobj".color""string")))

Togetthecentroidandthelayernameofthesameobject,addtheselines:

(setqobjcentr(ade_exprevalobj".centroid""point"))(setqobjlayer(ade_exprevalobj".layer""string"))

ade_keycolumnlistSQLEnvironmentFunctions

Returnsalistofthekeycolumnnamesforthespecifiedlinktemplate.

(ade_keycolumnlistlinktemplate)

Returnsalistofkeycolumnnamesornil.

linktemplate Linktemplate(string)

FormoreinformationaboutlinktemplatesandusingSQL,seetheAutoCADonlinedocumentation.

ade_odaddfieldObjectDataFunctions

Addsfieldstoatable.

(ade_odaddfieldtabnamefieldlist)

ReturnsTornil.

tabname Tablename(string)canbeupto25characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

fieldlist Listoffieldstoadd.Asequenceoffielddefinitions.

Asequenceoffielddefinitionsisintroducedbythestring"columns".Eachfielddefinitionisalistofa-lists,andeacha-listconsistsofafieldpropertyandavalue,asfollows:

Fieldproperty Value

colname Fieldname(string)canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter.

coldesc Fielddescription(string)

coltype Fielddatatype

defaultval Defaultfieldvalue

Thefunctionaddsfieldstothetableandtoeachofitsrecords.Ineachrecord,thenewfieldsareassigneddefaultvaluesinaccordwiththeirfielddefinitions.Thefunctionhasnoeffectonexistingfields.Inotherwords,thefunctionaddsfieldstoeachsetofobjectdatadefinedbythetableandattachedtoanobject.

Foranexample,seeAddingFieldstoaTable.

ade_odaddrecordObjectDataFunctions

Attachesdatatoanobject.

(ade_odaddrecordenametable)

ReturnsTornil.

ename AutoCADobjectname.

table Tablename(string)canbeupto25characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

Attachingdatatoanobjectisalsocalledattachingatabletoanobject.Thisfunctionattachesanewrecordinaspecifictabletoaspecificobject.Typically,arecordcontainsinformationaboutwhateveritisthattheobjectrepresents.Forexample,ifalineinadrawingrepresentsasectionofpipeinawatersystem,anattachedrecordcouldcontaininformationaboutthatsection.

Whenanewrecordisattached,itsfieldscontaindefaultvaluesthatcorrespondtotheirfielddefinitions.Togetafieldvalue,useade_odgetfield;tochangeit,useade_odsetfield.Fielddefinitionsareincludedinthetabledefinition.Seeade_oddefinetabforinformationabouttabledefinitions.

Youcanattachmorethanonerecordtothesameobjectwithadditionalcallstoade_odaddrecord.Theadditionalrecordscanbemembersofthesameordifferenttables.Ifanobjecthasonlyonerecordfromagiventable,thenumberofthatrecordis0.Ifyouattachasecondrecordfromthesametable,thenumber

ofthatrecordis1,andsoon.Useade_odrecordqtytofindhowmanyrecordsofagiventableareattached.

Forexample,ifasectionofwaterpipeisinspectedatintervals,youcouldattachanumberofrecordsoftheWATERINSPECTIONtabletothesamelineintheWATERdrawing,andeachrecordcouldcontaintheresultofadifferentinspection.

ade_odattachrecordObjectDataFunctions

Attachesanewrecordtoanobject.

(ade_odattachrecordenamerec_id)

ReturnsTornil.

rec_id RecordIDreturnedbyade_odnewrecord

ade_oddefinetabObjectDataFunctions

Createsanobjectdatatable.

(ade_oddefinetabtab_defn)

ReturnsTornil.

tab_defn Listoftableelements:thetablename,thetabledescription,andasequencefielddefinitions.

Thetablenameisspecifiedbyana-list:

("tablename"."NEWTABLE")

Thenamemustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithacharacter.Thenamecanbeupto25characterslong.

Thetabledescriptionisspecifiedthesameway,exceptthatspacesareallowed:

("tabledesc"."NewSampleTable")

Thefielddefinitionsareintroducedbythestring,"columns".Atleastonefielddefinitionisrequired.Eachfielddefinitionisalistofa-lists,andeacha-listconsistsofafieldpropertyandavalue,asfollows:

Fieldproperty Fieldname

colname Fieldname(string)canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

Thefollowingcodecreatesatable.

;Definenewtable(setqtabldefn'(("tablename"."NEWTABLE")("tabledesc"."NewSampleTable")("columns";Defineafield(("colname"."FIELD1")("coldesc"."Field1Description")("coltype"."character")("defaultval"."DefaultValue"));Definemorefieldsasneeded...;Foranexampleofdefiningfields,click .)));Createthenewtable(ade_oddefinetabtabldefn)

Hereisanotherexampleofcreatingatable.

(setqpt1"2,2")(ade_oddefinetab(list'("tablename"."valve_id")'("tabledesc"."ValveStorage")(list"columns"(list'("colname"."LOCATION")'("coldesc"."Valve_id")'("coltype"."point")(cons"defaultval"pt1))))

ade_oddeletefieldObjectDataFunctions

Deletesfieldsfromatable.

(ade_oddeletefieldtabnamefieldlist)

ReturnsTornil.

fieldlist Listoffieldnames(string)

Thefunctiondeletesthefieldsfromthetableandfromeachofitsrecords.Thedatacontainedinthesefieldsisalsodeleted.Inotherwords,itdeletesthefieldsandtheirdatafromeachsetofobjectdatadefinedbythetableandattachedtoanobject.

NoteThefieldlistargumentforade_oddeletefieldisalistoffieldnamesonly.Inthecompanionfunctions,ade_odaddfieldandade_odmodifyfield,itisalistoffielddefinitions.

Theade_oddeletefieldfunctionaffectsallactivedrawingsinthedrawingset.Thereshouldnotbeanyqueriedobjectsforthisoperation.

NoteThisfunctionwillnotoperateunlessyourenduserhassuperuserprivileges.

Thefollowingcodedeletesthreefieldsfromatable.

(ade_oddeletefield"table1"'("field1""field2""field3"))

ade_oddeletetabObjectDataFunctions

Deletesatable.

(ade_oddeletetabtabname)

ReturnsTornil.

Thefunctiondeletesatableandallofitsrecords.Itdeleteseverysetofobjectdatadefinedbythetableandattachedtoanobject,aswellasthedatacontainedintherecords.

Theade_oddeletetabfunctionaffectsallactivedrawingsinthedrawingset.Thereshouldnotbeanyqueriedobjectsforthisoperation.

ade_oddelrecordObjectDataFunctions

Deletesarecord.

(ade_oddelrecordenametablerecnum)

ReturnsTornil.

ename AutoCADentitynameoftheobjecttowhichtherecordisattached.

table Nameofthetabletowhichtherecordbelongs,upto25characterslong(string).Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithacharacter

recnum Recordnumber(integer).Thenumberofthefirstrecordis0

Thefunctiondeletestherecordfromtheobject.Itdeletesthesetofobjectdatadefinedbythetableandattachedtotheobject.Thisdeletestherecordfromthetableaswellasthedatacontainedintherecord.

Therecordnumberisnecessarybecausemorethanonerecordfromthesametablecanbeattachedtoanobject.Useade_odrecordqtytofindhowmanyrecordsofagiventableareattached.

ade_odfreerecObjectDataFunctions

Freesthememoryclaimedindefininganewrecord.

(ade_odfreerecrec_id)

ReturnsTornil.

WarningYoumustreleaseanewrecordwhenyouarefinishedwithit.

ade_odgetfieldObjectDataFunctions

Getsafieldvalue.

(ade_odgetfieldenametablefieldrecnum)

Returnsafieldvalue(datatypevaries)ornil.

field Fieldname(string)canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

recnum Recordnumber(integer).Thenumberofthefirstrecordis0

Toidentifyauniquerecord,youneedtospecifythetabletowhichitbelongs,theobjecttowhichitisattached,anditsrecordnumber.Therecordnumberisnecessarybecausemorethanonerecordfromthesametablecanbeattachedtoanobject.Formoreinformationaboutrecordsandrecordnumbers,seeade_odaddrecord.

Thefieldvaluereturnedcanbeoneoffourdatatypes:integer,character,point,orreal.

ade_odgetrecfieldObjectDataFunctions

GetsafieldvalueusingarecordID.

(ade_odgetrecfieldrecIDfield)

Returnsafieldvalue(datatypevaries)ornil.

recID RecordID(real)returnedbyade_odgetrecord

field Fieldname(string)

ThisfunctionusestherecordIDassignedbyade_odgetrecordtogetthevalueofaparticularfield.Thismeansofgettinganobjectdatafieldvalueisgenerallyfasterthananyother.

ade_odgetrecordObjectDataFunctions

GetsarecordID.

(ade_odgetrecordenametablerecnum)

ReturnsarecordID(real)ornil.

table Tablename(string)

recnum Recordnumber(integer);thefirstrecordnumberis0

ThefunctionassignsanIDtotherecorduniquelydeterminedbythethreearguments.LateryoucanusethisrecordIDwithade_odgetrecfieldtoreturnthevalueofaparticularfieldofthisrecord.Thismeansofgettinganobjectdatafieldvalueisgenerallyfasterthananyother.

ThreeargumentsarenecessarybecauseanAutoCADobjectcanbeassociatedwithmorethanonerecordinatable,inwhichcasetherecordsaredistinguishedbytheirrecordnumbers.Ifthereisonlyonerecord,itsnumberis0.Formoreinformationaboutrecordsandrecordnumbers,seeade_odaddrecord.

ade_odgettablesObjectDataFunctions

Liststhetablesattachedtoanobject.

(ade_odgettablesename)

Returnsalistoftablenames(string)ornil.

Anobjectcanhaverecordsofmorethanonetableattached.Thisfunctionlistsallthetablesthathaverecordsattachedtotheobject.Seeade_odaddrecordforinformationaboutrecordsattachedtoobjects.

Anobjectcanhavemorethanonerecordfromthesametableattached.Tofindhowmanyrecordsofagiventableareattached,useade_odrecordqty.

ade_odmodifyfieldObjectDataFunctions

Modifiesfieldpropertiesinatable.

(ade_odmodifyfieldtableNamefieldList)

ReturnsTornil.

tableName Tablename(string)canbeupto25characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

fieldList Fieldstomodify.Asequenceoffielddefinitions.SeeFieldDefinitionsbelow.

Theade_odmodifyfieldfunctionaffectsallactivedrawingsinthedrawingset.Thereshouldnotbeanyqueriedobjectsforthisoperation.

FieldDefinitions

Thefielddefinitionsareintroducedbythe"columns"string.Eachfielddefinitionisalistofa-lists,andeacha-listconsistsofafieldpropertyandavalue,asfollows:

FieldProperty FieldValue

colname Fieldname(string)canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

Inthefieldlistargument,specifythefieldstomodifyandtheirnewfielddefinitions.Thefunctionactsonthesefieldsonlyandhasnoeffectonanyothers.Foreachfieldyouspecify,thefunctionreplacestheexistingfielddefinitionwiththenewfielddefinitioninthetableandineachofitsrecords.Ineachrecord,themodifiedfieldsareassigneddefaultvaluesthatcorrespondtotheirnewfielddefinitions.Inotherwords,thefunctionreplacesfielddefinitionsineachsetofobjectdatadefinedbythetableandattachedtoanobject.

Thefieldlistargumenthasthesameformatasthefieldlistargumentinade_odaddfield.Theentryforthisfunctionhassourcecodeexamples.

Ifanewfielddefinitionchangesthefieldtype,fieldvaluesinexistingrecordsareconvertedtothenewtypeifpossible.Thisconversionmayalterthevalues.Forexample,ifyouchangethefieldtypefromrealtointeger,existingfieldvaluesareconvertedbytruncatingtheirdecimalparts.

ade_odmodifytabObjectDataFunctions

Redefinesatable.

(ade_odmodifytabtab_defn)

ReturnsTornil.

tab_defn Listoftableelements:thenameofthetableyouwillredefine,anewtabledescription,andasequenceofnewfielddefinitions.

Thetab_defnargumenthasthesameformatasthetab_defnargumentinade_oddefinetab.Theentryforthisfunctionhassourcecodeexamples.

Forthetableyouspecifyinthetab_defnargument,thefunctionreplacestheexistingtabledefinitionwiththenewone.Foreveryobjecttowhichthetableisattached,thecorrespondingfieldsofeachrecordofthetablearereplaced.Theoldfieldsaredeleted,andthenewfieldsareassigneddefaultvaluesinaccordwiththeirfielddefinitions.

Theade_odmodifyfieldfunctionaffectsallactivedrawingsinthedrawingset.Thereshouldnotbeanyqueriedobjectsforthisoperation.

ade_odnewrecordObjectDataFunctions

Definesanewobjectdatarecord.

(ade_odnewrecordtable)

ReturnsanewrecordIDornil.

table Tablename(string),theexistingtabletowhichthenewrecordwillbelong.

Thefunctioncreatesanewrecord,populatesitsfieldswithdefaultvaluesaccordingtothetabledefinition,andreturnsthenewrecordID.

ade_odpresetfieldObjectDataFunctions

Assignsavaluetoafieldinanewrecord.

(ade_odpresetfieldrec_idfieldvalue)

ReturnsTornil.

field Fieldname(string)

value Fieldvalue.

SetsthevalueofafieldinanObjectDatarecorddefinedthroughade_odnewrecord.

ade_odrecordqtyObjectDataFunctions

Countstherecordsattachedtoanobject.

(ade_odrecordqtyenametable)

Returnsarecordcount(integer)ornil.

table Tablename(string)canbeupto25characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter.

Thefunctioncountshowmanyrecordsofthesametableareattachedtotheobject.Seeade_odaddrecordformoreinformationaboutattachingrecordstoobjects.

ade_odsetfieldObjectDataFunctions

Setsafieldvalue.

(ade_odsetfieldenametablefieldrecnumvalue)

ReturnsTornil.

table Tablename(string)canbeupto25characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter.

field Fieldname(string)canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter.

recnum Recordnumber(integer);thefirstrecordnumberis0.

value Newfieldvalue.

Toidentifyauniquerecord,youneedtospecifythetabletowhichitbelongs,theobjecttowhichitisattached,anditsrecordnumber.Therecordnumberisnecessarybecausemorethanonerecordfromthesametablecanbeattachedtoanobject.Formoreinformationaboutrecordsandrecordnumbers,seeade_odaddrecord.

ade_odtabledefnObjectDataFunctions

Getsatabledefinition.

(ade_odtabledefntable)

Returnsatabledefinitionornil.

Thetabledefinitionreturnedbyade_odtabledefnhasthesameformatasthetab_defnargumentinade_oddefinetab.Theentryforthisfunctionhassourcecodeexamples.

ade_odtablelistObjectDataFunctions

Liststhetablesintheproject.

(ade_odtablelist)

Returnsalistoftablenames(string)ornil.

Thelistincludesallobjectdatatablesintheprojectdrawingandinallactivesourcedrawings.

ade_osfexpand

Searchesadirectoryandreturnsalistoffilenames.

(ade_osfexpandpathextensionpattern)

Returnsalistoffilenamesornil.

path Directoryinwhichtosearch(string)ornil.Ifnil,thefunctionsearchestheworkingdirectory

extension Filenameextension(string)ornil.Ifnil,thefunctionuses"dwg".

pattern Wildcardpattern(string)ornil.Ifnil,thefunctionuses"*"(searchforallfilenameswiththegivenextensionandpath).

Forinformationaboutwildcardpatterns,lookup"wild-cardcharacters"ontheIndextabofAutoCADMapHelp.

ade_projgetctgynameCoordinateTransformationFunctions

Identifiesthecategorythatacoordinatesystembelongsto.

(ade_projgetctgynamecscode)

Returnsacoordinatesystemcategory(string)ornil.

cscode Coordinatesystemcode(string),eightcharacters

ade_projgetinfoCoordinateTransformationFunctions

Getsinformationaboutaprojectionsystem.

(ade_projgetinfocscodeinfo_type)

Returnsapieceofprojectionsysteminformationornil.

info_type Informationtype(string);seeInformationTypesbelow

InformationTypes

description Description(string).Forexample,"WorldGeodeticSystemof1984Latitude/LongitudeinDegrees".

projection Projection(string).Forexample,"UnityConversion,produce/acceptlat/longs".

datum Datum(string).Forexample,"NorthAmericanDatumof1927,MeanValues".

ade_projgetwscodeCoordinateTransformationFunctions

Getstheprojectdrawing'scoordinatesystemcode.

(ade_projgetwscode)

Returnsacoordinatesystemcode(string)ortheemptystring.

ade_projlistcrdsystsCoordinateTransformationFunctions

Listsavailablecoordinatesystemsinagivencategory.

(ade_projlistcrdsystscategoryname)

Returnsalistofavailablecoordinatesystemsornil

categoryname Coordinatesystemcode(string),eightcharacters.

ade_projlistctgyCoordinateTransformationFunctions

Listsavailablecoordinatesystemcategories.

(ade_projlistctgy)

Returnsalistofcoordinatesystemcategoriesornil.

ade_projptbackwardCoordinateTransformationFunctions

Convertspointcoordinatesfromdestinationcoordinatesystemtosource.

(ade_projptbackwardpt)

Returnscorrespondingsourcevaluesornil.

pt Destinationpointtoconvert,asetof2Dor3Dcoordinatevalues(real).If3D,theZvalueisignored.

Beforeyoucanuseade_projptbackwardtoconvertpoints,youmustfirstidentifythecoordinatesystemsthatyouareconvertingbetween.Useade_projsetsrctosetthesourcesystemandade_projsetdesttosetthedestinationsystem.Theade_projptbackwardfunctionassumesthatthecoordinatevaluesyoupasstoitbelongtothedestinationsystem,anditreturnscorrespondingsourcevalues.Theade_projptforwardfunctiondoestheinverse.

Formoreinformation,seeConvertingCoordinates.

ade_projptforwardCoordinateTransformationFunctions

Convertspointcoordinatesfromsourcecoordinatesystemtodestination.

(ade_projptforwardpt)

Returnscorrespondingdestinationvaluesornil.

pt Sourcepointtoconvert,asetof2Dor3Dcoordinatevalues(real).If3D,theZvalueisignored.

Beforeyoucanuseade_projptforwardtoconvertpoints,youmustfirstidentifythecoordinatesystemsthatyouareconvertingbetween.Useade_projsetsrctosetthesourcesystemandade_projsetdesttosetthedestinationsystem.Theade_projptforwardfunctionassumesthatthecoordinatevaluesyoupasstoitbelongtothesourcesystem,anditreturnscorrespondingdestinationvalues.Theade_projptbackwardfunctiondoestheinverse.

ade_projsetdestCoordinateTransformationFunctions

Setsthedestinationcoordinatesystemforconvertingpoints.

(ade_projsetdestcscode)

ReturnsTornil.

cscode Coordinatesystemcode(string),eightcharacters.

Beforeyoucanuseeitherade_projptforwardorade_projptbackwardtoconvertpoints,youmustfirstidentifythecoordinatesystemsthatyouareconvertingbetween.Useade_projsetdesttosetthedestinationsystemandade_projsetsrctosetthesourcesystem.Theade_projptforwardfunctionassumesthatthecoordinatevaluesyoupasstoitbelongtothesourcesystem,anditreturnscorrespondingdestinationvalues.Theade_projptbackwardfunctiondoestheinverse.

ade_projsetsrcCoordinateTransformationFunctions

Setsthesourcecoordinatesystemforconvertingpoints.

(ade_projsetsrccscode)

ReturnsTornil.

cscode Coordinatesystemcode(string),eightcharacters.

Beforeyoucanuseeitherade_projptforwardorade_projptbackwardtoconvertpoints,youmustfirstidentifythecoordinatesystemsthatyouareconvertingbetween.Useade_projsetsrctosetthesourcesystemandade_projsetdesttosetthedestinationsystem.Theade_projptforwardfunctionassumesthatthecoordinatevaluesyoupasstoitbelongtothesourcesystem,anditreturnscorrespondingdestinationvalues.Theade_projptbackwardfunctiondoestheinverse.

ade_projsetwscodeCoordinateTransformationFunctions

Setsthecoordinatesystemfortheprojectdrawing.

(ade_projsetwscodecscode)

ReturnsTornil.

ade_qldelctgyQueryLibraryFunctions

Deletesaquerylibrarycategory.

(ade_qldelctgyctgy_id)

ReturnsTornil.

ctgy_id CategoryID(real)

ade_qldelqueryQueryLibraryFunctions

Deletesaqueryfromthequerylibrary.

(ade_qldelqueryqry_id)

ReturnsTornil.

qry_id QueryID(real)

ade_qlgetctgyinfoQueryLibraryFunctions

Getsinformationaboutaquerycategory.

(ade_qlgetctgyinfoctgy_idinfo)

Returnstherequestedinformationornil.

ctgy_id CategoryID(real)

info Typeofcategoryinformationtoget(string):"name"togetthecategoryname,or"qrylist"togetalistofqueryIDsofthequeriesinthecategory.

Theinformationreturneddependsontheinfoargumentyouuse,butitisalwaysinlistformat.Forexample:

Anexpressionsuchas(ade_qlgetctgyinfosome_id"name")returnsacategoryname,suchas("SomeCategory").Anexpressionsuchas(ade_qlgetctgyinfosome_id"qrylist")returnsalistofqueryIDs,suchas(1.234562.345673.45678).

ade_qlgetqryinfoQueryLibraryFunctions

Getsinformationaboutaquery.

(ade_qlgetqryinfoqry_idinfo)

Returnstherequestedinformationornil.

qry_id QueryID(real).

info Informationtype(string).SeetheInformationTypestablebelow.

InformationTypes

name Queryname.

description Querydescription.

category Categoryname.

qtype Querytype:1=internal,2=external.

filename Foranexternallysavedquery,fullpathname(string).

AquerygetsanameandanIDwhenitissavedtoaquerycategoryofthequerylibrary.AnewquerythatyouhavenotyetsaveddoesnothaveanameoranID.

ade_qllistctgyQueryLibraryFunctions

ListsthequerycategoryIDs.

(ade_qllistctgy)

ReturnsalistofcategoryIDs,oriftherearenocategories,nil.

TofindtheIDofacategoryifitsnameisknown,useade_qllistctgytogetalistofcategoryIDs,andthenuseade_qlgetctgyinfooneachIDinturnuntilyoufindtheIDassociatedwiththename.

ade_qlloadqryQueryLibraryFunctions

Makesasavedquerycurrent.

(ade_qlloadqryqry_id)

ReturnsTornil.

Onceloaded,thequerybecomesthecurrentquery.Ifthereisalreadyacurrentquery,thisqueryreplacesit.

ade_qlqrygetidQueryLibraryFunctions

GetsaqueryID.

(ade_qlqrygetidquery_name)

ReturnsaqueryIDornil.

query_name Queryname(string)

Thequerynameisenoughtoidentifyaqueryuniquely.Thecategorynameisnotrequired.Withinaproject,notwoqueriescanhavethesamename,eveniftheyaresavedindifferentcategories.

ade_qlsetctgynameQueryLibraryFunctions

Changesaquerycategoryname.

(ade_qlsetctgynamectgy_idname)

ReturnsTornil.

ctgy_id QuerycategoryID(real)

name Nameofnewcategory(string),upto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

Thecategorynamecannotcontainspaces.

ade_qlsetqueryQueryLibraryFunctions

Changesaqueryname,description,orthecategoryitbelongsto.

(ade_qlsetqueryqry_idinfovalue)

ReturnsTornil.

info Typeofinformationtomodify(string).SeetheInformationTypestablebelow.

value Newvalue(typevaries).SeetheInformationTypestablebelow.

InformationTypes

name Nameofquery(string),upto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter.

description Descriptionofquery(string),upto132characterslong.Cancontainspaces.Mustbeuniqueandstartwithanalphanumericcharacter.

category CategoryID.

Thisfunctiondoesnotchangefilenameorstoragetype.

ade_qryclearQueryFunctions

Clearsthecurrentquery.

(ade_qryclear)

ReturnsToranerrorcode.

Thisfunctionclearsthecurrentquery,includinganytopologyparameters,suchastopologynameandresult.

ade_qryexecuteQueryFunctions

Executesthecurrentquery.

(ade_qryexecute)

Returnsthenumberofqueriedobjects(real).Ifnone,itreturns0.0.

Executingaquerymakesanewselectionsetofthequeriedobjectsifthe"MkSelSetWithQryObj"optionisturnedon,asfollows:

(ade_prefsetval"MkSelSetWithQryObj"T)

Thequeryrunsslowerinthiscasebecauseoftheextraworkinvolved.

ThefollowingcodecapturestheIDofaselectionsetcreatedbyexecutingthecurrentquery.

(ade_prefsetval"MkSelSetWithQryObj"T)(if(>(ade_qryexecute)0.0)(setqqueried_objects(ssget"P"))(princ"\nNoobjectsfound."))(ade_prefsetval"MkSelSetWithQryObj"nil)

The"P"argumentinthessgetcallidentifiesthe"previous"selectionset(theobjectscurrentlyormostrecentlyselected).

NoteWheneveryoucreateaselectionset,youreplacethepreviousselectionset.Makesureyouknowwhichobjectsyouaregetting.

ade_qrygetdwgandhandleQueryFunctions

GetsthesourcedrawingIDandoriginalhandleofaqueriedobject.

(ade_qrygetdwgandhandleename)

ReturnsthedrawingIDandhandleofthequeriedobjectornil.

ThisfunctionreturnstheIDofthesourcedrawingfromwhichtheobjectwasqueriedandthehandlebywhichtheobjectisknowninthatdrawing.

ADSRXequivalent

structresbuf*ade_qrygetdwgandhandle

ads_nameename);

ReturnsthedrawingIDandhandleforthequeriedobjectorNULL.

Youmustreleasetheresbuf.

ade_qrygetentlistQueryFunctions

Returnsthelistofentityhandlesforallobjectsthatsatisfythecurrentqueryinaspecificdrawing.

(ade_qrygetentlistdwg_id)

Returnsalistofthehandlesofselectedobjectsornil.

dwg_id DrawingIDofthedrawingtoquery(real)

Thisfunctionexecutesthecurrentqueryandfindsallobjectsthatsatisfyitinthedrawingspecifiedbythedwg_idargument.Theentityhandlesoftheobjectsarereturnedtothecallingfunction.

Onceyouhavethehandletoanobject,youcangettheentitynamewiththeade_qryhandentfunctionanduseittoperformotherfunctions.Forexample,youcoulduseentget(andads_entget)toretrievetheentityanditsdefinitiondata.

ADSRXequivalent

structresbuf*ade_qrygetentlist

ade_iddwg_id);

ReturnsalistofthehandlesofselectedobjectsorNULL.

Youmustreleasetheresbuf.

ade_qrygetreptransformQueryFunctions

Checkswhethertransformationisenabledforthecurrentreportquery.

(ade_qrygetreptransform)

ReturnsTiftransformationisenabledorniliftransformationisdisabledorthereportquerytemplateisnotdefined.

ADSRXequivalent

intade_qrygetreptransform();

ReturnsTRUEorFALSE.

ade_qrygroupQueryFunctions

Groupsasequenceoftwoormorequeryconditions.

(ade_qrygroupcondition_id1condition_id2)

ReturnsTornil.

condition_id1 IDoffirstconditionofthegroup(real)

condition_id2 IDoflastconditionofthegroup(real)

Aquerydefinitionconsistsofasequenceofqueryconditions.Withinsuchasequence,youcandefinesubsequencesoftwoormoreconditionsbygroupingthem(byenclosingtheminparentheses).Youcangroupconditionswhenyoufirstdefinethequery.Seethebggroupsandendgroupsparametersofade_qrydefine.Oryoucandoitlaterusingade_qrygroup.

Whenyoucallade_qrygroup,theconditionyouspecifyasthefirstconditionofthegroup(condition_id1)mustbeapredecessortotheoneyouspecifyasthelast(condition_id2).Thefunctiongroupsthefirstandthelastandanyconditionsinbetween.Forexample,considerthefollowingquerydefinition,whichiscomposedofconditionsA,B,C,andD:

AANDBORCORD

Thefunctioncall(ade_qrygroupIDofBIDofD)changesthedefinitionto

AAND(BORCORD)

Toungroupqueries,useade_qryungroup.

ade_qryhandentQueryFunctions

Getstheentitynameforthespecifiedhandle.

(ade_qryhandentdwg_idhandle)

ReturnstheentitynameforthespecifieddrawingIDandhandleornil.

dwg_id IDofthedrawinginwhichtheobjectresides(real)

handle Originalhandleoftheobjectinthespecifieddrawing.

Thisfunctionprovidesaccesstotheentitynameofanobjectinasourcedatabase.

Youmustusetheretrievedentitynameimmediatelybeforeyoucallanyotherfunction(exceptade_expreval)orreturncontroltoAutoCAD.

Onceyouhavetheentitynameofanobject,youcanuseitwithotherfunctions.Forexample,youcoulduseentget(orads_entget)toretrievetheentityanditsdefinitiondata.

Togettheoriginalhandleoftheobjectinthesourcedrawing,usetheade_qrygetentlistfunction.

ToobtainadrawingID,useade_dslist.

TogettheIDofadrawinggivenadrawingfilepath,useade_dwggetid.

Thefollowingcodesampleshowshowyoucancombineade_qrygetentlistandade_qryhandenttocountthenumberofobjectsinthesourcedrawingthat

areoftypeline.

;clearoutoldquery...(ade_qryclear);defineanewquery(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Location"("All")""))

;initializethecount...(setqtotal_count0)

;foreachdrawinginthedrawingset...(foreachdwg_id(ade_dslist)

;ifthedrawingisactive(if(ade_dwgisactivedwg_id)(progn

;gettheobjectswhichsatisfythequery...(setqhandle_list(ade_qrygetentlistdwg_id))(foreachhandlehandle_list(setqename(ade_qryhandentdwg_idhandle))

;ifit'saline,incrementthecounter(if(=(cdr(assoc0(entgetename)))"LINE")(setqtotal_count(1+total_count)))));progn);if);foreach

ADSRXequivalent

intade_qryhandent(

ade_iddwg_id,char*handle,ads_nameresult);

result OutputtheentitynameforthespecifieddrawingIDandhandle.

ade_qrylistQueryFunctions

ListstheIDsofthecurrentqueryconditions.

(ade_qrylist)

ReturnsalistoftheIDsofthecurrentqueryconditions,or,ifthereisnocurrentquery,nil.

ade_qrysaveQueryFunctions

Savesthecurrentquery.

(ade_qrysavecatnameqryparams)

ReturnsaqueryIDornil.

catname Categoryname(string).Thecategoryiscreatedifitdoesnotexist.

qryparams Listofa-lists,eachcomposedofaninformationtypeandavalue.SeetheInformationTypestablebelow.

InformationTypes

name Queryname(string)

description Querydescription(string)

qtype Howthequeryissaved(integer):1=internal(default),2=external.

filename Foranexternalquery,fullpathname(string).

saveoption Bitcodeforthesaveoptionsyouarechoosing(integer).SeetheSaveOptionstablebelow.

Thefunctionsavesthecurrentquerytotheproject'squerylibraryortoafile.

Aquerysavedtothequerylibraryiscalledaninternalquery.Aquerysavedtoafileiscalledanexternalquery.

Youmustspecifyacategorynameandaqueryname.Inaproject,notwoqueriescanhavethesamename,eveniftheyaresavedindifferentcategories.Thedefaultvalueforadescriptionisthesameasthequeryname.Thedefaultvalueforthestoragetypeisinternal.Ifyouwanttosavethequeryexternally,youmustspecifyafilenameforit.

SaveOptions

1 Keepreferenceinquerylibrary.

2 Savelistofactivedrawings.

4 Savelocationcoordinates.

8 Savecurrentpropertyalterationdefinition.

16 Executeautomatically.

AquerygetsanameandanIDonlyifitisreferencedthequerylibrary.AnewquerythatyouhavenotyetsaveddoesnothaveanameoranID,andneitherdoesanexternalqueryunlessyoukeepareferencetoitinthequerylibrary.

Thefollowingexamplesavesthecurrentquerytothequerylibrarywithoutsavingittoafile.

(ade_qrysave"CATEGORY1"'(("name"."QUERY1")("saveoption".2)))

TheexpressionsavesthequeryinCATEGORY1andnamesitQUERY1.Becausethereisno"qtype"listelement,itsavesthequeryinternallybydefault,

whicheliminatestheneedfora"filename"element.

Thefollowingexamplesavesthecurrentquerytothequerylibraryandalsotoafile.

(ade_qrysave"CATEGORY1"'(("name"."QUERY1")("description"."Query1description")("qtype".2)("filename"."c:\\qryfiles\\Query1.qry")("saveoption".3)))

ade_qrysetaltpropQueryFunctions

Turnspropertyalterationonoroff.

(ade_qrysetaltpropflag)

ReturnsTornil.

flag Specifieswhetherpropertyalterationisonoroff:T=on,nil=off.

Ifthereisnocurrentpropertyalterationdefinition,thisfunctionhasnoeffect.Tocreateapropertyalterationdefinition,useade_altpdefine.

ade_qrysetreptransformQueryFunctions

Enablesordisablestransformationforthecurrentreportquery.

(ade_qrysetreptransformflag)

ReturnsTifsuccessful,otherwisenil.

flag Tornil,whereT=transformationenabled,andnil=transformationdisabled.

Thefunctionreturnsnilifthereisnoreportquerytemplate.

ade_qrysettypeQueryFunctions

Setsthequerymode:Preview,Draw,orReport.

(ade_qrysettypeqrytype[multilinetemplfilename])

ReturnsTornil.

qrytype Querymode(string):"preview","draw",or"report",where"preview"=Displayqueriedobjectswithoutretrievingthem,similartoQuickView,"draw"=Getqueriedobjectsfromsourcedrawingsorexternaldatabasesandcopytotheprojectdrawing,and"report"=Directqueriedinformationtoanoutputfile.

multiline Whethertowritereportrowsforsub-objects:Tornil,whereT=Writereportrowsforsub-objects(objectssuchasverticesofpolylinesandattributesofblocks),andnil=Writelinesfortop-levelobjectsonly.Relevantonlyifqrytypeis"report".

templ> Orderedlistofobjectpropertiestoreport(string).Eachlistelementdefinesareportcolumn.Forexample,".type,.layer".Relevantonlyifqrytypeis"report".

filename Pathandfilenameoftheoutputfile(string).Relevantonlyifqrytypeis"report".

Thethreeoptionalparameters,multiline,templ,andfilename,arerelevantonlyifthequerymodeis"report".Ifthequerymodeis"preview"or"draw",omitthem.

ThefollowingexamplesetsthequerymodetoReport.

(ade_qrysettype"report"T".type,.layer""output.txt")

ade_qryungroupQueryFunctions

Ungroupsasequenceoftwoormorequeryconditions.

(ade_qryungroupcondition_id1condition_id2)

ReturnsTornil.

condition_id1 ConditionIDofthefirstgroupedcondition(real).

condition_id2 ConditionIDofthelastgroupedcondition(real).

Aquerydefinitionconsistsofasequenceofqueryconditions.Withinsuchasequence,therecanbesubsequencesthathavebeengroupedbyenclosingtheminparentheses.Suchgroupsmayhavebeenestablishedwhenthequerywasfirstdefined.Seethebggroupsandendgroupsparametersofade_qrydefine.Ortheymayhavebeenestablishedafterwardbyade_qrygroup.Howeverestablished,youcanuseade_qryungrouptoundoagroup(removeitsenclosingparentheses).

Whenyoucallade_qryungroup,theconditionyouspecifyasthefirstofthegroup(condition_id1)mustbeapredecessortotheoneyouspecifyasthelast(condition_id2).Thefunctionungroupsthefirstandthelastandanyconditionsinbetween.Forexample,considerthefollowingquerydefinition,whichiscomposedofconditionsA,B,C,andD:

AAND(BORCORD)

Thefunctioncall(ade_qryungroupIDofBIDofD)changesthequerydefinitionto

AANDBORCORD

ade_rtdefrangeRangeTableFunctions

Definesarangetable.

(ade_rtdefrangetabnamedescriptionrange_defn)

ReturnsarangetableIDornil.

tabname Rangetablename(string);canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

description Rangetabledescription(string)

range_defn Rangetabledefinition(string)

Arangetableallowsyoutoalterpropertiesofqueriedentitiesconditionally.Itcontainsasetofpropertyalterationvaluesfromwhichasinglevalueisselecteddependingonconditionsobtaininginthequeriedentitytobealtered.

Therange_defnargumentisarangetabledefinition,alistofrangeexpressions.Eachrangeexpressionincludes(1)aconditionand(2)apropertyalterationvaluetoreturniftheconditionistrue.Thisinformationisexpressedasalistofthreeelements:arangetableoperatorandacomparisonvalue(whichtogethermakeupthecondition),andthereturnvalue.Youmuststateeachvalueexplicitly.Youcannotsubstituteanexpression.

SeeUsingaRangeTableformoreinformation.

ade_rtdeltableRangeTableFunctions

Deletesarangetable.

(ade_rtdeltabletablename)

ReturnsTornil.

tablename Rangetablename(string);canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

ade_rtgetidRangeTableFunctions

GetsarangetableID.

(ade_rtgetidtablename)

ReturnsarangetableIDornil.

tablename Rangetablename(string);canbeupto31characterslong.Mustbeunique,containnospaces,andstartwithanalphanumericcharacter

ade_rtgetpropRangeTableFunctions

Getsthevalueofarangetableproperty.

(ade_rtgetproprt_idproperty)

Returnsapropertyvalue,orlist,ornil.

rt_id RangetableID(real)

property Propertytogetthevalueof(string).SeetheRangeTablePropertiestablebelow.

RangeTableProperties

name Rangetablename(string)

description Rangetabledescription(string)

expr Rangetabledefinition(listofrangeexpressions)

Seeade_rtdefrangeforinformationaboutsettingrangetableproperties.

ade_rtlistRangeTableFunctions

ListstheIDsofallrangetablesdefinedintheproject.

(ade_rtlist)

ReturnsalistofrangetableIDsornil.

ade_saveobjsObjectSavingFunctions

Savesobjectsqueuedforsavingbacktothesourcedrawings.

(ade_saveobjspriorities)

ReturnsTornil.

priorities Listcontainingonetofoursavebackoperationcodes,dependingonthenumberofsavebackoperationsyouarespecifying(integer).Listthecodesinorderoftheirrelativepriority.SeetheSave-BackOperationCodestablebelow.

Save-BackOperationCodes

Code Operation Description

1 CameFrom Savesobjectstotheirsourcedrawings

2 Selective Savesobjectsyouselecttothedrawingsyouspecify

3 Layer Savesobjectstolayersinthesourcedrawingsthatusethesamenamesasthoseinwhichtheobjectslie

4 Area Savesobjectstothesourcedrawingwithinwhoseextentstheylie,evenifonlypartiallywithin

Duringthesavebackoperation,theoptionsareexecutedintheorderspecifiedintheprioritieslist.Thelistmustcontainatleastoneoption.Forexample:

(ade_saveobjs2143)

Tosaveaselectionsettoaspecificdrawing,useade_savetodwg.

ade_savetodwgObjectSavingFunctions

Savesaselectionsettoaspecificdrawing.

(ade_savetodwgsel_setdwg_id)

ReturnsTornil.

dwg_id DrawingIDofthedestinationdrawing(real)

Tosaveobjectsqueuedforsavingbacktothesourcedrawings,useade_saveobjs.

ade_sqlgetenvstringSQLEnvironmentFunctions

GetsastringdescribingtheSQLenvironment.

(ade_sqlgetenvstringlinktemplate)

ReturnsastringdescribingtheSQLenvironmentornil.

linktemplate Linktemplate(string)

Thisfunctionreturnsastringwiththefollowinginformation:

"DBname.Catalog.Schema.Table"

FormoreinformationaboutlinktemplatesusingSQL,seetheAutoCADonlinedocumentation.

ade_ssfree

Releasesaselectionset.

(ade_ssfreess)

ReturnsTornil.

ss Selectionsettorelease.

SelectionsetsarereturnedbyanumberofVisualLISPfunctions.SeeFunctionsThatReturnSelectionSets.Itisimportanttoreleaseselectionsetsasyoufinishwiththem,becausethenumberallowedislimited.Ifthenumberrunsout,yourapplicationwillfail.

Thefollowingexampleallocatesaselectionsetandthenreleasesit.

(setqss(map_dwgBreakObjsscutboundaryskiptopokeepod))

···

(setqstatus(ade_ssfreess))

ade_usergetUserSecurityFunctions

Getstheloginnameorentitylocknameofthelocaluser.

(ade_userget[for_entity_locks])

Returnsausername(string)ornil.

for_entity_locks Whattodoifthelocaluserisnotloggedintotheapplication(optional):Tornil,whereT=Gettheusernameusedtoidentifytheownerofobjectlockssetlocally,andnil=Returnnil.Omittingthisargumentisthesameassupplyingnil.

Ausernamecanhaveasmanyas32characters.

Ifthelocaluserisloggedintotheapplication,theuser'sapplicationloginnameisusedtoidentifytheownerofobjectlockssetlocally.Ifthelocaluserisnotloggedintotheapplication,theuser'soperatingsystemloginnameisused.

Thisfunctionhelpsyoudetermineiftheownerofaparticularobjectlockisthelocaluser.

ade_usergetrightsUserSecurityFunctions

Getstheaccessrightsofauser.

(ade_usergetrights[username])

Returnsabitcodefortherightsallowed.SeetheUserRightsCodestablebelow.

username Loginname(string),atmost32characters.

Iftheusernameargumentisomittedornil,thefunctionreturnstherightsofthecurrentuser.

UserRightsCodes

Code UserRights

1 Superuser(inwhichcasetheotherbitsdon'tmatter).

2 Permissiontoalterthedrawingset.

4 Permissiontoeditobjects.

8 Permissiontoexecuteadrawquery.

16 PermissiontoeditFeatureClassdefinition.

Iftheusernameargumentisomittedornil,andthereisnocurrentuser,thefunctionreturnsabitcodewithallbitsset,becausetheno-current-usercondition

ispossibleonlyifthesystemoption"ForceUserLogin"issettonil,inwhichcaseallusershaveallrightsexceptthosereservedforasuperuser.

Onlyasuperusercanspecifyaloginnameotherthantheirown.Iftheusernameargumentisnottheloginnameofthecurrentuser,andthecurrentuserdoesnothavesuperuserrights,thefunctionreturnsnil,andthemessage"Accessisdenied"isaddedtotheerrorstack.

ade_userlistUserSecurityFunctions

Liststhecurrentusers.

(ade_userlist)

Returnsalistofuserloginnamesornil.

ade_usersetUserSecurityFunctions

Logsinauser.

(ade_userset[username[password]])

ReturnsTiftheuserisloggedinsuccessfully,otherwisenil.

username Loginname(string).

password Password(string).

Ifeitherargumentisomitted,theUserLogindialogboxdisplays.Ifaloginnamewasspecified,itappearsinthedialog'sLoginNamefield.

Ifbothargumentsarespecified,buttheusercannotbeloggedin,oneofthefollowingmessagesisaddedtotheerrorstack:

Invalidusername.Invalidpassword.

Ifthedrawingsetincludesactivedrawingscontaininglockedentities,thecurrentusercannotbechanged.Ifyouattempttologinadifferentuserunderthoseconditions,thefollowingerrormessageisaddedtotheerrormessagestack:

Cannotloginagainwhendrawingsarelocked/active.

ade_usersetrightsUserSecurityFunctions

Setstheaccessrightsforauser.

(ade_usersetrightsusernameuserrights)

ReturnsTonsuccess,otherwisenil.

username Loginname(string)

userrights Abitcodefortherightstoallow.SeetheUserRightsCodestablebelow.

UserRightsCodes

Code UserRights

1 Superuser(inwhichcasetheotherbitsdon'tmatter).

2 Permissiontoalterthedrawingset.

4 Permissiontoeditobjects.

8 Permissiontoexecuteadrawquery.

16 PermissiontoeditFeatureClassdefinition.

Thisfunctioncannotexecuteunlessthecurrentuserhassuperuserrights,anditcannotchangetherightsofthecurrentuserinanycase.Ifanordinaryuserisloggedinwhenthisfunctioniscalled,orasuperuserisloggedinandthe

functioncallwouldchangetherightsofthecurrentuser,thefunctionreturnsnil,andthefollowingmessageisaddedtotheerrormessagestack:

Can'tchangerightsofthecurrentuser.

ade_version

GetstheversionnumberoftheDataExtensionprogramminginterface.

(ade_version)

Returnsaversionnumber(string)ornil.

Atruntime,thisfunctionreturnstheversionnumberoftheDataExtension(ADE)programminginterfacewithwhichyourapplicationiscommunicating.Forexample("2.024").

CoordinateTransformationFunctions

Thecoordinatetransformationfunctionsbeginwithade_proj.

ade_projgetctgyname

Identifiesthecategorythatacoordinatesystembelongsto.

ade_projgetinfo

Getsinformationaboutaprojectionsystem.

ade_projgetwscode

Getstheprojectdrawing'scoordinatesystemcode.

ade_projlistctgy

Listsavailablecoordinatesystemcategories.

ade_projlistcrdsysts

Listsavailablecoordinatesystemsinagivencategory.

ade_projptbackward

Computesnewcoordinatesforasourcepoint.

ade_projptforward

Computesnewcoordinatesforadestinationpoint.

ade_projsetdest

Setsthedestinationcoordinatesystem.

ade_projsetsrc

Setsthesourcecoordinatesystem.

ade_projsetwscode

Setstheprojectdrawing'scoordinatesystem.

DrawingFunctions

Thefunctionsfordrawingmanagementbeginwithade_dwg.

ade_dwgactivate

Activatesadrawing.

ade_dwgactualpath

Returnsthefullpathofadrawing.

ade_dwgaliaspath

Returnsthealiaspathofadrawing.

ade_dwgattriblist

Returnsalistofattributetagsforthespecifiedblockname.

ade_dwgdeactivate

Deactivatesadrawing.

ade_dwggetid

GetsthedrawingIDofadrawing.

ade_dwggetsetting

Getsadrawingsettingvalue.

ade_dwghaslocks

Checksifadrawinghaslockedobjects.

ade_dwgindex

Appliesspecifiedindexoperationstoadrawing.

ade_dwgindexdef

Specifieswhichindexesaretobecreatedorremoved.

ade_dwgisactive

Checksifadrawingisactive.

ade_dwgistoplevel

Checksifadrawingisdirectlyattachedtotheprojectdrawing.

ade_dwgproplist

Listsallvaluesfoundinadrawingforagivendrawingproperty.

ade_dwgquickview

Displaysaquickviewofadrawing.

ade_dwgselectdlg

DisplaystheSelectDrawingsdialogbox.

ade_dwgsetof

Identifiesthedrawingstowhichagivendrawingisattached.

ade_dwgsetsetting

Setsadrawingsettingvalue.

ade_dwgunlock

Removesallobjectlocksfromadrawing.

ade_dwgzoomextents

Zoomstotheextentsoftheactivedrawings.

DrawingSetFunctions

Thefunctionsfordrawingsetmanagementbeginwithade_ds.

ade_dsattach

Attachesadrawingtotheproject.

ade_dsdetach

Detachesadrawingfromtheproject.

ade_dsisnested

Checksifadrawinghasnesteddrawings.

ade_dslist

Liststhedrawingsattachedtoagivendrawing.

ade_dsproplist

Listsallvaluesfoundinthedrawingsetforagivendrawingproperty.

DriveAliasFunctions

Thedrivealiasfunctionsbeginwithade_alias.

ade_aliasadd

Createsadrivealias.

ade_aliasdelete

Deletesadrivealias.

ade_aliasgetlist

Listsalldrivealiasesintheproject.

ade_aliasupdate

Assignsanewdriveandpathtoadrivealias.

ErrorMessageFunctions

Thefunctionsforhandlingerrormessagesbeginwithade_err.

ade_errclear

Clearstheerrorstack.

ade_errcode

Getstheerrorcodeforaspecificerrorontheerrorstack.

ade_errgetlevel

Getsthesystemerrorlevel.

ade_errmsg

Getstheerrormessageforaspecificerrorontheerrorstack.

ade_errpush

Pushesanerrormessagetothestack.

ade_errpushstatement

Pushesastatementtothestack.

ade_errqty

Returnsthenumberoferrormessagesonthestack.

ade_errsetlevel

Setsthesystemerrorlevel.

ade_errshowdlg

DisplaystheMapMessagesdialogbox,whichshowsalistoferrormessagesonthestack.

ade_errstatement

Getstheerroneousstatementforaspecificerroronthestack.

ade_errtype

Getsthetypeofaspecificerrorinthestack.

ExpressionEvaluationFunction

Theexpressionevaluationfunctionbeginswithade_exp.

ade_expreval

EvaluatesanAutoCADMapexpression.

ObjectDataFunctions

Thefunctionsforobjectdatamanagementbeginwithade_od.

ade_odaddfield

Addsfieldstoatable.

ade_odaddrecord

Attachesdatatoanobject.

ade_odattachrecord

Attachesanewrecordtoanobject.

ade_oddefinetab

Createsanobjectdatatable.

ade_oddeletefield

Deletesfieldsfromatable.

ade_oddeletetab

Deletesatable.

ade_oddelrecord

Deletesarecord.

ade_odfreerec

Freesthememoryclaimedindefininganewrecord.

ade_odgetfield

Getsafieldvalue.

ade_odgetrecfield

GetsafieldvalueusingarecordID.

ade_odgetrecord

GetsarecordID.

ade_odgettables

Liststhetablesattachedtoanobject.

ade_odmodifyfield

Modifiesfieldpropertiesinatable.

ade_odmodifytab

Redefinesatable.

ade_odnewrecord

Definesanewobjectdatarecord.

ade_odpresetfield

Assignsavaluetoafieldinanewrecord.

ade_odrecordqty

Countstherecordsattachedtoanobject.

ade_odsetfield

Setsafieldvalue.

ade_odtabledefn

Getsatabledefinition.

ade_odtablelist

Liststhetablesintheproject.

ObjectEditingFunctions

Thefunctionsforobjecteditingbeginwithade_edit.

ade_editdefcen

Definesanewlabelpointforanobject.

ade_editlockederased

Getstheobjectsinthesavesetthathavebeenerased.

ade_editislocked

Getslockinformationaboutanobjectifitislocked.

ade_editlocked

Getstheobjectsinthesavesetthathavebeenmodified.

ade_editlockobjs

Locksasetofobjectsandaddsthemtothesaveset.

ade_editnew

Getstheobjectsinthesavesetthatarenew.

editunlockobjs

Unlocksasetofobjectsandremovesthemfromthesaveset.

ObjectSavingFunctions

Theobjectsavingfunctionsbeginwithade_save.

ade_saveobjs

Savesobjectsqueuedforsavingbacktothesourcedrawings.

ade_savetodwg

Savesaselectionsettoaspecificdrawing.

OptionFunctions

Theoptionfunctionsbeginwithade_pref.

ade_prefgetval

Getsanoptionsetting.

ade_prefsetval

Setsanoption.

PropertyAlterationFunctions

Thefunctionsforspecifyinghowobjectsretrievedinaqueryshouldbealteredbeginwithade_altp.

ade_altpclear

Clearsthecurrentpropertyalterationdefinition.

ade_altpdefine

Createsapropertyalterationexpression.

ade_altpdelprop

Deletesapropertyalterationexpression.

ade_altpgetprop

Getsapropertyalterationexpression.

ade_altplist

ListstheIDsofthecurrentpropertyalterationexpressions.

ade_altpsetprop

Modifiesapropertyalterationexpression.

QueryFunctions

Thefunctionsforquerymanagementbeginwithade_qry.

ade_qryclear

Clearsthecurrentquery.

ade_qrydefine

Definesaquery.

ade_qryexecute

Executesthecurrentquery.

ade_qrygetcond

Getsaquerycondition.

ade_qrygetdwgandhandle

GetsthesourcedrawingIDandoriginalhandleofaqueriedobject.

ade_qrygetentlist

Returnsentityhandlesforobjectsthatsatisfythecurrentquery.

ade_qrygetreptransform

Checkswhethertransformationisenabledforthecurrentreportquery.

ade_qrygroup

Groupsqueryconditions.

ade_qryhandent

Getstheentitynameforthespecifiedhandle.

ade_qrylist

ListstheIDsofthecurrentqueryconditions.

ade_qrysave

Savesthecurrentquery.

ade_qrysetaltprop

Turnspropertyalterationonoroff.

ade_qrysetcond

Modifiesaquerycondition.

ade_qrysetreptransform

Enablesordisablestransformationforthecurrentreportquery.

ade_qrysettype

Setsthequerymode:Preview,Draw,orReport.

ade_qryungroup

Ungroupsqueryconditions.

QueryLibraryFunctions

Thefunctionsforquerylibrarymanagementbeginwithade_ql.

ade_qldelctgy

Deletesaquerylibrarycategory.

ade_qldelquery

Deletesaqueryfromthequerylibrary.

ade_qlgetctgyinfo

Getsinformationaboutaquerycategory.

ade_qlgetqryinfo

Getsinformationaboutaquery.

ade_qllistctgy

ListsthequerycategoryIDs.

ade_qlloadqry

Makesasavedquerycurrent.

ade_qlqrygetid

GetsaqueryID.

ade_qlsetctgyname

Changesaquerycategoryname.

ade_qlsetquery

Changesaqueryname,description,orthecategoryitbelongsto.

RangeTableFunctions

Thefunctionsforrangetablemanagementbeginwithade_rt.

ade_rtdefrange

Definesarangetable.

ade_rtdeltable

Deletesarangetable.

ade_rtgetid

GetsarangetableID.

ade_rtgetprop

Getsthevalueofarangetableproperty.

ade_rtlist

ListstheIDsofallrangetablesdefinedintheproject.

SQLEnvironmentFunctions

TheSQLenvironmentfunctionsbeginswithade_sqlorade_key.

ade_keycolumnlist

Returnsalistofthekeycolumnnamesforthespecifiedlinkpathname.

ade_sqlgetenvstring

GetsastringdescribingtheSQLenvironment.

TextLabelFunction

Thetextlabelfunctionbeginswithade_ent.

ade_entsetlocation

Setsanewentitylabelpoint.

UserSecurityFunctions

Theusersecurityfunctionsbeginwithade_user.

ade_userget

Getstheloginnameorentitylocknameofthelocaluser.

ade_usergetrights

Getstheaccessrightsofthespecifieduser.

ade_userlist

Liststhecurrentusers.

ade_userset

Logsinauser.

ade_usersetrights

Setstheaccessrightsforthespecifieduser.

OtherFunctions

Miscellaneousade_xxfunctions.

ade_entsetlocation

Setsanewentitylabelpoint.

ade_expreval

EvaluatesanAutoCADMapexpression.

ade_ssfree

Releasesaselectionset.

ade_osfexpand

Searchesadirectoryandreturnsalistoffilenames.

ade_version

GetstheversionnumberoftheDataExtensionprogramminginterface.

map_dwgbreakobjMapToolFunctions

Breakslinearobjectswheretheycrossboundaries.

(map_dwgbreakobjsscutboundaryskiptopokeepod)

Returnsaselectionsetofobjectscutbytheoperationornil.

sscut Selectionsetofobjectstocut.

boundary Objectnameofasingleobjectoraselectionsetofmultipleobjects.Validobjects:line,polyline,circle,arc

skiptopo Skipflag:1Skipobjectsreferencedbyatopology0Trimobjectsreferencedbyatopology

keepod Keepflagthatsetswhethertokeepobjectdataofclippedobjectsinresultobject:1Retainallobjectdataonanyclippedobject0Dropobjectdataonanyclippedobject

Thisfunctioncutslinearobjects,suchaslines,polylines,circles,andarcs,thatcrosstheselectedboundary.Unlikethemap_dwgtrimobjfunction,thisfunctiondoesnotdeletethepartsoftheobjectoneithersideoftheboundary.Forexample,youcouldmarkaboundaryanddivideonemapintotwosectionmapsalongthisboundary.

Thefollowingexamplepromptsyoutoselectanobjecttobreakandmake

choicesaboutthebreakoperation.Itincludeserrorreporting.

(prompt"\nSelectobjecttobreak:")(setqsscut(ssget))(ifsscut(progn(setqboundary(car(entsel"\nSelectboundaryobject")))(ifboundary(progn(initget"YesNo")(setqkword(getkword"\nSkipobjectsreferencedbyatopologyYes/No<Yes>:"))(if(or(nullkword)(=kword"Yes"))(setqskiptopo1)(setqskiptopo0))(initget"YesNo")(setqkword(getkword"\nRetainobjectdataYes/No<Yes>:"))(if(or(nullkword)(=kword"Yes"))(setqkeepod1)(setqkeepod0))(setqresult(map_dwgbreakobjsscutboundaryskiptopokeepod))(ifresult(prompt"\nObject(s)breaksuccessfully.")(progn(setqnberr(ade_errqty)i0)(repeatnberr(prompt(strcat"\nError"(rtosi20)"of"

(rtosnb20)":"(ade_errmsgi)))(setqi(1+i)))))))))

map_dwgtrimobjMapToolFunctions

Trimslinearobjectsinsideoroutsideofaspecifiedboundary.

(map_dwgtrimobjssclipboundaryinoroutskiptopokeepodbitflag)

Returnsaselectionsetofobjectstrimmedbytheoperationornil.

ssclip Selectionsetofobjectstotrim.

boundary Entitynameofaboundaryobject.Validobjects:asinglecircleorasingleclosed2Dpolyline

inorout Trimflag:1Trimoutsideboundary0Triminsideboundary

skiptopo Skipflag:1Skipobjectsreferencedbyatopology0Trimobjectsreferencedbyatopology

keepod Keepflagthatsetswhethertokeepobjectdataoftrimmedobjectsinresultobject:1Dropobjectdatafromalltrimmedobjects0Retainobjectdataonalltrimmedobjects

bitflag Bitflagthatsetsthewaytohandleobjectsthatcannotbetrimmed:0Deletetheseobjectswithinorontrimboundary1Ignoretheseobjectswithinorontrimboundary

2Referencetheinsertionpointofanyoftheseobjectswithinorontrimboundary

map_pltblkattsPlottingFunctions

Getsalistofblockattributes.

(map_pltblkattsname)

Returnsalistofattributesornil.

name Layoutblockname(string)

map_pltblklistPlottingFunctions

Getsalistofvalidplotlayoutsforthecurrentworksession.

(map_pltblklist)

Returnsthenamesoftheblocksinalistornil.

Thisfunctionreturnstheplotlayout(block)namesthatareusableasplotlayouts.Toqualify,ablockmusthaveatleastoneuniqueviewportononeofitslayers.Thatis,iftheblockhasmorethanoneviewport,itmusthaveonelayerthatcontainsonlyoneviewport.

Theuniqueviewportcanshareitslayerwithobjectsofothertypes,suchaslines,polylines,blocks,andtext.

map_pltblkvpsPlottingFunctions

Returnsalistofvalidviewportlayersinaspecifiedlayoutblocks.

(map_pltblkvpsname)

Returnsalistofthevalidviewportlayersorniliftheblocknameorlayoutblockisinvalid.

name Layoutblockname(string)

map_pltcleanupPlottingFunctions

Restoressettingsalteredbymap_pltinit.

(map_pltcleanup)

ReturnsTornil.

Thisfunctionrestorescertainsettingstothestatetheywereinbeforemap_pltinitwascalled.Seemap_pltInitforalistofaffectedsettings.Beforeyoucanuseotherplotfunctions,youmustcallmap_pltinitagain.

map_pltcurrdefPlottingFunctions

Selectsorcreatesaplotset.

(map_pltcurrdefname)

ReturnsTornil.

name Nameoftheplotset(string)

Ifaplotsetcallednamedoesnotexistinthecurrentworksessionorifthefunctionmap_pltdefreadwasnotcalled,thisfunctioncreatesanewplotsetcalledname.

Usemap_pltcurrsettodefinetheattributesoftheplotset.

Iftheplotsetnameexistsandthefunctionmap_pltdefreadwascalled,thisfunctionloadsacopyofnameintomemory.Usemap_pltcurrGetandmap_pltcurrSettoexamineorchangeitsattributes.

NoteOnlyoneplotsetcanbecurrent.

map_pltcurrdelPlottingFunctions

Resetsaplotsetattributetoitsdefaultvalue.

(map_pltcurrdelattr)

ReturnsTornil.

attr Nameoftheattributetoreset(string)

map_pltcurrgetPlottingFunctions

Getsanattributevalueforthecurrentplotset.

(map_pltcurrgetattr)

Returnsthevalueofthespecifiedattributeornil.

attr Nameoftheplotsetattributetoretrieve(string)

Thisfunctionretrievesthevalueofaspecificattributeforthecurrentplotset.Thedatatypeofthereturnvaluedependsupontheattribute.Tosetplotsetattributes,usemap_pltdefget.

map_pltcurrsavePlottingFunctions

Appendsthecurrentplotsetdefinitiontotheplotsetlist.

(map_pltcurrsave)

ReturnsTornil.

Thisfunctionappendsthecurrentplotsetdefinitiontotheplotsetlistofthecurrentworksession.Thislistisnotsavedintheworksessionuntiltheuserexecutesasavewithacalltomap_pltdefsave.

Toeditandsaveaplotsetdefinition

1. Gettheplotsetdefinitionwithmap_pltdefreadandmap_pltcurrdef.2. Makethenecessarychanges.

3. Savethedefinitioninthelistwithmap_pltcurrsave.4. Savethelistinthecurrentworksessionwithmap_pltdefsave.5. Savetheworksession.

Ifyoudonotsavebeforetheendoftheprocessing,anotherapplicationcanoverwriteyourchangeswithacalltomap_pltcurrdef.

map_pltcurrsetPlottingFunctions

Setsthevalueofanattributeforthecurrentplotset.

(map_pltcurrsetattrvalue)

ReturnsTornil.

attr Nameoftheplotattributetoset(string)

value Valuefortheplotsetattribute(typevaries)

Thisfunctionsetsthevalueofthespecifiedattribute.Thevaluedatatypedependsupontheattribute.Tosetplotattributes,usemap_pltdefget.

map_pltdefdeletePlottingFunctions

Deletesaplotsetdefinition.

(map_pltdefdeletename)

ReturnsTornil.

name Plotsetname(string)

Thefunctionupdatestheplotdefinitiondictionaryinthecurrentworksession.

map_pltdefgetPlottingFunctions

Getsthevalueofanattributeoftheplotsetdefinition.

(map_pltdefgetnameattr)

Returnsthevalueofthespecifiedattributeornil.

name Plotsetname(string)

attr Nameoftheplotsetattributetoretrieve(string).

Togetthevalueofanattributeforthecurrentplotset,usemap_pltCurrGet.

Thedatatypeofthereturnvaluedependsontheattribute.

map_pltdeflistPlottingFunctions

Getsthenamesofavailableplotsetdefinitions.

(map_pltdeflist)

Returnsalistofplotsetnamesornilifnoplotsetsareavailable.

Thisfunctionreturnstheavailableplotsetdefinitions(strings)intheplotdefinitiondictionaryinthecurrentworksession.

Beforeusingthisfunction,youmustcallmap_pltdefread.

map_pltdefreadPlottingFunctions

Readsinaplotsetdefinition.

(map_pltdefread)

ReturnsTifplotsetdefinitionsareavailabletoreadornil.

Thisfunctionprovidesaccesstoplotsetsintheplotdefinitiondictionaryforthecurrentworksession.

WarningIfyoudonotcallmap_pltdefsave,anewcalltomap_pltdefreadwilleraseyournewplotsetdefinitionoryourchangestoanexistingplotset.

map_pltdefsavePlottingFunctions

Writesthecurrentplotsetdefinitiontotheplotdefinitiondictionary.

(map_pltdefsave)

ReturnsTifplotsetdefinitionsareavailabletosaveornil.

Thisfunctionstorestheplotsetdefinitionlistinthecurrentworksession.

Ifyoudonotcallthisfunction,anewcalltomap_pltdefreadwilleraseyournewplotsetdefinitionoryourchangestoanexistingplotset.

map_pltdefvalidPlottingFunctions

Performsacursorycheckofthevalidityofaplotset.

(map_pltdefvalidname)

ReturnsTornil.

Thefunctionperformsacursorycheckofthegivenplotsettoseeifallrequiredattributeshavebeenset.Itdoesnotattachandquerytheboundarydrawing.Whenusedwithinadialogbox,thiscallcanquicklycheckonaplotset'susability.

Ifthecheckfails,youcanusedataextensionerrormessagefunctions(ade_err[xx])toretrieveerrorsfromtheerrorstack.

Toperformanextensivecheck,usethemap_pltdefverifyfunction.

map_pltdefverifyPlottingFunctions

Performsanextensivecheckofthevalidityofaplotset.

(map_pltdefverifyname)

ReturnsTiftheplotsetisvalidornil.

Thisfunctionmakessurethatnoerrorsoccurwhenplottingtakesplace.Sincethecheckincludesqueryingforallboundaryobjects,itcouldtakesometime.

Toperformacursorycheck,usethemap_pltdefvalidfunction.

Ifthecheckfails,youcanusedataextensionerrormessagefunctions(ade_err[xx])toretrieveerrorsfromtheerrorstack.

map_pltdisplayPlottingFunctions

Generatestheplotdisplayforthespecifiedboundary.

(map_pltdisplaybndryname)

ReturnsTornil.

bndryname Nameforaboundaryobject(string)

Thisfunctionpreparesthedisplaytoplotforthegivenplotsetdefinitionandboundaryobjectname.Generatingtheplotdisplayforthespecifiedboundaryincludes

Switchingtopapermode(ifnecessary)InsertingthelayoutblockMappingboundaryobjectdatatolayoutblockattributes(ifapplicable)Executingthequery(ies)tocollecttheobjectstoplotTrimmingtheobjectstotheboundary(ifapplicable)Displayingtheobjectsintheviewport

Youmustcallmap_pltdisplaybeforeyoucallmap_pltplot.

map_pltexecutePlottingFunctions

Plotstheplotsetforthespecifiedplotsetname.

(map_pltexecutename)

ReturnsTornil.

name Nameofplotsettoexecute(string)

Thisfunctiongeneratesandissuesplotsforeachdefinedboundary.

Togetalistofavailableplotsetnames,usemap_pltdeflist.

map_pltinitPlottingFunctions

Initializesenvironmentforplotting.

(map_pltinit)

ReturnsTalways.

Thisfunctionmustbecalledbeforeanyotherplottingfunctions.Themap_pltinitfunctionmodifiesthefollowingsettingsandchecksthattheplotsetdescriptionfileexists:

AutoCADVariables

Variable Setting

CMDECHO 0

EXPERT 1

AutoCADMapOptions

Option Setting

DontAddObjectsToSaveSet T

ActivateDwgsOnAttach T

MkSelSetWithQryObj T

Torestorethesesettingstotheiroriginalvalues,usemap_pltcleanup.Beforeyoucanuseotherplotfunctions,youmustcallmap_pltinitagain.

Seeade_prefgetvalforacompletelistofAutoCADMapoptions.

map_pltplotPlottingFunctions

Executesthecurrentplotscript.

(map_pltplot)

ReturnsTornil.

Thefunctionplotsthecurrentscreendisplay.LiketheAutoCADPLOTcommand,itexecutestheplotscriptofthescreendisplay'splotsetdefinition.

Youmustcallmap_pltdisplaybeforeyoucallthisfunction.

map_pltrestorePlottingFunctions

Restoresdisplayalteredbymap_pltdisplay.

(map_pltrestore)

ReturnsTornil.

map_topoauditMapTopologyFunctions

Checkswhetheratopologyiscorrect.

(map_topoaudittpm_id)

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_id UniqueIDforatopology(real).TopologymustbeopenforRead

Thefunctionauditsthegeometryofatopologytodeterminewhetherthegeometricalrelationshipsdefinedbythetopologyobjectdataarecorrect.Itshowsthelocationoferrors.

Thefollowingexamplechecksatopologynamed"parcels"andprovideserrorreporting.

(setqtpm_id(tpm_acopen"parcels"))(iftpm_id(progn(setqresult(map_topoAudittpm_id))(tpm_acclosetpm_id)))

(if(nullresult)(progn(setqi0nberr(ade_errqty))(repeatnberr(prompt

(strcat"\nError"(rtosi20)"of"(rtosnberr20)":"(ade_errmsgi)))(setqi(1+i)))))

map_topocloseMapTopologyFunctions

Convertsallpolygonsinatopologytoclosedpolylines.

(map_topoclosetoponamelayergroupodataaselink)

Returnsaselectionsetofclosedpolylinescreatedbythefunction.

toponame Uniquenameforatopology(string).Topologymustbeclosed.

layer Targetlayerforclosedpolylines(string).Iflayernameisincorrect(forexample"@@"),polylinesarecreatedinthecurrentlayer

group Groupflagforcomplexpolygons:1or01groupcomplexpolygons0donotgroupcomplexpolygons

odata Objectdataflagthatsetswhethertocopyobjectdataonthepolygoncentroidtotheresultingpolyline:1or01copyobjectdataonthecentroid0ignoreobjectdataonthecentroid

aselink ASElinkflagthatsetswhethertocopyASElinkdataonthecentroidtotheresultingpolyline:1or01copyASElinkdataonthecentroid0ignoreASElinkdataonthecentroid

map_topocompleteMapTopologyFunctions

Completesallobjectsinaloadedpartialtopology.

(map_topocompletetoponame)

Returnsaselectionsetofallobjectsretrievedtocompletethetopology.

toponame Uniquenameforatopology(string).Topologymustbeclosed.

Thisfunctionperformsaquerytoretrieveobjectsintotheworksession.Thetpm_infocompletefunctiondetermineswhetherthetopologyiscompletelyrepresentedintheworksession.

Thisfunctioncanonlycompleteobjectsimportedfromanexistingsourcedrawing.Forapolygontopology,thisfunctionimportslinks,nodes,andacentroid,ifitismissing,fromthesourcedrawing.Foranetworktopology,thisfunctionimportslinksandnodes.Foranetworktopology,itimportsonlynodes.

map_topostatMapTopologyFunctions

Getsstatisticsforatopology.

(map_topostattpm_id)

Returnsalistcontainingthestatisticsforthespecifiedtopology,ornil.

tpm_id UniqueIDforatopology(real).Topologymustbeopenforread

Thisfunctionreturnsalistalistofdottedpairsornil.

Thefollowingdottedpairsapplytoalltopologytypes:

(node_count.#nodes)(link_count.#links)(polygon_count.#polygons)((min_x.#n)(min_y.#n))((max_x.#n)(max_y.#n))

NoteThisfunctionisnotdesignedtocountpolygonsinapartialtopology.Ifthetopologyinquestionispartial,thepolygon_countstatisticmaybeoverstated.Thisisbecausemap_topostatcountsnotonlythepolygonsinthepartialtopology,butalsoanypolygonsthatsharecommonedgeswiththeminthecompletetopology,eveniftheadjacentpolygonsarenotactuallypresentinthecurrentdrawing.

Thefollowingdottedpairsapplytonetworktopologies:

(length_total.#n)(length_average.#n)(length_min.#n)(length_max.#n)(length_variance.#n)(length_deviation.#n)

Thefollowingdottedpairsapplytopolygontopologies:

(area_total.#n)(area_average.#n)(area_min.#n)(area_max.#n)(area_variance.#n)(area_deviation.#n)(perimeter_total.#n)(perimeter_average.#n)(perimeter_min.#n)(perimeter_max.#n)(perimeter_variance.#n)(perimeter_deviation.#n)

BoundaryFunctions

Themapboundaryfunctionsbeginwithmap_dwg.

map_dwgBreakObj

Breaksobjectswheretheycrossboundaryedges.

map_dwgTrimObj

Trimslinearobjectsinsideoroutsideofaspecifiedboundary.

PlottingFunctions

Themapplottingfunctionsbeginwithmap_plt.

map_pltBlkAtts

Getsalistofblockattributes.

map_pltBlkList

Returnsasortedlistofblocknamesthatareusableasplotlayouts.

map_pltBlkVps

Returnsalistofvalidviewportlayersinlayoutblocks.

map_pltCleanup

Restoressettingsalteredbymap_pltInit.

map_pltCurrDef

Selectsorcreatesaplotset.

map_pltCurrDel

Resetsaplotsetattributetoitsdefaultvalue.

map_pltCurrGet

Retrievesthevalueforaspecificattributeforthecurrentplotset.

map_pltCurrSave

Appendsthecurrentplotsetdefinitiontotheplotsetlist.

map_pltCurrSet

Setsthevalueofanattributeforthecurrentplotset.

map_pltDefDelete

Deletesaplotsetdefinition.

map_pltDefGet

Getsthevalueofanattributeoftheplotsetdefinition.

map_pltDefList

Returnsalistofavailableplotsetdefinitionsintheproject.

map_pltDefRead

Readsinaplotsetdefinitionfromtheplotdefinitiondictionaryfortheproject.

map_pltDefSave

Writesthecurrentplotsetdefinitiontotheplotdefinitiondictionary.

map_pltDefValid

Teststheplotsetdefinitionforvalidity.

map_pltDefVerify

Validatesthegivenplotsettopreventplottingerrors.

map_pltDisplay

Generatestheplotdisplayforthespecifiedboundary.

map_pltExecute

Executesaplot,givenaspecifiedplotset.

map_pltInit

Initializesenvironmentforplotting.

map_pltPlot

Executestheplotscriptofthecurrentplotsetdefinition.

map_pltRestore

Restoresdisplayalteredbymap_pltDisplay.

TopologyFunctions

Themaptopologyfunctionsbeginwithmap_topo.

map_topoAudit

Checksthegeometricalrelationshipsdefinedbythetopologyobjectdata.

map_topoClose

Convertsallpolygonsinatopologytoclosedpolylines.

map_topoComplete

Completesallobjectsinaloadedpartialtopology.

map_topoStat

Getsthestatisticsforatopology.

tpm_accloseAccessFunctions

Closesatopology.

(tpm_acclosetpm_id)

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_id TopologyID(real)returnedbytpm_acopen

Whenyoucloseatopology,itremainsinmemoryuntilyouunloadit.

tpm_acexistAccessFunctions

Checkswhetheratopologyexists.

(tpm_acexisttoponame[source[loaded]])

ReturnsTifthetopologyexistsornil.

toponame Topologyname(string)

source SourceflagTornil:TChecktopologiesinthecurrentandsourcedrawingsnilCheckthecurrentdrawingonly(default)

loaded LoadedinmemoryflagTornil:TCheckonlytopologiesinmemorynilCheckalltopologies(default)

tpm_acloadAccessFunctions

Loadsatopologyintomemory.

(tpm_acloadtoponame[source])

ReturnsTornil.

source SourceflagTornil:TReadfromsourcedrawingsonlynilReadfromcurrentdrawingonly(default)

Beforeloadingatopology,youmustfirsttestforitsexistencewithtpm_acexist.

Topologyinformationisstoredinthedrawing,butthetopologyisnotautomaticallyloadedwhenyouopenthedrawing.Ifyouwant,forexample,toquery,edit,oroverlayatopology,youmustloaditintomemory.Onceloaded,thetopologyremainsinmemoryuntilyouunloadit.

tpm_acopenAccessFunctions

Opensatopology.

(tpm_acopentoponame[write_access])

ReturnsthetopologyIDornil.

write_access Accessstatus;Tornil:TWritenilReadonly(default)

Thetpm_acopenfunctionopensatopologyandcreatesanewtpm_idthatprovidesaccesstoit.

Ifyourapplicationopensatopologywithwriteaccess,youruseristheonlyonewhocaneditthistopology.Nootherusercanevenopenit.Ifyourapplicationopenstopologywithreadaccess,otheruserscanopenitalso,butwithreadaccessonly.Tofindouttheaccessstatusofanalready-opentopology,usetpm_infostatus.

Ifyouusetpm_acopentotestthestatusofatopology,alwaysclosethetopologywithtpm_acclosetoensurethatyoudonotleavethetopologyopenwithmultipleIDspointingtoit.

Atopologyloadedfromasourcedrawingcannotbeopenedforwriteaccess.Tofindoutifatopologywasloadedfromacurrentdrawing,use

tpm_infocurrent.

ImportantYoumuststorethetopologyIDwhenitisreturnedbytpm_acopen,andmakesurethatyoudonotloseit.IfyoudonothavetheIDofanopentopology,youhavenowaytogetit,andyoucannotclosethetopology.YouralternativesaretoquitAutoCADMaporstartanewdrawing.

tpm_acqtyAccessFunctions

Countstopologies.

(tpm_acqty[source[loaded]])

Returnsatopologycount(integer)ornil.

source SourceflagTornil:TCounttopologiesincurrentandsourcedrawingsnilCounttopologiesincurrentdrawingonly(default)

loaded LoadedinmemoryflagTornil:TCountonlytopologiesinmemorynilCountalltopologies(default)

tpm_acunloadAccessFunctions

Unloadsatopologyfrommemory.

(tpm_acunloadtoponame)

ReturnsTornil.

Beforeatopologycanbeunloaded,alltopologyIDsthatreferenceitmustbeclosedwithtpm_acclose.

tpm_acupgradeopenAccessFunctions

Allowswriteaccessforatopologythatisopenwithoutit.

(tpm_acupgradeopentpm_id)

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_id TopologyID(real)returnedbytpm_acopen

Ifatopologyisalreadyopenwithwriteaccess,youcannotupgradeaccesswiththisfunction.Youcannotupgradeaccesstowriteforasourcetopology.

tpm_anabufferAnalyzingFunctions

Createsabufferspacearoundatopology.

(tpm_anabuffersource_idoffsetvar_id[result_name][result_desc])

ReturnsTornil.

source_id SourcetopologyID(real)

offset Bufferoffset(string),astandardDataExtensionexpression

var_id TopologyvariablesID(real)

result_name Resultingtopologyname(string)ornil

result_desc Resultingtopologydescription(string)ornil

ThetopologyvariablesIDreferencesasetoftopologyvariables.

Thisfunctiondrawsoneormorebufferperimeters.Iftheresultargumentisomittedornil,thebufferedtopologiesareAutoCADobjectsonly.Otherwisethefunctioncreatesanewtopologythatisloadedbutnotopen.

Thesourcetopologymustbeloadedandopen.TheRead/Writeaccessofthesourcetopologydoesnotaffectthisfunction.

Youcanbufferanyofthethreetopologytypes,node,network,orpolygon.

tpm_anadissolveAnalyzingFunctions

Mergesconnectedtopologyelementsthathavethesamevalueinthespecifiedfield.

(tpm_anadissolvesource_idfieldvar_id[result_name][result_desc][objtable][objcolumn])

ReturnsTornil.

source_id SourcetopologyID(real).Polygonornetworktopologyonly.

field Dissolvefieldname(string),astandardDataExtensionexpression.Forexample,:Value@Tab1,.Layer.

var_id TopologyvariablesID(real).

result_name Nameofnewtopology(string);topologyisloadedbutnotopen.Ifargumentisomittedornil,thedissolveresultsinacollectionofAutoCADobjects.

result_desc Resultingtopologydescription(string)ornil.

objTable Objectdatatablename(string)ornil.

objColumn Objectdatafieldname(string)ornil.

Thefunctionworksforpolygonornetworktopologies.Ifitfindstwoormoreattachedobjectsthathavethesamevalueinthespecifieddissolvefield,itdissolvesthem.

Dissolvingpolygonsdeletestheircentroidsandsharedlinksandcreatesanewpolygonwithanewcentroid.Dissolvinglinksdeletessharednodes.Thelinksaremergedintoonepolyline.

Thefunctionwritestheshareddissolvefieldvaluetotheobjectdatatableandfieldthatyouspecifyandattachesthetabletotheresultobject.Ifthistabledoesnotexist,thefunctioncreatesit.Ifthetableyouspecifyisalreadyattachedtooneofthesourceobjects,atablewithdefaultvaluesisattachedtotheresultobject.

tpm_anaoverlayAnalyzingFunctions

Overlaystwotopologies.

(tpm_anaoverlayoverlay_idoverlay_datasource_idsource_dataopervar_id[obj_table][obj_tabledesc][result_name][result_desc])

ReturnsTornil.

overlay_id OverlaytopologyID(real)oftopology1.Mustbeapolygontopology.

overlay_data OverlaydataexpressioncomposedofAutoCADMapexpressionsandoutputobjectdatacolumnsornil.SeetheOverlayDataExpressionssectionbelow.

source_id SourcetopologyID(real)oftopology2.Mustbeapolygontopology.

source_data OverlaydataexpressioncomposedofAutoCADMapexpressionsandoutputobjectdatacolumnsornil.SeetheOverlayDataExpressionssectionbelow.

oper Overlayoperation(integer).SeetheOverlayOperationstablebelow.

var_id IDoftopologyvariablesforbuildingtheresulttopology(real).

obj_table Nameofthenewobjectdatatablethatwillcontainthefinaldata(createdbythefunction).Cannotbean

existingtable.

obj_tabledesc Objectdatatabledescription.

result_name Resulttopologyname(string).OmitiffunctionresultsproducesAutoCADobjectsinsteadofatopology.

result_desc Resulttopologydescription(string).

Thesourcetopologymustbeofpolygontypeforunionandpasteoperations.Forallotheroperations,itcanbeofanytopologytype,suchasnode,network,andpolygon.

OverlayDataExpressions

Theoverlay_dataandsource_dataargumentsareoverlaydataexpressions.Theyhavethefollowingformat:

(list(listexpr1colname1coldesc1coltype1)(listexpr2...)...)

OverlayDataExpressionArguments

expr1 AutoCADMapexpression(string).

col_name1 Objectdatacolumnname(string).

col_desc1 Objectdatacolumndescription(string).

col_type1 Objectdatacolumntype(integer):1through4,where1=integer,2=real,3=character,and4=point.

OverlayOperations

1 Intersect

2 Union

3 Identity

4 Erase

5 Clip

6 Paste

ResultTopology

Iftheresult_nameargumentisomittedornil,theresultisacollectionofAutoCADobjects.Otherwise,itisanewtopologythatisloadedbutnotopen.

Youmustspecifythelistofdatavaluestocomefromeachinputtopologyandthespecificdataforeach.

Additionally,youmustspecifythenameoftheresultobjectdatatableintheobjTableparametertocontainthefinaldata.Ifyoudonotspecifyaresulttable,nodataisattachedtotheresultingtopologyelements.Thefunctioncreatesthistable.Iftheresulttableyouspecifyalreadyexists,thefunctionreturnsanerrorandcancelstheoverlayprocess.

Dataderivedbytheoverlayprocessisalsoattachedtotheresultobjectdatatable.Thisdataiswrittenforeachtopologyelementintheresultingtopology.Itiswrittenforeachpolygonifthesourceisapolygontopology,foreachlinkifitisanetworktopology,orforeachnodeifitisanodetopology.Thetablealwaysincludesthefollowingfields:

FieldNamesinResultObjectDataTable

TOPO_ID ElementIDofthenewelementintheresulttopology

T1_ID ElementIDoftheparentpolygonintheoverlay

topology

T1_PERCENTAREA Areaofthenewpolygonintheresulttopologycomparedtotheareaoftheparentpolygonintheoverlaytopology.Writtenonlyifbothoverlayandresultarepolygontopologies

T2_ID ElementIDofparentelementinthesourcetopology.Theparentelementcanbeanode,link,orpolygon.

T2_PERCENTAREA Areaofthenewpolygonintheresultingtopologycomparedtotheareaoftheparentpolygoninthesourcetopology.Writtenonlyifbothsourceandresultarepolygontopologies

Theresulttableincludesthesefieldsalongwiththefieldsthatyouspecifyintheargumentsyousupplyfortheoverlay_dataandsource_dataparameters.EachfieldnameisprefixedwithT1_orT2_toindicatewhichtopologyitsdatacomesfrom.

Forexample,ifyouspecifyFIELD1,FIELD2andFIELD3fromtableSOILforthefirsttopologyandFIELD1,FIELD4andFIELD5fromtableWATERforthesecond,theresulttablehasthefollowingfields:

T1_SOIL_FIELD1T1_SOIL_FIELD2T1_SOIL_FIELD3T1_WATER_FIELD1T1_WATER_FIELD4T1_WATER_FIELD5

Thefollowingcodeoverlaystwotopologies.Thenamest1andlist1refertotheoverlaytopology.

(setqt1(tpm_acopen"top1"));apolygontopology(setqt2(tpm_acopen"top2"))(setqv(tpm_varalloc))(setqlist1(list(list".LAYER""OVERLAY_LAYER"""3)))(setqlist2(list(list".LAYER""SOURCE_LAYER"""3)))(tpm_anaoverlayt1list1t2list21v"OVERLAY_TABLE"nil"OVERLAY_TOPO");Result_descargumentomitted

tpm_cleanactionlistdelCleanupFunctions

Deletesacleanupactionfromtheactionlist.

(tpm_cleanactionlistdelclean_var_idindex)

ReturnsTornil.

index Positioninthelistoftheactiontodelete(integer)

Theindexargumentisazero-basedpositionintheactionlist.Avaluegreaterthanorequaltothelistsizeorlessthan0returnsanerror.

ADSRXEquivalent

inttpm_cleanactionlistdel

ade_idclean_var_id,longindex);

tpm_cleanactionlistqtyCleanupFunctions

Getsthenumberofcleanupactionsintheactionlist.

(tpm_cleanactionlistqtyclean_var_id)

Returnsthenumberofcleanupactions(real)ornil.

ADSRXEquivalent

inttpm_cleanactionlistqty

ade_idclean_var_id,long*qty);

qty Outputsthenumberofcleanupactions

TheADSRXfunctionpassesthenumberofcleanupactionsthroughaparameter

(asalong)insteadofreturningit(asareal)astheAutoLISPfunctiondoes.

tpm_cleanallocCleanupFunctions

Allocatesthecleanupmodel.

(tpm_cleanalloc)

ReturnsthecleanupmodelID(real)ornil.

Tocleantheobjectsbeforetheybecometheelementsofatopology,youmustconstructamodeloftheseobjectsandtheirrelationships.Youcanusethismodeltodiscoverandrepairdrawingerrorsthatwouldpreventtopologycreation.

tpm_cleananchorssCleanupFunctions

Getsacleanupmodel'sanchoredentities.

(tpm_cleananchorssclean_var_id)

Returnsaselectionsetofanchoredentitiesornil.

Callthisfunctionaftercallingtpm_cleaninit.

ADSRXEquivalent

inttpm_cleananchorss

ade_idclean_var_id,ads_namess);

ss Anchoredentities,aselectionset

tpm_cleancancelCleanupFunctions

Cancelsthecleanupprocess.

(tpm_cleancancelclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

clean_id CleanupmodelIDreturnedbytpm_cleanalloc

Thefunctionclearsthecleanupmodelwithoutupdatingthedrawing.Dooneofthefollowing:

Becausethemodelisstillallocated,youcancalltpm_cleaninitusingthesamecleanupmodelID.Youcanthenusetpm_cleanstarttostartthecleanupprocess.

Becausetpm_cleancanceldoesnotcancelinitializedvalues,youcanclearthecleanupmodelandcontinuewithoutcallingtpm_cleaninit.

tpm_cleancompleteCleanupFunctions

Testsforgroupstoclean.

(tpm_cleancompleteclean_id)

ReturnsTifnomoregroupsneedcleaningornil.

clean_id ModelIDreturnedbytpm_cleanalloc.

Youmustcallthisfunctionaftertpm_cleangroupnexttodetermineifanothergroupneedscleaning,becausetpm_cleangroupnextdoesnotprovidethisinformation.

Youmustusuallyexecuteseveralcleanuploops,becausefixingoneerrorsometimescausesothers.Afteryouprocessallthegroupsintheselectionset,calltpm_cleanstarttoreturntothebeginning,andthencalltpm_cleancompletetotestifcleaningiscomplete.Repeattheloopuntilcleaningiscomplete.

tpm_cleanendCleanupFunctions

Concludesthecleanupprocess.

(tpm_cleanendclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

clean_id ModelID(real)returnedbytpm_cleanalloc

Thefunctionresetsthecleanupmodelandupdatesthedrawing.Itfixeserrorsmarkedwiththetpm_cleanerrorfixfunction.Themodelisstillallocated.Itispossibletocalltpm_cleaninitusingthesamecleanupmodelID.

Eacherrorhassomedefaultmethod,whichtpm_cleanendusesduringerrorfixing.Tochangethismethod,usetpm_cleanerrorset.

tpm_cleanerrorcurCleanupFunctions

Setsthenexterrortocleaninthecurrentgroup.

(tpm_cleanerrorcurclean_idindex)

ReturnsTornil.

index Indexoftheerrortoclean.Theindexofthefirsterroris0

Thenexterrortocleanisalsocalledthecurrenterror.

tpm_cleanerrordrawCleanupFunctions

Createsatemporarymarkerforthecurrenterror.

(tpm_cleanerrordrawclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

Unlikethepersistentmarkersdrawnbytpm_cleanerrormark,thesemarkersaredeletedwhenthedrawingredraws.

tpm_cleanerrorfixCleanupFunctions

Fixesthecurrenterror.

(tpm_cleanerrorfixclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

Thisfunctionmarksthecurrenterrortofix.Itfixestheerrorsinthecleanupmodel,butdoesnotfixthedrawing.Theobjectsinthedrawingarenotfixeduntilyoucalltpm_cleanend.

Eacherrorhasadefaultmethodthattpm_cleanendusesduringerrorfixing.Youcanusetpm_cleanerrorsettochangethismethod.Forexample,thedefaultmethodforthedanglingnodeerroristoerasethelink.Ifyoucalltpm_cleanerrorsetforthiserror,thedanglingnodeismovedtoanewposition,butisnoterased.

tpm_cleanerrorgetCleanupFunctions

Getsthecoordinatesofthecurrenterrorpoint.

(tpm_cleanerrorgetclean_id)

Returnsatwo-dimensionalpointornil.

Theerrorpointisamisplacednode.Forexample,foralineundershoot,theendoftheunattachedlineistheerrorpoint.

Tospecifytheerrortoget,usetpm_cleanerrorcur.

tpm_cleanerrormarkCleanupFunctions

Createsapersistentmarkerforthecurrenterror.

(tpm_cleanerrormarkclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

Unlikethetemporarymarkerdrawnbytpm_cleanerrordraw,thesemarkersareAutoCADobjects,andtheybecomepartofthedrawinguntilyouperformanothercleanup.AutoCADMapautomaticallyerasespersistentmarkersfromanypreviouscleanupprocess.

tpm_cleanerrorsetCleanupFunctions

Setsthecoordinatesofanerrorfixpoint.

(tpm_cleanerrorsetclean_idcoords)

ReturnsTornil.

coords 2Dpoint.

Youcanusethisfunctiontochangethedefaultmethodusedbytpm_cleanendduringerrorfixing.Forexample,thedefaultmethodforthedanglingnodeerroristoerasethelink.Ifyoucalltpm_cleanerrorsetforthiserror,thedanglingnodeismovedtothenewposition,butisnoterased.

Youcanalsousethisfunctiontomergeaclusterofpointstothepointyouspecify.

Totellthecleanenginewhicherrortoset,usetpm_cleanerrorcur.

tpm_cleanfreeCleanupFunctions

Freesthecleanupmodel.

(tpm_cleanfreeclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_cleangroupdrawCleanupFunctions

Createstemporarymarkersforallerrorsofthecurrentgroup.

(tpm_cleangroupdrawclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_cleangroupfixCleanupFunctions

Fixesallerrorsofthecurrentgroup.

(tpm_cleangroupfixclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

Thisfunctionmarkserrorsintheentirecurrentgroupforfixing.Itfixestheerrorsinthecleanupmodel,butdoesnotfixthedrawing.Theobjectsinthedrawingarenotfixeduntilyoucalltpm_cleanend.

Tomarkonlythecurrenterror,usetpm_cleanerrorfix.

tpm_cleangroupmarkCleanupFunctions

Createspersistentmarkersforallerrorsofthecurrentgroup.

(tpm_cleangroupmarkclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_cleangroupnextCleanupFunctions

Goestothenexterrorgroup.

(tpm_cleangroupnextclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

ThefunctionalwaysreturnsT,andfailsonlywhentheclean_idparameterisinvalid.Itcannotinformyouwhentherearenomoregroupstoclean.Tocheckforthiscondition,usetpm_cleancomplete.

tpm_cleangroupqtyCleanupFunctions

Countstheerrorsinthecurrentgroup.

(tpm_cleanqroupqtyclean_id)

Returnstheerrorcount(real)ornil.

IntheADSRXequivalentfunction,theerrorcounttypeislong.Becausethis32-bitdatatypeisnotavailableinVisualLISP,theVisualLISPfunctionusesthe32-bittypereal.

tpm_cleangroupsubtypeCleanupFunctions

Determinesthesubtypeofthecurrentgroup.

(tpm_cleangroupsubtypeclean_id)

Returnsasubtypecodeornil.

SubtypeCodes

1 Degenerateentities(subtypeofEraseShortObjects)

2 Shortentities(subtypeofEraseShortObjects)

3 Shortsegments(subtypeofEraseShortObjects)

4 Vertexisneartosegment(subtypeofExtendUndershoots)

5 Vertexisneartovertex(subtypeofExtendUndershoots)

Codes1through3aresubtypesoftheshorttype.Codes4and5aresubtypesoftheundershoottype.Thisfunctionisusefulforshortandundershooterrorsonly.

DegenerateEntitiesAdegeneratepolylinehasonlyonevertex.Thisinvalidvertextypesometimesresultsfromthedrawingcleanupprocess,andcanberemovedbyfurtherdrawingcleanup.

tpm_cleanincludessCleanupFunctions

Getsacleanupmodel'sIncludeset.

(tpm_cleanincludessclean_var_id)

ReturnstheIncludeset,theselectionsetofentitiestobecleaned.

Callthisfunctionaftercallingtpm_cleaninit.

ADSRXEquivalent

inttpm_cleanincludess

ade_idclean_var_id,ads_namess);

ss Entitiestobecleaned,aselectionset

tpm_cleaninitCleanupFunctions

Initializesthecleanupmodel.

(tpm_cleaninitclean_idvar_idss)

ReturnsTornil.

clean_id CleanupmodelID(real)returnedbytpm_cleanalloc

var_id CleanupvariablesID(real)returnedbytpm_varalloc

ss Selectionsetornil(seenotebelowaboutINCLUDEOBJS_AUTOSELECT)

Youcanfreetheselectionsetafterthecleanupmodelhasbeeninitialized.

Thefunctionreadsthecleanupsettingsandtheselectedentitiesintothecleanupmodel.

IfthecleanupvariableINCLUDEOBJS_AUTOSELECTissetto1(selectall),allentitiesinthedrawingwillbeincluded,regardlessofthessargument,inwhichcasethisargumentcanbenilinsteadofaselectionset,asthefollowingcodesampleillustrates.

(setqclean_id(tpm_cleanalloc))(setqvar_id(tpm_varalloc))(tpm_varsetvar_id"INCLUDEOBJS_AUTOSELECT"1)(setqssIncludenil)

(tpm_cleaninitclean_idvar_idssInclude)

IfthecleanupvariableINCLUDEOBJS_LAYERSissetto"*"(alllayers),allssentitieswillbeincluded.Ifitcontainsalistoflayers,ssentitieswillbeincludedonlyiftheyresideonthoselayers.

ThecleanupvariablesIDreferencesasetofcleanupvariables.

tpm_cleaninitanchorsetCleanupFunctions

Specifiesanchoredentitiesforthecleanupmodel.

(tpm_cleaninitanchorsetclean_idclean_var_idssanchor)

Returnstornil.

ssanchor Entitiestobeanchored,aselectionset

Anchoredentitiesremainfixedinpositionduringthecleanupprocess.Youcanfreetheselectionsetafteranchoredentitieshavebeenspecified.

Calltpm_cleaninitanchorsetbeforecallingtpm_cleaninit.

Theclean_var_idargumentreferencespropertiesforthecleanupoperationthatyouarepreparingtoinitiate(seeCleanupVariables).

IfthecleanupvariableANCHOROBJS_LAYERSissetto"*"(alllayers),allssAnchorentitieswillbeanchored.Ifitcontainsalistoflayers,ssAnchorentitieswillbeanchoredonlyiftheyresideonthoselayers.

ADSRXEquivalent

tpm_cleaninitanchorsetade_idclean_id,ade_idclean_var_id,ads_namessAnchor);

tpm_cleanprofileloadCleanupFunctions

Loadsadrawingcleanupprofile.

(tpm_cleanprofileloadclean_var_idfilename)

ReturnsTornil.

filename Fullpathand.dpffilename(string)

NoteLoadingaprofilewillresetallpropertiesreferencedbytheclean_var_idargument.

ADSRXEquivalent

inttpm_cleanprofileload

ade_idclean_var_id,char*filename);

tpm_cleanprofilesaveCleanupFunctions

Savesadrawingcleanupprofile.

(tpm_cleanprofilesaveclean_var_idfilename)

ReturnsTornil.

filename Fullpathand.dpffilename(string)

ADSRXEquivalent

inttpm_cleanprofilesave

ade_idclean_var_id,char*filename);

tpm_cleanstartCleanupFunctions

Startsthecleanupprocess.

(tpm_cleanstartclean_id)

ReturnsTornil.

Thefunctionfindsthefirstgrouptypeorsubtypethatcontainserrors.Seetpm_cleangrouptypeandtpm_cleangroupsubtypeforlistsoftypes.

Cleanupisaniterativeprocess.Dependingoncleanupoptionsandprocessingorder,youmayneedtorunthecleanuploopseveraltimestoachievethedesiredresults.Afterselectingthegroupstoprocesswithtpm_cleangrouptypeandprocessingallthegroupsintheselectionset,calltpm_cleancompletetotestifcleaningiscomplete.Ifcomplete,calltpm_cleanstartandrepeatthecleanuploop.

tpm_editaddelemEditingFunctions

Addsanelementtoatopology.

(tpm_editaddelemtpm_idtypeelem)

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_id TopologyID(real).

type Elementtypecode(integer):1,2,or3,where1=Node,2=Link,and3=Polygon.

elem Elementtoadd.Dependingonthetypeargument,specifyoneofthefollowing:If1,specifyapointortheentitynameofapointobject.If2,specifytheentitynameofalineobject.If3,specifyaselectionset.

ThetopologymustbeopenwithWriteaccess.Ifyouaddanodetoalink,thelinkissplit.

tpm_editdelelemEditingFunctions

Deletesanelementfromatopology.

(tpm_editdelelemtpm_idelem_id[delobjs])

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_id TopologyID(real)

elem_id ElementID(real)

delobjs Tornil:TDeleteobjectfromthedrawingalsonilDeleteobjectfromthetopologyonly

Thisfunctiondeleteselementsfromatopology.ItdoesnoterasecorrespondingentitiesinthedrawingunlessthedelobjsargumentisT.

WarningDeletinganelementcancauseotherdeletions.

Ifyoudeleteanode,youdeleteanylinkorpolygonthatcontainsit.Ifyoudeletealink,youdeleteonlythenodesbelongingtothatlink.Ifthelinkbelongstoonepolygononly,youdeletethepolygon.Ifthelinkissharedbytwopolygons,youmergethepolygons.Ifyoudeleteapolygon,youdeleteanynodeorlinkbelongingtothatpolygononly.

tpm_editmodelemEditingFunctions

Modifiesatopologyelement.

(tpm_editmodelemtpm_idelem_idnew_val)

ReturnsTornil.

new_val Listconsistingofacodeforthepropertytomodifyandanewvaluefortheproperty.SeePropertiesandValuesbelow.

PropertiesandValues

(10.point) Newcoordinatesofnodeorcentroid(point)

(40.f_res) Resistanceofnode(real),orforwardresistanceoflink

(41.r_res) Reverseresistanceoflink(real)

(70.dir) Linkdirection(integer):-1Reverse0Bidirectional1Forward

Thefollowingexampleassignsnewcoordinatestothefirstnodeinanode

topology.

(setqnode_ss(ssget))(setqvar_id(tpm_varalloc))(setqresult(tpm_mntbuildvar_id"test""testdescr"1node_ss))(setqtpm_id(tpm_acopen"test"T));openforwrite(setqelem_id(tpm_elemidtpm_id10));getsfirstnode(setqresult(tpm_editmodelemtpm_idelem_id(cons10(list1.01.00.0))))

tpm_editupdelemEditingFunctions

Updatesatopologyelement.

(tpm_editupdelemtpm_idelem_id)

ReturnsTiftheobjectwassuccesfullyupdatedornilifitwasnot.

ThisfunctionupdatesatopologyelementsothatitreflectsthecurrentstateofthecorrespondingentityinAutoCAD.ThisfunctionisnormallyusedinconjunctionwithAutoCADNotificationsothatchangesmadeinAutoCADcanbereflectedinthetopologymodel.

tpm_elemadjElementInformationFunctions

Compilesalistofadjacentelementsforthespecifiedelement.

(tpm_elemadjtpm_idelem_idadj_type)

ReturnsalistofelementIDsornil.

elem_id ElementID,receivedfromtpm_elemid

adj_type Typeofadjacentelements(int).Values:1Node2Pink3Polygon

tpm_elemfindElementInformationFunctions

Findsanelementwithinatopology.

(tpm_elemfindtpm_idtypepattern)

type Typeofelementtofind(int).Values:1Node2Link3Polygon

pattern Pointorentityname.Ifpatternisapoint,inwhichcasetypemustbe1,thefunctionreturnsthenearestpointorlink,ortheenclosingpolygon.Ifpatternisanentityname,inwhichcasetypecanhaveanyvalue,thefunctionreturnsthecorrespondingobject.

ThefollowingexamplegetsapointfromtheuserandfindsthenearestnodeinthetopologynamedParcel.

(setqpt(getpoint))(setqtopo_id(tpm_acopen"Parcel"))(setqnode_id(tpm_elemfindtopo_id1pt))

TheresultisanodeID,suchas4.71389e+007.

tpm_elemgetElementInformationFunctions

Listsinformationaboutanelementofatopology.

(tpm_elemgettpm_idelem_id)

Returnsalistofdottedpairsornil.

elem_id ElementID(tpm_id)returnedbytpm_elemid

Foreachdottedpairinthelistthatisreturned,thefirstvalueisanintegercodefortheinformationtype,andthesecondvalueistheinformation.Thelistformatdependsontheelementtype:node,link,orpolygon.

InformationListFormatforNodes

Type Information

0 PersistenttopologyID(real).

-1 Elementtypecode(integer).Withnodelists,always1,meaningnodeelement.

-2 Entitynameofthenodeobject(real).

10 Coordinatesofthenodeobject(point).

40 Noderesistance(real).Relevantonlyfornodesbelongingtonetwork

orpolygontopologies.

InformationListFormatforLinks

Type Information

-1 Elementtype(integer).Withlinklists,always2,meaninglinkelement.

-2 Entitynameofthelinkobject(real).

1 TopologyIDofstartnode(real).

2 TopologyIDofendnode(real).

3 TopologyIDofleftpolygon(real).Relevantonlyifthelinkbelongstoapolygontopology.Linksinapolygontopologycanbelongtotwoadjacentpolygons,oneontheleft,andoneonetheright.

4 TopologyIDofrightpolygonthatsharesthislink(real).Relevantonlyifthelinkbelongstoapolygontopology.

40 Forwardresistanceofthelink(real).

41 Reverseresistanceofthelink(real).

70 Linkdirection(integer):-1,0,or1,where-1=Reverse,0=Bidirectional,and1=Forward.

InformationListFormatforPolygons

Type Information

-1 Elementtype(integer).Withpolygonlists,always3,meaningpolygonelement.

-2 Entitynameofthepolygoncentroid(real).

10 Coordinatesofthepolygoncentroid(point).

50 Perimeterofthepolygon(real).

51 Areaofthepolygon(real).

Whenatopologyisbuilt,itisgivenasetofobjectdatafields.Theirpurposeistocontaintheinformationlistedintheprecedingtables.

tpm_elemidElementInformationFunctions

GetstheIDofanelement.

(tpm_elemidtpm_idtypeindex)

type Elementtype(integer).Values:1Node2Pink3Polygon

index Elementindex(real).Theindexofthefirstelementis0

tpm_elemqtyElementInformationFunctions

Countstopologyelements.

(tpm_elemqtytpm_idtype)

Returnsanelementcount(real)ornil.

type Elementtype(int).Values:1Node2Link3Polygon

IntheADSRXequivalenttothisfunction,theelementcounttypeislong.Becausethis32-bitdatatypeisnotavailableinVisualLISP,theVisualLISPfunctionusesreal,another32-bittype.

tpm_elemssElementInformationFunctions

Createsaselectionsetofelementsofagiventype.

(tpm_elemsstpm_idtype)

tpm_id TopologyID.

type Elementtype(int).Values:1Node2Pink3Polygon

tpm_infobuildvarTopologyInformationFunctions

Getstheconfigurationvaluesofatopology.

(tpm_infobuildvartpm_idvar_id)

ReturnsTornil.

ThetopologyvariablesIDreferencesasetoftopologyvariablesinwhichtostorethevaluesthatthisfunctiongets.

Ifnotopologyvariablesareallocated,calltpm_varalloctoallocateasetofthemandreturntheirID.

Toreadthevaluesthatthisfunctiongets,usetpm_vargetortpm_varlist.Tobuildanewtopologyusingthesevariables,usetpm_mntbuild.

Thefollowingcodeopensatopology,readsitsconfigurationvalues,andgetsitsnodelayer.

(setqtpm_id(tpm_acopen"SampleTopo"))(setqvar_id(tpm_varalloc))(tpm_infobuildvartpm_idvar_id)(tpm_acclosetpm_id)(setqnlayer(tpm_vargetvar_id"NODE_LAYER"))

tpm_infocompleteTopologyInformationFunctions

Testsifapolygontopologyiscomplete.

(tpm_infocompletetpm_id)

ReturnsTifthetopologyiscomplete,nil.

tpm_id TopologyIDofapolygontopology.

Usethisfunctiontoverifythatapolygontopologyiscompletebeforeperforminganelementtrace,overlay,orothertopologyoperation.Thisfunctionappliesonlytopolygontopologies.

Atopologyisconsideredcompleteifallnecessaryentitiesexistinthecurrentdrawing.Itisconsideredincompleteifatleastonepolygonisincomplete.

Aquerycanbringanincompletetopologyintothecurrentdrawing.Becausethisparthasthesamenameasthecompletetopologythatitcamefrom,thepartcouldbemistakenforthewhole.Althoughyoucanexecuteanytopologyoperationonanincompletetopology,theresultmaynotbewhatyouintend.

tpm_infocorrectTopologyInformationFunctions

Testswhetheratopologyiscorrectandperformsageometricalaudit.

(tpm_infocorrecttpm_id)

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_id TopologyID.

Iftopologyentitiesarechangedusingdrawingtools,thetopologyinformationismodifiedaccordingtothegeometricalchanges.Ifthisisimpossible,thetopologybecomesincorrect.Usethisfunctiontoverifythatatopologyiscorrectbeforeperforminganelementtrace,overlay,orothertopologyoperation.Seealsotpm_infomodified.

Tofixanincorrecttopology,tryunloadingandreloadingit.Ifitdoesnotreload,youmustusetopologyedittofixthetopology.Ifthisdoesnotwork,rebuildthetopology.

NoteThisfunctionindicateswhenanerroroccurs,butdoesnotshowitslocation.

tpm_infocurrentTopologyInformationFunctions

Checksthesourcefromwhichthetopologywasloaded.

(tpm_infocurrenttpm_id)

ReturnsTifthetopologyisloadedfromthecurrentdrawing,ornilifitcomesfromsourcedrawings.

tpm_id TopologyID.

tpm_infodescTopologyInformationFunctions

Getsatopologydescription.

(tpm_infodesctpm_id)

Returnsatopologydescription(string)ornil.

tpm_infomodifiedTopologyInformationFunctions

Checksiftopologyelementshavebeenmodifiedusingdrawingtools.

(tpm_infomodifiedtpm_id)

ReturnsTifanyelementshavebeenmodified,otherwisenil.

tpm_id TopologyID.

Iftopologyelementshavebeenmodifiedusingdrawingtools,thenpossiblytheyarenolongercorrecttopologies.Seealsotpm_infocorrect.

tpm_infonameTopologyInformationFunctions

Getsatopologyname.

(tpm_infonametpm_id)

Returnsatopologyname(string)ornil.

tpm_infostatusTopologyInformationFunctions

CheckswhetherthetopologyisopenforReadorWriteaccess.

(tpm_infostatustpm_id)

ReturnsTifthetopologyisopenforWriteornilifopenforRead.

tpm_infotypeTopologyInformationFunctions

Getsatopologytype.

(tpm_infotypetpm_id)

Returnsatopologytypecode(int)ornil.

Topologytypecodes:1=node,2=network,3=polygon.

tpm_infoversionTopologyInformationFunctions

Getsatopologyversion.

(tpm_infoversiontpm_id)

Returnsatopologyversion(string)ornil.

Atopology'sversionistheDataExtensionversion(ADE)inwhichthetopologywascreated.Forexample,"2.026".Thisfunctiongetsthesameresultastpm_iterversion.Thedifferenceisthattpm_infoversionrequiresatopologyID,anditworksonlyontopologiesthatareopen.

tpm_iterdescTopologyIteratingFunctions

(tpm_iterdesciter_id)

Returnsatopologydescription(string)ornil.

iter_id IteratorID.

Thefunctiongetsadescriptionofthetopologythattheiteratorpointsto.

ForanexamplethatshowshowyoucanuseTopologyIteratingfunctionstofindallthetopologiesthesystemknowsabout,seetpm_iterstart.

tpm_iternameTopologyIteratingFunctions

Getsatopologyname.

(tpm_iternameiter_id)

Returnsatopologyname(string)ornil.

iter_id IteratorID(real)

Thefunctiongetsthenameofthetopologythattheiteratorpointsto.

tpm_iternextTopologyIteratingFunctions

Movestheiteratortothenexttopology.

(tpm_iternextiter_id)

ReturnsTornilifanothertopologyisnotpresent.

Thefirsttimethisfunctioniscalledaftertpm_iterstart,itsetstheiteratoronthefirsttopologydefinition.

tpm_iterstartTopologyIteratingFunctions

Allocatingatopologyiterator.

(tpm_iterstart[source[loaded]])

ReturnsaniteratorID(real)ornil.

source Sourceflag(int):TIteratethroughthecurrentandsourcedrawingsnilIteratethroughthecurrentdrawingonly(default)

loaded Loadedinmemoryflag(int):TIteratethroughtopologiesinmemoryonlynilIteratethroughalltopologies(default)

Thisfunctionallocatesaniteratorandpositionsitbeforethefirsttopologydefinition.Thisbehaviorhasimplicationstorememberwhenyouusethefunction.

Becausetpm_iterstartalwaysgeneratesaniteratorID,evenifthedrawinghasnotopologiestoiteratethrough,thefunctionfailsonlywhenitisoutofmemory.

Becausetpm_iterstartpositionstheiteratorbeforethefirsttopologydefinition,thefunctioncannotindicatewhetheranytopologiesexistinthedrawing.Theonlywaytodeterminewhetherthedrawinghastopologiesistocalltpm_internext,whichfailsifnotopologyexistsbeyondthecurrentpositionoftheiterator.

Youcanhavemorethanoneiteratorrunningatthesametime.

ThisexampleshowshowyoucanuseTopologyIteratingfunctionstofindallthetopologiesthesystemknowsabout.

(setqitr_id(tpm_iterstart))(if(nullitr_id)(prompt"\nERROR:Unabletostarttopologyiterator.")(while(notdone)(if(null(tpm_iternextitr_id))(setqdoneT)(progn(setqlst(list(tpm_iternameitr_id)(tpm_itertypeitr_id)(tpm_iterdescitr_id)))(setqtpmlist(conslsttpmlist)));progn);if);while);if

tpm_iterstopTopologyIteratingFunctions

Freesaniterator.

(tpm_iterstopiter_id)

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_itertypeTopologyIteratingFunctions

Getsatopologytype.

(tpm_itertypeiter_id)

Returnsatopologytypecode(int)ornil.

Thefunctiongetsthetypeofthetopologythattheiteratorispointingto.Thetopologytypecodesare1=node,2=network,3=polygon.

tpm_iterversionTopologyIteratingFunctions

(tpm_iterversioniter_id)

Returnsatopologyversion(string)ornil.

Thefunctiongetstheversionofthetopologythattheiteratorispointingto.TheversionofatopologyistheversionofADEinwhichitwascreated,forexample,"2.026".Thefunctiongetsthesameresultastpm_infoversion.Thedifferenceisthattpm_infoversionrequiresatopologyID,andsoitworksonlyontopologiesthatareopen.

tpm_mntbuildBuildingandErasingFunctions

Buildsatopology.

(tpm_mntbuildvar_idnamedesctypenode_ss[link_sscntr_ss])

ReturnsTornil.

name Topologyname(string)

desc Topologydescription(string)

type Topologytypecode(int):1Node2Network3Polygon

node_ss Entityselectionsetofnodesornil

link_ss Entityselectionsetoflinksornil.Omitfornodetopology

cntr_ss Entityselectionsetofcentroidsornil.Omitfornodeandnetworktopology

Thenewtopologyisloaded,butclosed.Youmustopenitwithtpm_acopen.

ThefollowingAutoCADobjecttypesareacceptablefortopologyelements:

Forlinks:line,arc,circle,2Dand3DpolylineFornodesandcentroids:point,insert,andtext

Anodetopologycancontainonlynodes.Anetworktopologycancontainnodesorlinks,butnotcentroids.Apolygontopologycancontainallthree.

Whenthetopologyisbuilt,alllinksareassignedadefaultdirectionofbidirectional(avalueof0).Theforwardandreverseresistancevaluesarethelengthofthelink.Nodesareassignedaresistanceof0.

Whenatopologyisbuilt,itisgivenasetofobjectdatafields.Thesefieldscontaininformationabouttheelementsofthetopology.

tpm_mnteraseBuildingandErasingFunctions

Erasesaclosedtopologyfromthecurrentdrawing.

(tpm_mnterasetoponame)

ReturnsTornil.

Thisfunctioncaneraseaclosedtopologywhetherornotitisloaded.

tpm_mntrebuildBuildingandErasingFunctions

Rebuildsatopology.

(tpm_mntrebuildtoponame)

ReturnsTornil.

Therebuilttopologyisloaded,butclosed.Youmustopenitwithtpm_acopen.

Rebuildingatopologyrestoresallitsobjectdatafieldstotheirdefaultvalues.Anyobjectdatafieldsmodifiedafterthetopologywasbuiltarelost.SeeTopologyObjectData.

Whetheryouneedtorebuildatopologyafteryouchangeitdependsuponthefunctionsusedtomakethechanges.

IfchangesweremadeusingAutoCADdrawingandeditingfunctions,youmayneedtorebuildthetopology.

IftheAutoCADalterationsintroduceanerror,therebuildcouldfail.Ifthishappens,youmustcleantheobjectsagainandusetpm_mntbuild.Youcanusetpm_infocorrecttocheckforerrorsbeforeattemptingtpm_mntrebuild.

IfchangesweremadeusingTopologyfunctions,youdonothavetorebuildthetopology.Thisappliestoobjectsalteredwithfunctionssuchastpm_editaddelem,tpm_editdelelem,andtpm_editmodelem.

tpm_mntrenameBuildingandErasingFunctions

Renamesatopology.

(tpm_mntrenametoponamenewnamenewdesc)

ReturnsTornil.

toponame Topologyname(string).

newname Newtopologyname(string).

newdesc Newtopologydescription(string)

tpm_qrygetresdescTopologyQueryFunctions

Getsthedescriptionofthequeryresulttopology.

(tpm_qrygetresdesc)

Returnsatopologydescription(string)ornilifthereisnoresulttopologyorithasnodescription.

tpm_qrygetrestopoTopologyQueryFunctions

Getsthenameofthequeryresulttopology.

(tpm_qrygetrestopo)

Returnsatopologyname(string)ifthereisaresulttopologyornilifthereisnot.Ifnoresulttopologyisdefined,thennoobjectsareaddedtothecurrentdrawingwhenthequeryexecutes.

Ifthenameofthequeryresulttopologystartswith*,theresulttopologyisatemporarytopology

tpm_qrygettoponameTopologyQueryFunctions

Getsthenameofthequerysourcetopology.

(tpm_qrygettoponame)

Returnsatopologyname(string)ifthereisaquerysourcetopologyornilifthereisnot.Ifthereisaquerysourcetopology,thecurrentqueryisatopologyquery.Ifthereisnot,thecurrentqueryisastandarddataextensionquery.

tpm_qrysetrestopoTopologyQueryFunctions

Definesororundefinesaqueryresulttopology.

(tpm_qrysetrestoporesult_nameresult_desc)

ReturnsTornil.

result_name Nameofthequeryresulttopology(string)ornil

result_desc Descriptionofthequeryresulttopology(string)ornil

Adescriptionisoptional.Itspresenceorabsencehasnoeffectonthequery.Regardingthename:

Ifnonameisspecified,thennoqueryresulttopologyisdefined.Ifadefinitionalreadyexists,itiscanceled.Ifthenamebeginswithanasterisk(*),thenextqueryresultisatemporarytopology.Ifthenamebeginswithanyotheracceptablecharacter,thenextqueryresultisastandardtopology.

tpm_qrysettoponameTopologyQueryFunctions

Definesorundefinesatopologyquery.

(tpm_qrysettoponametoponame)

ReturnsTornil.

toponame Nameoftopologytoquery(string)ornil

Thisfunctiondetermineswhetherthecurrentqueryisatopologyqueryorastandarddataextensionqueryasfollows:

Ifthetoponameargumentisnil,thecurrentquerybecomesastandarddataextensionquery.

Ifthetoponameargumentisaname,thecurrentquerybecomesatopologyquery.Butifyouspecifyatopologythatdoesnotexist,asubsequentcalltoade_qryexecutereturnsnil.

tpm_traceallocNetworkTracingFunctions

Allocatesthetracingmodel.

(tpm_tracealloctpm_id[node_reslink_dirlink_forward_reslink_reverse_res])

ReturnsthetracingmodelID(real)ornil.

node_res Expressionfornoderesistance(string):nil=Defaultresistance

link_dir Expressionforlinkdirection(string):nil=Defaultdirection

link_forward_res Expressionforforwardlinkresistance(string):nil=Defaultresistance

link_reverse_res Expressionforreverselinkresistance(string):nil=Defaultresistance

Thisfunctionsetsthevaluesforthespecifiedtopologytotheparametersyouenter.Thevaluesstoredintopologyobjectdatawhenthetopologywascreatedareusedasdefaultsifyouomitparameters.Youcanenteranyvalidexpressionthatevaluatestoanumericresult.

Thetracingmodelcanbeusedonlywithanetworkorpolygontopology.

Whenyouenteravalueotherthannilforanyoftheoptionalresistancearguments,thisvalueisusedforallobjectsinthetopologyoftheappropriatetype.Itoverridesthecorrespondingvalueattachedtotheobject.Forexample,ifnode_resissettonil,thetracingmodelusesthevalueattachedtotopologyobjectdatawhencalculatingthetrace.Ifnode_resissetto10.0,allnodesinthetopologyareoverriddenwiththevalueof10.0whenthetraceiscalculated.

Ifyouwanttoomittheoptionalparameters,youcaneitherenterniltoinvokeadefaultvalueorleaveouttheparameteraltogether,aswithotherVisualLISPfunctions.However,beforeyouomitoptionalparameters,notethedependencyrelationshipsindicatedbybracketedgroups.Forexample,ifyouwanttousethelink_dirparameter,youmustenteranode_resparameter.

Important!WhenusingtheTopologyAPItoperformanetworktrace,suchasaBestRouteanalysis,thesourcetopologyusedtocreatethetracetopologyshouldnotbeunloadedoreraseduntilafterallAPIcallsrelatingtothetracehavebeenmade.Thisisbecausethetracetopologyreferencesthenodesandlinksinthesourcetopology.Itdoesnotcreateitsown.So,inordertodoanythingwiththeelementsofthetrace,thesourcetopologymustremainloaded.

Forexample,thefollowingBestRoutecodewillsilentlyfail:

;topo_idisthenetTopotopology(tmp_id)(setqtopo_id(tpm_acopentopo_nameT))

;createthetracemodel(setqnetwork_trace_id(tpm_tracealloctopo_id))

;createthebestroute(setqbestroute(tpm_tracebestroutetopo_idnetwork_trace_id7.01.04.09.05.06.08.0))

;removethenetTopotopology;THISSHOULDNOTBEDONEUNTILAFTERBESTROUTETOPOQUERIESAREDONE.(tpm_acclosetopo_id)(tpm_acunloadtopo_name)

;thisnextcallfailsbecausetheelementinfoisonthesourcetopology(setqBestRouteTraceElement(tpm_tracebestroutescannetwork_trace_id3))

Thesimplesolutionistodeferthecallstotpm_accloseandtpm_acunloaduntilafteralltpm_tracebestroutescancalls.

tpm_traceelemeditNetworkTracingFunctions

Modifiesatracingmodelelement.

(tpm_traceelemedittrace_idelem_idnew_val)

ReturnsTornil.

trace_id ModelID(returnedbytpm_tracealloc)

new_val Listconsistingofacodeforthepropertytomodifyandanewvaluefortheproperty.SeePropertiesandValuesbelow.

PropertiesandValues

(40.f_res) Resistanceofnode(real),orforwardresistanceoflink

(41.r_res) Reverseresistanceoflink(real)

(70.dir) Linkdirection(integer):-1Reverse0Bidirectional1Forward

tpm_traceelemgetNetworkTracingFunctions

Listsinformationaboutatracingmodelelement.

(tpm_traceelemgettrace_idelem_id)

Returnsaninformationlistornil.

elem_id TraceelementID(real)

Thelistformatdependsontheelementtype.Foreacha-list,thefirstcomponentisanintegercodefortheinformationtype,andthesecondistheinformation.

ListFormatforNodes

(-1.elem_code) Elementtypecode(integer).Withnodelists,always1,meaningnodeelement.

(40.resistance) Noderesistance(real).

ListFormatforLinks

(-1.elem_code) Elementtypecode(integer).Withlinklists,always2,meaninglinkelement.

(1.topo_id) TopologyIDofstartnode(real).

(2.topo_id) TopologyIDofendnode(real).

(40.fwd_resist) Forwardresistance(real).

(41.rev_resist) Reverseresistance(real).

(70.link_dir) Linkdirection(integer):-1,0,or1.-1=Reverse0=Bidirectional1=Forward

tpm_traceelemidNetworkTracingFunctions

ReturnstheIDoftheselectedelement.

(tpm_traceelemidtrace_idtypeindex)

type Elementtype:1Node2Link

index Elementindex.Thefirstelement'sindexis0

ThisfunctionreturnstheIDoftheelementselected.Usethisfunctiontofindthetraceresultinthesourcetopologyafterperformingatracewithtpm_traceshortortpm_traceflood.

ThisexampleperformsashortpathtraceandgetstheIDofthefirstlinkoftheresultpath.

;opentopologytotrace(setqtpm_id(tpm_acopen"nettopo"nil));createthemodel(setqtrc_id(tpm_tracealloctpm_id));findshortestpath

(tpm_traceshorttrc_idstart_idend_id);numberoflinksinpath(setqqty(tpm_traceqtytrc_id2));getfirstlinkofpath(setqid(tpm_traceelemidtrc_id20))

tpm_tracefloodNetworkTracingFunctions

Calculatesfloodpaths.

(tpm_tracefloodtrace_idstartmaxres)

ReturnsTornil.

trace_id TracingmodelID,returnedbytpm_tracealloc(real)

start ElementIDofstartnode(real)

maxres Maximumallowedaccumulatedpathresistance(real)

Theaccumulatedresistancevalueisthetotalresistanceofthenodesandlinksthatmakeupthefloodtrace.

tpm_tracefreeNetworkTracingFunctions

Freesatracingmodel.

(tpm_tracefreetrace_id)

ReturnsTornil.

tpm_traceqtyNetworkTracingFunctions

Countstheselectedelementsafteratrace.

(tpm_traceqtytrace_idtype)

Returnsanelementcount(real)ornil.

trace_id TracingmodelID,returnedbytpm_tracealloc.

type Elementtype(integer):1Node2Link

tpm_tracesetmaxresNetworkTracingFunctions

Setsmaximumresistancefortheshortestpathalgorithm.

(tpm_tracesetmaxrestrace_idmaxres)

ReturnsTornil.

trace_id TracingmodelID(real),returnedfromtpm_tracealloc

maxres Maximumallowedaccumulatedpathresistance(real)

Thisfunctionsetsanaccumulatedresistancevalueforpathtracing.

Fortheshortestpathtracetosucceed,thetotalcalculatedresistancecannotbegreaterthanthevaluesetforthemaximumresistanceorlessthanthevaluesetfortheminimumresistance.Seetpm_tracesetminres.Seetpm_traceshort.

tpm_tracesetminresNetworkTracingFunctions

Setsminimumresistancefortheshortestpathalgorithm.

(tpm_tracesetminrestrace_idminres)

ReturnsTornil.

trace_id TracingmodelID(real),returnedfromtpm_tracealloc

minres Minimumaccumulatedallowedpathresistance(real)

Thisfunctionsetsanaccumulatedresistancevalueforpathtracing.Fortheshortestpathtracetosucceed,thetotalcalculatedresistancecannotbegreaterthanthevaluesetforthemaximumresistanceorlessthanthevaluesetfortheminimumresistance.Seetpm_tracesetmaxres.Seetpm_traceshort.

tpm_traceshortNetworkTracingFunctions

Calculatestheshortestpathbetweentwonodes.

(tpm_traceshorttrace_idstartend)

ReturnsTornil.

trace_id TracingmodelID(real),returnedbytpm_tracealloc

start ElementIDofstartnode(real)

end ElementIDofendnode(real)

Fortheshortestpathtracetosucceed,thetotalcalculatedresistancecannotbegreaterthanthevaluesetforthemaximumresistanceorlessthanthevaluesetfortheminimumresistance.Seetpm_tracesetminresandtpm_tracesetmaxres.Theaccumulatedresistancevalueisthetotalresistanceofthenodesandlinksthatmakeuptheshortestpath.

tpm_traceshortscanNetworkTracingFunctions

GetstheIDofalinkornodeintheshortestpath.

(tpm_traceshortscantrace_idflag)

ReturnsatopologyID(real)ornil.

trace_id TracingmodelID(real),returnedbytpm_tracealloc

flag Pathelementcode(integer):0Currentelement1Firstelement2Lastelement3Nextelement4Previouselement

Firstusetpm_traceshorttocalculateashortestpath.

tpm_traceshortvalNetworkTracingFunctions

Calculatestheresistanceoftheshortestpath.

(tpm_traceshortvaltrace_id)

Returnsaresistance(real)ornil.

Beforecallingthisfunction,usetpm_traceshorttocalculatetheshortestpath.

tpm_varallocVariablesFunctions

Allocatesasetofconfigurationvariables.

(tpm_varalloc)

ReturnsaconfigurationvariablesID(real)ornil.

Configurationvariablesarecomposedofcleanupvariables,cleanupactionvariables,andtopologyvariables.Thevariablesareinitializedtotheirdefaultvalues.Foralistofthesevariablesandtheirdefaultvalues,seeConfigurationVariables.

Youcanallocatemorethanonesetofconfigurationvariables.

tpm_varfreeVariablesFunctions

Freesasetofconfigurationvariables.

(tpm_varfreevar_id)

ReturnsTornil.

var_id ConfigurationvariablesID(real)

tpm_vargetVariablesFunctions

Getsthevalueofaconfigurationvariable.

(tpm_vargetvar_idvar_name)

Returnsavariablevalueornil.

var_name Variablename(string)

Configurationvariablesarecomposedofcleanupvariables,cleanupactionvariablesandtopologyvariables.Thevariablesareinitializedtotheirdefaultvalues.Foralistofthesevariablesandtheirdefaultvalues,seeConfigurationVariables.

Thefollowingcodeopensatopology,storesthetopology'sconfigurationvaluesinanewsetofvariables,andgetsthevalueofNODE_LAYER.

(setqtpm_id(tpm_acopen"SampleTopo"))(setqvar_id(tpm_varalloc))(tpm_infobuildvartpm_idvar_id)(tpm_acclosetpm_id)(setqnlayer(tpm_vargetvar_id"NODE_LAYER"))

tpm_varlistVariablesFunctions

Getsallthevaluesinaasetofconfigurationvariables.

(tpm_varlistvar_id)

Returnsalistofname-valuepairsornil.

Eacha-listhasthisformat:

(variablename.value)

tpm_varsetVariablesFunctions

Setsthevalueofaconfigurationvariable.

(tpm_varsetvar_idvar_namevar_value)

ReturnsTornil.

var_name Variablename(char)

var_value Variablevalue.

Foranexamplethatshowshowtousetpm_varsetandtpm_varget,seetpm_varget.

AccessFunctions

Thefunctionsforaccessingtopologiesbeginwithtpm_ac.

tpm_acclose

Closesatopology.

tpm_acexist

Checksifatopologyexists.

tpm_acload

Loadsatopologyintomemory.

tpm_acopen

Opensatopology.

tpm_acqty

Countstopologies.

tpm_acunload

Unloadsatopologyfrommemory.

tpm_acupgradeopen

Changesaccessfromreadonlytowrite.

AnalyzingFunctions

Thefunctionsforanalyzingtopologiesbeginwithtpm_ana.

tpm_anabuffer

Createsabufferspacearoundatopology.

tpm_anadissolve

Mergestopologyelementswiththesamevalueinthespecifiedfield.

tpm_anaoverlay

Overlaystwotopologies.

BuildingandErasingFunctions

Thefunctionsfortopologymaintenancebeginwithtpm_mnt.

tpm_mntbuild

Buildsatopology.

tpm_mnterase

Erasesatopologyfromtheprojectdrawing.

tpm_mntrebuild

Rebuildsatopology.

tpm_mntrename

Renamesatopology.

CleanupFunctions

Thefunctionsforcleaningtopologyobjectsbeforebuildingthetopologybeginwithtpm_clean.

tpm_cleanactionlistdel

Deletesacleanupactionfromtheactionlist.

tpm_cleanactionlistgetat

Getsthecleanupactionatagivenlistposition.

tpm_cleanactionlistins

Insertsacleanupactionintheactionlist.

tpm_cleanactionlistqty

Getsthenumberofcleanupactionsintheactionlist.

tpm_cleanalloc

Allocatesthecleanupmodel.

tpm_cleananchorss

Getsacleanupmodel'sanchoredentities.

tpm_cleancancel

Cancelsthecleanupprocesswithoutupdatingthedrawing.

tpm_cleancomplete

Testsforanextgrouptobecleaned.

tpm_cleancreatedss

Getscreatedentitiesfollowingacleanupprocess.

tpm_cleanend

Completesthecleanupprocessandupdatesthedrawing.

tpm_cleanerrorcur

Setsthenexterrortocleaninthecurrentgroup.

tpm_cleanerrordraw

Createsatemporarymarkerforthecurrenterror.

tpm_cleanerrorfix

Fixesthecurrenterror.

tpm_cleanerrorget

Getsthecoordinatesofthecurrenterror.

tpm_cleanerrormark

Createsapersistentmarkerforthecurrenterror.

tpm_cleanerrorset

Setsthecoordinatesofanerrorfixpoint.

tpm_cleanfree

Freesthecleanupmodel.

tpm_cleangroupdraw

Createstemporarymarkersforallerrorsofthecurrentgroup.

tpm_cleangroupfix

Fixesallerrorsofthecurrentgroup.

tpm_cleangroupmark

Createspersistentmarkersforallerrorsofthecurrentgroup..

tpm_cleangroupnext

Goestothenexterrorgroup.

tpm_cleangroupqty

Countstheerrorsinthecurrentgroup.

tpm_cleangroupsubtype

Determinesthesubtypeofthecurrentgroup.

tpm_cleangrouptype

Determinesthetypeofthecurrentgroup.

tpm_cleanincludess

Getsacleanupmodel'stargetentities.

tpm_cleaninit

Initializesthecleanupmodel.

tpm_cleaninitanchorset

Specifiesanchoredentitiesforthecleanupmodel.

tpm_cleanmodifiedss

Getschangedentitiesfollowingacleanupprocess.

tpm_cleanprofileload

Loadsadrawingcleanupprofile.

tpm_cleanprofilesave

Savesadrawingcleanupprofile.

tpm_cleanstart

Startsthecleanupprocess.

tpm_cleanunchangedss

Getsunchangedentitiesfollowingacleanupprocess.

EditingFunctions

Thefunctionsforeditingtopologyelementsbeginwithtpm_edit.

tpm_editaddelem

Addsanelementtoatopology.

tpm_editdelelem

Deletesanelementfromatopology.

tpm_editmodelem

Modifiesatopologyelement.

tpm_editupdelem

Updatesatopologyelement.

ElementInformationFunctions

Thefunctionsformanagingtopologyelementsbeginwithtpm_elem.

tpm_elemadj

Compilesalistofadjacentelements.

tpm_elemfind

Findsanelement.

tpm_elemget

Listsinformationaboutanelement.

tpm_elemid

GetstheIDofanelement.

tpm_elemqty

Countstopologyelements.

tpm_elemss

Createsaselectionsetofelementsofagiventype.

TopologyIteratingFunctions

Thefunctionsforiteratingthroughtopologiesbeginwithtpm_iter.

Manyhavecounterpartsinthetopologyinformationfunctions(tpm_info[xx]).Theiteratingfunctionscanqueryanytopology,loadedorunloaded,openorclosed.Theinformationfunctionsqueryonlytopologiesthatareopen.

tpm_iterdesc

tpm_itername

Getsatopologyname.

tpm_iternext

Movestheiteratortothenexttopology.

tpm_iterstart

Createsatopologyiterator.

tpm_iterstop

Freesatopologyiterator.

tpm_itertype

Getsatopologytype.

tpm_iterversion

Getstheversionofatopology.

NetworkTracingFunctions

Thefunctionsfornetworktracingbeginwithtpm_trace.

tpm_tracealloc

Allocatesatracingmodel.

tpm_tracebestroute

Calculatesthebestround-triproute.

tpm_tracebestroutescan

GetstheelementIDofalinkornodeinthebestroute.

tpm_tracebestrouteval

Calculatestheresistanceofthebestroute.

tpm_traceelemedit

Modifiesatracingelement.

tpm_traceelemget

Getsinformationaboutatracingelement.

tpm_traceelemid

GetsthetopologyIDofatracingelement.

tpm_traceflood

Tracesafloodpathfromaspecifiedpoint.

tpm_tracefree

Freesatracingmodel.

tpm_traceqty

Countstheselectedelementsafteratrace.

tpm_tracesetmaxres

Setsmaximumresistancefortheshortestpathalgorithm.

tpm_tracesetminres

Setsminimumresistancefortheshortestpathalgorithm.

tpm_traceshort

Calculatestheshortestpathbetweentwonodes.

tpm_traceshortscan

GetsthetopologyIDofalinkornodeintheshortestpath.

tpm_traceshortval

Calculatestheresistanceoftheshortestpath.

TopologyInformationFunctions

Thefunctionsforgettinginformationabouttopologiesbeginwithtpm_info.

Manyhavecounterpartsinthetopologyiteratingfunctions(tpm_iter[xx]).Theinformationfunctionscanqueryonlytopologiesthatareopen.Theiteratingfunctionscanqueryanytopology,loadedorunloaded,openorclosed.

tpm_infobuildvar

Storestheconfigurationvaluesofatopology.

tpm_infocomplete

Testsifatopologyiscomplete.

tpm_infocorrect

Testsifatopologyiscorrect.

tpm_infocurrent

Checksthesourcefromwhichatopologywasloaded.

tpm_infodesc

tpm_infomodified

Checksiftopologyelementshavebeenmodifiedusingdrawingtools.

tpm_infoname

Getsatopologyname.

tpm_infostatus

CheckswhetheratopologyisopenforReadorWrite.

tpm_infotype

Getsatopologytype.

tpm_infoversion

TopologyQueryFunctions

Thefunctionsforqueryingtopologiesbeginwithtpm_qry.

tpm_qrygetresdesc

Getsthedescriptionofthequeryresulttopology.

tpm_qrygetrestopo

Getsthenameofthequeryresulttopology.

tpm_qrygettoponame

Getsthenameofthequerysourcetopology.

tpm_qrysetrestopo

Definesororundefinesaqueryresulttopology.

tpm_qrysettoponame

Definesorundefinesatopologyquery.

TopologyVariablesFunctions

Thefunctionsformanagingconfigurationvariablesbeginwithtpm_var.

tpm_varalloc

Allocatesasetofconfigurationvariables.

tpm_varfree

Freesasetofconfigurationvariables.

tpm_varget

Getsthevalueofaconfigurationvariable.

tpm_varlist

Getsallthevaluesinasetofconfigurationvariables.

tpm_varset

Setsthevalueofaconfigurationvariable.

MarkerShapes

Drawingcleanupmarkersareavailableinthefollowingshapes.

ShapeCode Shape

1 Octagon

2 Triangle

3 Rhombus

4 Square

TopologyObjectData

Atopologyisgiventhefollowingsetofobjectdatafieldswhenitisbuilt.Thesefieldscontaininformationabouttheelementsofthetopology.

WarningAlthoughitispossibletouseDataExtensionObjectDatafunctions(ade_od[xx])tomodifythesefields,itisnotagoodideatodoso.Thetopologyfunctionsassumethesefieldsaremanagedbythemalone.

Element FieldName Default

Node ID(int)

Node RESISTANCE(real) 0.0

Link ID(int)

Link START_NODE(int)

Link END_NODE(int)

Link DIRECTION(int) 0(Bidirectional)

Link DIRECT_RESISTANCE(real) Length

Link REVERSE_RESISTANCE(real) Length

Link LEFT_POLYGON(int)

Link RIGHT_POLYGON(int)

Centroid ID(int)

Centroid AREA(real)

Centroid PERIMETER(real)

Centroid LINKS_QTY(int)

ThedefaultresistancevalueLengthisinterpretedasfollows,dependingontheAutoCADentitytype:

Entitytype Length

Line Linelength

Pline Totalplinelength

Arc Calculatedarclength

Circle Calculatedcircumference

Thedefaultlinkdirectionvalueis0(bi-directional).Theotherpossibledirectionvaluesare1(forward),or-1(reverse).Theforwarddirectionforlinesisfromstartpointtoendpoint.Forcirclesandarcs,theforwarddirectioniscounter-clockwise.

LocationQuery

Thisexampledefinesandexecutesalocationquery.

(mapcar'ade_dwgdeactivate(ade_dslist))(setqade_tmpprefval(ade_prefgetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"))(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"T)(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\ARCS2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\CIRCLES2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\DONUTS.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\MAKE.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\POLYLINE.DWG")(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"ade_tmpprefval)(ade_qryclear)(ade_qrysettype1)(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Location"(1)""))(ade_qryexecute)

PropertyQueries

Thefollowingexamplesdefineandexecutepropertyqueries:

(mapcar'ade_dwgdeactivate(ade_dslist))(setqade_tmpprefval(ade_prefgetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"))(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"T)(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\ARCS2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\CIRCLES2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\DONUTS.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\LINES2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\MAKE.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\POLYGONS.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\POLYLINE.DWG")(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"ade_tmpprefval)(ade_qryclear)(ade_qrysettype2)(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Property"("color""=""5")""))(ade_qryexecute)

(mapcar'ade_dwgdeactivate(ade_dslist))(setqade_tmpprefval(ade_prefgetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"))(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"T)(ade_dsattach"AUTO:\\AQP5.DWG")(ade_dsattach"AUTO:\\AQP5A.DWG")(ade_dsattach"AUTO:\\MAKE.DWG")(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"ade_tmpprefval)(ade_qryclear)

(ade_qrysettype"draw")(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Property"("objtype""=""SPLINE")""))(ade_qrydefine'("OR""""""Property"("objtype""=""ELLIPSE")""))(ade_qryexecute)

LocationQuerywithPropertyAlteration

Thisexampledefinesandexecutesalocationquerywithpropertyalteration.

(mapcar'ade_dwgdeactivate(ade_dslist))(setqade_tmpprefval(ade_prefgetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"))(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"T)(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\AQFA3.DWG")(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"ade_tmpprefval)(ade_qryclear)(ade_qrysettype"draw")(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Location"("all")""))(ade_altpclear)(ade_altpdefine"Height""2")(ade_altpdefine"Style""Y")(ade_altpdefine"TextValue""test")(ade_altpdefine"Layer""newlyr")(ade_altpdefine"Rotation""0.5")(ade_altpdefine"Color""blue")(ade_qryexecute)

LocationQuerywithPropertyAlteration:BeforeandAfter

Thisexampleshowstwoversionsofapropertyalterationquery.Thesecondexampleisaneditedversionofthefirst.Notehowchangestotheargumentsintheade_altpdefinecallscausedifferentpropertyalterationeffects.

OriginalVersion

(mapcar'ade_dwgdeactivate(ade_dslist))(setqade_tmpprefval(ade_prefgetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"))(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"T)(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\ARCS2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\CIRCLES2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\DONUTS.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\ESPMR.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\LINES2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\POLYGONS.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\POLYLINE.DWG")(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"ade_tmpprefval)(ade_qryclear)(ade_qrysettype"draw")(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Location"("all")""));ade_altpdefinecalls(ade_altpdefine"Color""5")(ade_altpdefine"Layer""NEWLYR")(ade_altpdefine"Elevation""-2")(ade_altpdefine"Thickness""1.5")(ade_altpdefine"Linetype""CENTER")

(ade_qryexecute)

EditedVersion

(mapcar'ade_dwgdeactivate(ade_dslist))(setqade_tmpprefval(ade_prefgetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"))(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"T)(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\ARCS2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\CIRCLES2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\DONUTS.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\ESPMR.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\LINES2.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\POLYGONS.DWG")(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\POLYLINE.DWG")(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"ade_tmpprefval)(ade_qryclear)(ade_qrysettype"draw")(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Location"("all")""));changesinade_altpdefinecalls(ade_altpdefine"Color""BLUE")(ade_altpdefine"Layer""XYZ")(ade_altpdefine"Elevation""7")(ade_altpdefine"Thickness""1.5")(ade_altpdefine"Linetype""CENTER")(ade_qryexecute)

ComplexQuery

Thefollowingquerydefinitioncombinesalocationbufferfenceconditionandapropertyconditionwitharangetabledefinition,andpropertyalterationisperformedonthequeryresult.

(mapcar'ade_dwgdeactivate(ade_dslist))(setqade_tmpprefval(ade_prefgetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"))(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"T)(setqdwg_id(ade_dsattach"E:\\ADEDWG\\POPS.DWG"))(ade_prefsetval"ActivateDwgsOnAttach"ade_tmpprefval)(ade_qryclear)(ade_qrysettype"draw");locationbufferfence(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Location"("bufferfence""inside"3.000000(4.4262177.9913790.000000)(2.3850545.5307880.000000)(4.6480833.9125620.000000)(5.9127165.7081280.000000)(7.7542003.8238920.000000)(8.0204393.6465520.000000))""))(ade_qrydefine'("OR""""""Property"("objtype""=""ARC,CIRCLE")""));rangetable(ade_rtdefrange"Rtable""Rangetabledependinguponobjecttype"'(("=""CIRCLE""LAYER-CIRCLE")("=""ARC""LAYER-ARC")

("OTHERWISE""""LAYER-OTHERS")))(ade_altpclear)(ade_altpdefine"Layer""(Range.TYPERtable)")(ade_altpdefine"Color""YELLOW")(ade_qryexecute)

TopologyIDs

TopologyfunctiondocumentationusesanumberofdifferentkindsofIDs,aslistedinthefollowingtable.

AlthoughtheseIDsareallthesametype,ade_id,wegivethemdifferentnamesinthedocumentationaccordingtotheirpurpose.

Type Name Identifies UsedorReturnedBy

ade_id clean_id Acleanupmodel tpm_clean[xx]

ade_id elem_id Atopologyelement tpm_editdelelemtpm_editmodelemtpm_elemadjtpm_elemgettpm_traceelemedittpm_traceelemget

ade_id iter_id Atopologyiterator tpm_iter[xx]

ade_id overlay_id Anoverlaytopology tpm_anaoverlay

ade_id source_id Asourcetopology tpm_anabuffertpm_anadissolvetpm_anaoverlay

ade_id tpm_id Atopology tpm_acclosetpm_acopen

tpm_acupgradeopentpm_editaddelemtpm_editdelelemtpm_editmodelemtpm_elemadjtpm_elemfindtpm_elemgettpm_elemidtpm_elemqtytpm_elemsstpm_info[xx]tpm_mntbuildtpm_mntrebuildtpm_tracealloctpm_traceelemgetmap_topoAuditmap_topoStat

ade_id trace_id Atracingmodel tpm_trace[xx]

ade_id var_idclean_var_idact_var_id

ConfigurationvariablesTopologyvariablesCleanupvariablesCleanupactionvariables

tpm_anabuffertpm_anadissolvetpm_anaoverlaytpm_clean[xx]tpm_infobuildvartpm_mntbuildtpm_var[xx]

LocationExpressions

Locationexpressionsareusedasquerycondargumentsinade_querydefinecallsthatdefineLocationconditions.

ThereareanumberofformatstochoosefromwhenwritingLocationexpressions.Theyarelistedbelow.TheformattousedependsontheLocationtype,whichisidentifiedineachofthefollowingformatsbythefirstargument.Theotherargumentsaredescribedbelow.

Location-All

("all")

Location-Bufferfence

("bufferfence"searchtypeoffsetpt1pt2...ptN)

Location-Circle

("circle"searchtypecenterptradius)

Location-Fence

("fence"pt1pt2...ptN)

Location-Point

("point"pt)

Location-Polygon

("polygon"searchtypept1pt2...ptN)

Location-Polyline-Bufferfence

("polyline""bufferfence"searchtypeoffsetename)

Location-Polyline-Fence

("polyline""fence"ename)

Location-Polyline-Polygon

("polyline""polygon"searchtypeename)

Location-Window

("window"searchtypept1pt2)

LocationExpressionParameters

searchtype Searchtypekeyword(string):"inside"or"crossing".

offset Bufferoffsetdistance(real).

ename AutoCADentityname,orasetofpoints,or"?".If"?",whenthequeryexecutes,itpromptstheusertoclickasetofpoints.

ptptNcenterpt A2Dor3Dpoint(alistofreals).Ifa3Dpoint,theZcoordinateisignored.

radius Radius(real).

LocationExamples

ThefollowingexamplesdefineLocationconditions.ThefirstisaLocation-Allcondition:

(ade_qrydefine'("AND""(""NOT""Location"("All")""))

ThesecondisaLocation-Windowcondition:

(ade_qrydefine'("AND""""""Location"("window""crossing"(1.02.0)(3.04.0))""))

AndthethirdisaLocation-Polylinecondition.

(ade_qrydefine(list"AND""(""""Location"(list"polyline""bufferfence""inside"20.0(entlast))""))

ThefollowingthreeexamplesofLocation-Polylineconditionsspecifytheenameargumentindifferentways.Thefirstsuppliesanentityname:

(ade_qrydefine(list"""""""Location"(list"polyline""polygon""crossing"(entlast))""))

Thesecondsuppliesasetofpoints:

(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Location"("polyline""polygon""crossing"(

1;1=Polylineopen,0=Polylineclosed

(001);Directionofnormalvector:;(001)identifiestheZaxis,;i.e.,thispolygonisparallelto;theXYplane

0.000000;Bulgefactorofavertex(4.4262177.9913790.000000);Coordinatesofavertex

0.000000(2.3850545.5307880.000000)

0.000000(4.6480833.9125620.000000)

0.000000(5.9127165.7081280.000000)

0.000000

(7.7542003.8238920.000000)

0.000000(8.0204393.6465520.000000)))""))

Andthethirdpromptstheusertoclickasetofpoints:

(ade_qrydefine'("""""""Location"("polyline""polygon""crossing""?")""))

SQLExpressions

SQLexpressionsareusedasquerycondargumentsinade_querydefinecallsthatdefineSQLconditions.

Theyhavethefollowingformat:

(linkpathnamesqlcondition)

SQLExpressionParameters

linkpathname Linktemplate(string).

sqlcondition SQLcondition(string).

ThesqlconditionargumentshouldcontainonlytheWHEREclauseofanSQLstatement(forexample,"last_name='Smith'").Toselecttheentiretable,letthesqlconditionargumentbetheemptystring("").

(ade_qrydefine'("AND""""""Sql"("EMPLN3""")""))

ObjectDataFieldTypes

Thedatatypesforobjectdatafieldsareasfollows.Thetypenamesinthefirstcolumnarethecoltypeargumentsforuseinfielddefinitions.

Type Description

integer From–2,147,483,648through2,147,483,647

character Anyalphanumericstring,includingtheemptystring,""

point Listofthreerealnumbers,separatedbycommas,thatrepresentapointwithanX,Y,andZvalue,enclosedinquotes(astringvalue)

real From–1.7E308through+1.7E308

AddingFieldstoaTable

Thefollowingsampleaddsonefieldofeachdatatypetoanexistingtable.

;Definenewfields(setqnewfields'("columns";Defineacharacterfield(("colname"."NEWFIELD1")("coldesc"."NewField1Description")("coltype"."character")("defaultval"."DefaultValue"));Defineanintegerfield(("colname"."NEWFIELD2")("coldesc"."NewField2Description")("coltype"."integer")("defaultval".1));Defineapointfield(("colname"."NEWFIELD3")("coldesc"."NewField3Description")("coltype"."point")("defaultval"."4.426217,7.991379,1.726213"));Definearealfield(("colname"."NEWFIELD4")("coldesc"."NewField4Description")("coltype"."real")("defaultval".1.2345))));Addnewfieldstoexistingtable(ade_odaddfield"OLDTABLE"newfields);

RangeTableOperators

Youcanusethefollowingcomparisonoperatorsinrangetableexpressions:

<><=>=/=otherwise

Whenthefirstelementintherangeexpressionis"otherwise",thesecondelementmustbetheemptystring("").Forexample:("otherwise""""red").Althoughyoudonotspecifyacomparisonvaluewhenyouusetheotherwiseoperator,asecondlistelementisstillrequired.

NoteThenot-equaloperator,representedhereby"/=",isrepresentedby"<>"inotherDataExtensionfunctions.

FunctionsthatReturnSelectionSets

Thefollowingfunctionsreturnselectionsets.

tpm_elemssade_editlockedade_editnewade_editlockederasedmap_dwgbreakobjmap_dwgtrimobjmap_topoclosemap_topocomplete

PlotSetAttributes

Thistableshowsplotsetattributenames,descriptions,examples,anddefaultvalues.

Attribute Description Default

name Queryname(string),e.g.,"plotset2" ""

desc Description(string),e.g.,"CompletePlotSet" ""

pnam Plottername(string),e.g.,"HPLaserJetIIIonLPT1"

pscr Plotscript(string),e.g.,"e,n,y" ""

block Nameofplotlayout,ablockname(string),e.g.,"TBLOCK"

atts Listofattributesfortheblock(stringlist),e.g.,"TITLE"

vlayer Mainviewportlayer(string),e.g.,"VPORT2" ""

vdispl Layerstodisableforthemainviewport(stringlist),e.g.,"0"

kflg Enablesthereferenceviewport:TornilTEnablednilDisabled

Notethattherearetwodependentattributes,"klayer"and"kdispl"

klayer Keyviewportlayer(string),e.g.,"VPORT1",thelayerofthereferenceviewport,whichmustbeadifferentlayerfromthelayerusedforthemainviewport(attribute"vlayer");ifthefunctionmap_pltblkvpsreturnsonlyoneviewportlayer,itshouldbeusedforthemainviewport

kdispl Keydisplaylayers(stringlist),e.g.,"BOUNDARY",alistoflayerstobedisplayedinthereferencedviewport.Thisshouldnotbenilif"kflg"isenabled.Validlayersareallthelayersreturnedbyade_dsproplistusingtheoption"layer"

kscl Keyviewportscalefactor(real) 0.25

dwgs Listofsourcedrawings(stringlist),e.g.,"DRAWING1.DWG""DRAWING2.DWG"

dact Forcedrawingactiveatplottime:Tornil T

qcat Listofquerycatalogs(stringlist),pairedwithqnamlistentries,e.g.,"Queries"

qnam Listofquerynames(stringlist),pairedwithqcatlistentries,e.g.,"Query_One"

bdwg Boundarydrawing(string),e.g.,"BOUNDARY.DWG"

bnds Boundaries(stringlist),theboundaryorboundariestousebyprovidingthevalueforthefieldassignedin"bnamf",e.g.,"Boundary#3"

blyr Boundarylayer(string),thenameofthelayertheboundaryisplacedon.Itcanbeanylayerofthe

boundarydrawing.Forexample,"BOUNDARY"

bnamt Boundarynametable(string),thenameoftheobjectdatatableattachedtotheboundaryobject,e.g.,"BOUNDARIES"

bnamf Boundarynamefield(string),thenameofthefieldtouse(fromthetableassignedin"bnamt")forthe"bnds"attribute,e.g.,"name"

bodfs Boundaryfields(stringlist),thelistoffieldnamestobemappedtoattributesinthetitleblock,e.g.,"name"(seedetailsandexamplefollowingthistable);thetitleblockisassignedusingtheattributesfromtheblockassignedin"block"

sflg Plottospecifiedscale:Tornil nil

scale Plotscale(string),e.g.,"1:2000" 1:1

clip Clipobjectsagainstboundary(flag):Tornil

pbnd Plotboundary(flag):TornilTPlotboundarypolylinesareplottednilPlotboundarypolylinesareerasedbeforeplotting

bbuf Bufferboundary:Tornil nil

btyp Buffertype:"true"or"rect""true"Offsetstheminimumboundingrectangleforamapboundarypolyline"rect"Specifiesanoffsetofanexistingplotboundaryline

bdist Bufferdistance(real) 0.10

Mappingofobjectdatafieldstoblockattributesismanagedbythetwoplotattributes"bodfs"and"atts".Themappingisbestexplainedbyexample.Supposethefollowingconditions:

Theboundaryobjectdatatable,definedbythe"bnamf"attribute,hasthefollowingfields:Field1,Field2,Field3,andField4.

Thelayoutblock,definedbythe"block"attribute,hasthefollowingattributes:Attr1,Attr2,Attr3,Attr4,andAttr5.YouwantthevalueofField1toappearinplaceofAttr2,thevalueofField2inplaceofAttr3,andvalueofField4inplaceofAttr1.

Todefinethedesiredmapping,setthe"bodfs"attributeto("field1""field2""field4")andthe"atts"attributeto("attr2""attr3""attr1").Whenplottingisdone,valuesofthefieldsfromtheobjectdatatableattachedtotheboundary'sclosedpolylinewillbeassignedtothespecifiedblockattributes.Thenumberofelementsineachlistfor"bodfs"and"atts"mustbethesame.

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