Hi everyone even on Xmas leve I can't help it and I'm doing mstn tasks for fun....( I must be sick!)
I have created to keyins ( to eventually create a perfect S curve between any two lines or points)
Essentially I'm mimicking what I do by hand but saves selecting the tools...
The first
E,P,PCIRD;E,P,DLPELE;%D;%D
places a circle between two points by diameter, then it runs part delete and lets me part delete by two points to create the qrtr arc ( because I never know the diam until its placed as circle first)
Now the second keyin lets me mirror copy and mirror again without copy resulting in a perfect s shaped curve between any two given lines..
E,MIRROR COPY HORIZONTAL;%D;%D;E,MIRROR ORIGINAL VERTICAL;%D
These work perfect if run as two separate scripts run one at a time or two keyins one at a time..
If I try to join them then Mtn skips the first script keyin and just runs the last part...
Again a single keyin or script file would be the ideal but I just figure out the missing syntax to join them...
Not sure if this should have gone into programming forum as its just keyins
The ";" character is used to separate multiple commands in a single keyin.
docs.bentley.com/.../GUID-03273882-C814-93C1-FCFE-FF9C720D6A7D.html
David I wonder if you actually joind the two keyins via a ";" and ran it ... I tried your approach first.... of many attempts prior to posting
If you join them it lets you execute the place circle but skips to the copy mirror and gets stuck in the copy mirror and you have to esc to exit the part delete seems to get skipped over....
Lorys
Started msnt work 1990 - Retired Nov 2022 ( oh boy am I old )
But was long time user V8iss10 (8.11.09.919) dabbler CE update 16 (10.16.00.80)
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Could you just make them a cell 1:1 or whatever the most common size you need is? Then scale it if needed? What is the "S" curve used for primarily?
Well its for electrical drawings .... it is usually needed to connect between two parallel lines which are never the same distance apart for any drawings sent to be revised... I could just use the Arc tool and accudraw to determine the radius ie /2 during arc placement, then redraw the arc in opposite direction... but I wanted to automate it as much as possible short of vba ( which I'm not good at) ...I did figure out the keyins to do it but it need to be done as two separate keyins as when joined it just skips over the part delete. I tried the cell approach but I need to place it between two points ie the two parallel lines and requires measuring first to work out the scale ... so I my as well use the place arc method twice, using opposite hand and accudraw... so I'm beginning to think the arc method may be the best method rather than the keyins and delete the right parts and mirror the right way from the keyins or scripts.... I was trying to work all this out for a mate who only once in a while in semi retirement and using the keyins seemed to make it easier... but its still not automated enough .. a vba that asked for the first point and second point to work out the radii and direction from which is the first point would be the ideal....
Yeah I would use a cell :) make the origin one end presumably in the center and then just use edit handles to stretch the other end. You can use a keyin to place the cell in a single button click and put it on a toolbar/ribbon etc.
Hi Lorys,
You can easily draw a perfect S shaped curve between two parallel lines using Accudraw and the key-in PLACE SMARTLINE ARC
Here's a video showing the process.
Regards,Ron
Answer Verified By: Lorys
Thanks Ron but as I mentioned in my post I said I could use the arc and accudraw method as its less clicks than the two script keying.. but I was hoping to automate it so it works with two clicks ..which I think would need a VBA. routine
but for now your place smartline arc is a better method with fewer clicks and no script files ( 4 clicks and 2 keyins) and a reset to quit